Patent ID: 9332535
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of transmitting control information by a user equipment in a wireless communication system supporting multi-cell transmission, the method comprising: receiving a first pilot signal from a first cell corresponding to a first cell identifier (ID) and a second pilot signal from a second cell corresponding to a second cell ID; generating first control information indicating channel quality for the first cell and second control information indicating channel quality for the second cell, based on the first pilot signal and the second pilot signal, respectively, the first control information including a first number of information bits and the second control information including a second number of information bits; separately encoding the first control information and the second control information; separately power controlling the encoded first control information and the encoded second control information based on the first number of information bits for the first control information and the second number of information bits for the second control information; transmitting the power controlled, encoded first control information on a first control channel; and transmitting the power controlled, encoded second control information on a second control channel, wherein the first control channel and the second control channel are transmitted on the first cell.