Patent ID: 9723601
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04W,Y02D

Claim:
1. A method for conveying information from a node to user equipment (UE) in a High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) system, said method comprising: obtaining rank information and modulation information related to a four-branch Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) system, wherein the rank information indicates a number of transport blocks, from one to four, to be simultaneously transmitted on the data channel associated with the control channel; combining the rank information and the modulation information related to said four-branch MIMO system into a 5-bit bit pattern, wherein the 5-bit pattern is selected from a plurality of 5-bit patterns collectively representing all combinations of modulation schemes and number of simultaneously transmitted transport blocks related to the four-branch MIMO system, each of the 5-bit patterns corresponding to only a single one of the combinations of modulation schemes and number of simultaneously transmitted transport blocks; transmitting the combined rank information and modulation information related to said four-branch MIMO system as said bit pattern in a control channel to the UE.