Patent ID: 9743389
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: determining, by an apparatus, that at least two reports to be transmitted on an uplink resource collide with respect to the uplink resource, wherein the at least two reports includes at least one channel state information report, and in response to determining a collision, performing at least the following: applying, by the apparatus, at least one resource selection policy to the at least two reports, comprising defining a priority order of the at least two reports, wherein the priority order is based on a cell index to which the at least one channel state information report relates, and wherein the at least one resource selection policy comprises determining using at least one predetermined rule a maximum number of channel state information reports that are to be provided in a single sub-frame; selecting, by the apparatus, a resource and format according to the at least one predetermined rule to be used for transmitting the at least two reports, wherein the resource is selected based on a maximum payload supported and based on the determined maximum number of channel state information reports that are to be provided in the single sub-frame; and transmitting, by the apparatus, the at least two reports using the selected resource and format.