Patent ID: 8611238
Filing Date: 2013-12-17
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for transmitting Uplink Control Information (UCI) from a User Equipment (UE) to a NodeB over a Physical Uplink Control CHannel (PUCCH) during a Transmission Time Interval (TTI) including S slots in a communication system, the method comprising the steps of: transmitting the UCI using a first PUCCH format, if a number of UCI bits is less than or equal to a predetermined value; and transmitting the UCI using a second PUCCH format, if the number of UCI bits is greater than the predetermined value, wherein an s-th slot in the PUCCH includes N wherein the UE is assigned, by the NodeB, K frequency Resource Elements (REs) and a first sequence with a length L, where K is an integer multiple Q of L, and the UE transmits Q UCI symbols in each of N