Patent ID: 8432819
Filing Date: 2013-04-30
Classification: H04B,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for transmitting feedback information by a device, the method comprising: generating, by the device, feedback data having a specific type of feedback information among a plurality of feedback information types, wherein the feedback data is generated with a fixed bit size irrespective of a corresponding feedback information type; and transmitting, by the device, the feedback data separately from other feedback data having another feedback information type through a common feedback channel used for both the feedback data and the other feedback data, wherein the fixed bit size is composed of N bits, where N is a predefined and fixed natural number, wherein possible values of the N bits are classified into a plurality of ranges, where a number of the plurality of ranges is equal to a number of the plurality of feedback information types such that the plurality of ranges corresponds one-to-one with the plurality of feedback information types, and wherein the specific type of feedback information of the feedback data is identified by a range including an actual value of the feedback data.