Patent ID: 8995294
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: H04L,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method for a base station to assign to a user equipment (UE) communicating with the base station a number of coded control information symbols being transmitted with coded data information symbols during a transmission time interval by the UE, the method comprising: assigning at least one offset value to the UE; assigning a size of data to the UE; transmitting, by the base station, information regarding the at least one offset value to the UE; and transmitting, by the base station, information regarding the size of data to the UE, wherein the number of coded control information symbols assigned to the UE for transmission of control information is determined based on the size of data and the at least one offset value; wherein the control information comprises at least one of channel quality information (CQI), Acknowledgement (ACK)/Non-Acknowledgement (NAK), Precoding Matrix Index (PMI), and Rank Indicator (RI).