Patent SG-11201806070P-A (SG)
Title: Communication of uplink control information
Inventor: ISLAM MUHAMMAD NAZMUL
IPC: H04W24/10
Filed: 2017-01-20
Abstract: r UE r 214 PROCESSOR FOR DETERMINING THE NUMBER OF SYMBOLS FOR UL CONTROL INFORMATION INDICATION OF THE NUMBER OF SYMBOLS 7 - 212 ( 216 TRANSCEIVER UL CONTROL INFORMATION 7 - 206 (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date WO 2017/142676 Al 24 August 2017 (24.08.2017) WIPO I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: HO4L 5/00 (2006.01) HO4B 7/06 (2006.01) HO4L 1/00 (2006.01) HO4B 7/08 (2006.01) HO4B 7/0408 (2017.01) H04W 24/10 (2009.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/US2017/014442 (22) International Filing Date: 20 January 2017 (20.01.2017) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 62/297,863 20 February 2016 (20.02.2016) US 62/314,959 29 March 2016 (29.03.2016) US 62/327,436 25 April 2016 (25.04.2016) US 15/242,153 19 August 2016 (19.08.2016) US (71) Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED [US/US]; ATTN: International IP Administration, 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). (72) Inventors: ISLAM, Muhammad Nazmul; 5775 More- house Drive, San Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). SUBRAMANIAN, Sundar; 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). SAMPATH, Ashwin; 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). CEZANNE, Juergen; 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). SADIQ, Bilal; 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). LI, Junyi; 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). LUO, Tao; 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). (74) Agent: FITCH, Gabriel; Loza & Loza, LLP, 305 North Second Avenue #127, Upland, California 91786 (US). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Decl arations under Rule 4.17: as to applicant's entitlement to apply for and be granted a patent (Rule 4.1700) [Continued on next page] — (54) Title: COMMUNICATION OF UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION 200 204 BASE STATION r 208 PROCESSOR FOR DETERMINING THE NUMBER OF SYMBOLS FOR UL CONTROL INFORMATION r 210 TRANSCEIVER FIG. 2 (57) : Various aspects of the disclosure relate to communicating uplink control information. As one example, a user equip - ment may send uplink control information to a base station. In some aspects, the number of symbols used to communicate the uplink control information may be based on a link gain associated with the UE and/or based on a payload size of the uplink control inform- ation. As another example, the user equipment may send channel information for a number of beams to the base station. In some as - pects, the number of beams may be based on the type of channel that is used to send the uplink control information. 11111111111111011101111111111101011111011101011111011111111111111111111111111110111111 W O 20 1714267 / 6 Al WO 2017/142676 Al 1#11101MOIMEMOIDEMOMMEHOHIMEIRMEMOIS as to the applicant's entitlement to claim the priority of — before the expiration of the time limit for amending the the earlier application (Rule 4.17(iii)) claims and to be republished in the event of receipt of Published: amendments (Rule 48.2(h)) — with international search report (Art. 21(3))