A method for transmitting physical uplink channel signals in a long term evolution, LTE, communications system, the method comprising the steps of: identifying a cyclic shift and an orthogonal cover for physical uplink control channel, PUCCH, information; applying the identified cyclic shift and the orthogonal cover to the physical uplink control channel information; mapping the physical uplink control channel information to which the identified cyclic shift and orthogonal cover are applied into two resource blocks respectively located at a first slot and a second slot of a subframe: and transmitting the uplink control channel information to which the identified cyclic shift and orthogonal cover are applied and which are mapped to the two resource blocks, wherein the resource block in the second slot is located in a different position than the resource block in the first slot, wherein, when n s mod 2 = 0, wherein n s is a slot index within the subframe, resource indices of physical uplink control channels within the first slot of the subframe are established by: nʹ n s = { if n PUCCH 1 < c ⋅ N cs 1 / Δ shift PUCCH, n PUCCH 1 otherwise, n PUCCH 1 - c ⋅ N cs 1 / Δ shift PUCCH ⁢ mod c ⋅ N sc RB / Δ shift PUCCH, where n PUCCH 1 is an intermediate parameter for resource mapping indicating a ressource index for PUCCH formats 1, 1a, and 1b of said LTE communications system, N cs 1 is a number of cyclic shifts used for said physical uplink control channel formats 1, 1a, and 1b in the resource block, S N sc RB is the number of subcarriers in one resource block, Δ shift PUCCH is set by higher layers of said LTE communications system, and c = { 3 when a normal cyclic prefix i ⁢ s employed, 2 when a ⁢ n extended cyclic prefix i ⁢ s employed, said method being characterized in that when n s mod 2 = 1, the resource indices of the physical uplink control channels within the second slot of the subframe to which the physical uplink channel information is mapped are established by: n s = { if n PUCCH 1 ≥ c ⋅ N cs 1 / Δ shift PUCCH, c ⁢ nʹ ⁢ n s - 1 + 1 ⁢ mod ⁢ c ⁢ N sc RB / Δ shift PUCCH + 1 - 1 otherwise, ⌊ h / c ⌋ + h ⁢ mod ⁢ c ⋅ Nʹ / Δ shift PUCCH where: h = nʹ ⁢ n s - 1 + d ⁢ mod c ⁢ Nʹ / Δ shift PUCCH, wherein: d = { d 1 when a normal cyclic prefix i ⁢ s employed d 2 when a ⁢ n extended cyclic prefix i ⁢ s employed and d 1 and d 2 are a pair of two independent predetermined parameters. identifying a cyclic shift and an orthogonal cover for physical uplink control channel, PUCCH, information; applying the identified cyclic shift and the orthogonal cover to the physical uplink control channel information; mapping the physical uplink control channel information to which the identified cyclic shift and orthogonal cover are applied into two resource blocks respectively located at a first slot and a second slot of a subframe: and transmitting the uplink control channel information to which the identified cyclic shift and orthogonal cover are applied and which are mapped to the two resource blocks, wherein the resource block in the second slot is located in a different position than the resource block in the first slot, wherein, when n s mod 2 = 0, wherein n s is a slot index within the subframe, resource indices of physical uplink control channels within the first slot of the subframe are established by: nʹ n s = { if n PUCCH 1 < c ⋅ N cs 1 / Δ shift PUCCH, n PUCCH 1 otherwise, n PUCCH 1 - c ⋅ N cs 1 / Δ shift PUCCH ⁢ mod c ⋅ N sc RB / Δ shift PUCCH, where n PUCCH 1 is an intermediate parameter for resource mapping indicating a ressource index for PUCCH formats 1, 1a, and 1b of said LTE communications system, N cs 1 is a number of cyclic shifts used for said physical uplink control channel formats 1, 1a, and 1b in the resource block, S N sc RB is the number of subcarriers in one resource block, Δ shift PUCCH is set by higher layers of said LTE communications system, and c = { 3 when a normal cyclic prefix i ⁢ s employed, 2 when a ⁢ n extended cyclic prefix i ⁢ s employed, said method being characterized in that when n s mod 2 = 1, the resource indices of the physical uplink control channels within the second slot of the subframe to which the physical uplink channel information is mapped are established by: n s = { if n PUCCH 1 ≥ c ⋅ N cs 1 / Δ shift PUCCH, c ⁢ nʹ ⁢ n s - 1 + 1 ⁢ mod ⁢ c ⁢ N sc RB / Δ shift PUCCH + 1 - 1 otherwise, ⌊ h / c ⌋ + h ⁢ mod ⁢ c ⋅ Nʹ / Δ shift PUCCH where: h = nʹ ⁢ n s - 1 + d ⁢ mod c ⁢ Nʹ / Δ shift PUCCH, wherein: d = { d 1 when a normal cyclic prefix i ⁢ s employed d 2 when a ⁢ n extended cyclic prefix i ⁢ s employed and d 1 and d 2 are a pair of two independent predetermined parameters.