Patent Description:
To meet the demand for wireless data traffic having increased since deployment of 4th-generation (<NUM>) communication systems, efforts have been made to develop an improved 5th-generation (<NUM>) or pre-<NUM> communication system. Therefore, the <NUM> or pre-<NUM> communication system is also called a "Beyond <NUM> Network" or a "Post-LTE System. " The <NUM> communication system is being considered to be implemented in higher frequency (mmWave) bands, e.g., <NUM> band, to accomplish higher data rates. To decrease propagation loss of the radio waves and increase the transmission distance, the beamforming, massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO), full dimensional MIMO (FD-MIMO), array antennas, analog beam forming, and large scale antenna techniques are being discussed for <NUM> communication systems. In addition, in <NUM> communication systems, development for system network improvement is under way based on advanced small cells, cloud radio access networks (RANs), ultra-dense networks, device-to-device (D2D) communication, wireless backhaul, a moving network, cooperative communication, coordinated multi-points (CoMP), reception-end interference cancellation and the like. In the <NUM> system, hybrid FSK and QAM Modulation (FQAM) and sliding window superposition coding (SWSC) as an advanced coding modulation (ACM), and filter bank multi carrier (FBMC), non-orthogonal multiple access(NOMA), and sparse code multiple access (SCMA) as an advanced access technology have been developed.

The Internet of Everything (loE), which is a combination of the loT technology and the Big Data processing technology through connection with a cloud server, has emerged. As technology elements, such as "sensing technology," "wired/wireless communication and network infrastructure," "service interface technology," and "Security technology" have been demanded for IoT implementation, a sensor network, a machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, machine type communication (MTC), and so forth have been recently researched. IoT may be applied to a variety of fields including smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, smart grids, health care, smart appliances, and advanced medical services through convergence and combination between existing information technology (IT) and various industrial applications.

In line with this, various attempts have been made to apply <NUM> communication systems to loT networks. Application of a cloud Radio Access Network (RAN) as the above-described Big Data processing technology may also be considered to be as an example of convergence between the <NUM> technology and the loT technology.

As long term evolution (LTE) and LTE-Advanced have been developed recently, there is a desire for an uplink control information mapping method for reporting channel state information and an apparatus therefor.

<NPL>, discloses CSI reporting on PUCCH/PUSCH.

Accordingly, an aspect of the disclosure is to provide a method of mapping uplink control information (UCI) so as to report channel state information. Particularly, the disclosure provides methods for overcoming the above-described problems by efficiently designing a UCI mapping rule for encoding a polar code of UCI.

In accordance with an aspect of the disclosure, a method of transmitting uplink control information in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving channel state information (CSI) feedback configuration information from a base station, generating CSI including at least one of a CSI reference signal resource indicator (CRI), a rank indicator (RI), a precoding matrix indicator (PMI), or a channel quality indicator (CQI) based on the CSI feedback configuration information, identifying an information sequence including the CSI, encoding the information sequence using a polar code, and transmitting the encoded information sequence to the base station. The CRI and the RI are placed before padding bits in the information sequence and the PMI and the CQI are placed after the padding bits in the information sequence.

In accordance with another aspect of the disclosure, a method of receiving uplink control information in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes transmitting channel state information (CSI) feedback configuration information to a terminal, receiving an encoded information sequence based on the CSI feedback configuration information from the terminal, and decoding the encoded information sequence using a polar code to identify an information sequence of the encoded information sequence. The information sequence consists of CSI in a sequence in which a CSI reference signal resource indicator (CRI) and a rank indicator (RI) are placed before padding bits and a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) and a channel quality indicator (CQI) are placed after the padding bits. The CSI includes at least one of the CRI, the RI, the PMI, or the CQI.

In accordance with another aspect of the disclosure, a terminal for transmitting uplink control information in a wireless communication system is provided. The terminal includes a transceiver, and at least one processor coupled to the transceiver and configured to control the transceiver to receive channel state information (CSI) feedback configuration information from a base station, generate CSI including at least one of CSI reference signal resource indicator (CRI), a rank indicator (RI), a precoding matrix indicator (PMI), or a channel quality indicator (CQI) based on the CSI feedback configuration information, identify an information sequence including the CSI, encode the information sequence using a polar code, and control the transceiver to transmit the encoded information sequence to the base station. The CRI and the RI are placed before padding bits in the information sequence and the PMI and the CQI are placed after the padding bits in the information sequence.

In accordance with another aspect of the disclosure, a base station for receiving uplink control information in a wireless communication system is provided. The base station includes a transceiver, and at least one processor coupled to the transceiver and configured to control the transceiver to transmit channel state information (CSI) feedback configuration information to a terminal, control the transceiver to receive an encoded information sequence based on the CSI feedback configuration information from the terminal, and decode the encoded information sequence using a polar code to identify an information sequence of the encoded information sequence. The information sequence consists of CSI in a sequence in which a CSI reference signal resource indicator (CRI) and a rank indicator (RI) are placed before padding bits and a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) and a channel quality indicator (CQI) are placed after the padding bits. The CSI includes at least one of the CRI, the RI, the PMI, or the CQI.

In accordance with another aspect of the disclosure, a terminal and a base station including a plurality of antennas may define a CSI mapping rule in consideration of a polar code sequence. Accordingly, various effects may be provided. The ambiguity of UCI encoding may be reduced when the terminal performs CSI reporting, and the number of times that a base station performs UCI blind decoding may be decreased and the base station efficiently identifies UCI.

The disclosure may have various modifications and various embodiments, among which specific embodiments will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, it should be understood that there is no intent to limit the t disclosure to the particular forms disclosed, but on the contrary, the disclosure is to cover all modifications, and alternatives falling within the scope of the disclosure.

Further, it will be appreciated that singular expressions such as "an" and "the" include plural expressions as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Accordingly, as an example, a "component surface" includes one or more component surfaces.

Although the terms including an ordinal number such as first, second, etc. can be used for describing various elements, the structural elements are not restricted by the terms. The terms are used merely for the purpose to distinguish an element from the other elements. For example, a first element could be termed a second element, and similarly, a second element could be also termed a first element without departing from the scope of the disclosure.

The terms used herein are used only to describe particular embodiments, and are not intended to limit the disclosure. As used herein, the singular forms are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. In the disclosure, the terms such as "include" and/or "have" may be construed to denote a certain characteristic, number, step, operation, constituent element, component or a combination thereof, but may not be construed to exclude the existence of or a possibility of addition of one or more other characteristics, numbers, steps, operations, constituent elements, components or combinations thereof.

Hereinafter, a base station according to other embodiments of the disclosure is a subject of allocating resources to a terminal, and may be at least one of an eNode B, a Node B, a base station (BS), a radio access unit, a BS controller, and a node on a network. Hereinafter, a terminal according to embodiments of the disclosure may include a user equipment (UE), a mobile station (MS), a cellular phone, a smart phone, a computer, a multimedia system capable of performing a communication function, a small sensor including a communication function, a wearable device, or an Internet of things (IoT) device. Hereinafter, a downlink (DL) in various embodiments of the disclosure indicates a wireless transmission path of a signal that a base station transmits to a terminal. An uplink (UL) indicates a wireless transmission path of a signal that a terminal transmits to a base station. Also, hereinafter, although various embodiments of the disclosure are described from the perspective of a long-term evolution (LTE) system or an LTE-advanced (LTE-A) system, the various embodiments of the disclosure may be applicable to other communication systems which have similar background or channel forms, such as LTE-A Pro, new radio (NR), or the like. Also, various embodiments of the disclosure may be modified without departing from the scope of the disclosure, and may be applied to other communication systems, based on the determination by those skilled in the art.

Hereinafter, all the embodiments of the disclosure may not be exclusive, and one or more embodiments may be performed together. However, for ease of description, the embodiments and examples will be separately described.

A wireless communication system has developed to be a broadband wireless communication system that provides a high speed and high quality packet data service, like the communication standards, for example, high speed packet access (HSPA) of 3GPP, LTE or evolved universal terrestrial radio access (E-UTRA), LTE-A, high rate packet data (HRPD) of 3GPP2, ultra mobile broadband (UMB), and <NUM>. 16e of IEEE, or the like, beyond the voicebased service provided at the initial stage. Also, a communication standard of <NUM> or NR is being developed as a <NUM> wireless communication system.

An LTE system, which is a representative example of the broadband wireless communication system, employs an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) scheme for DL, and employs a single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) scheme for UL. In the multiple access schemes as described above, time-frequency resources for carrying data or control information are allocated and operated in a manner to prevent overlapping of the resources, that is, to establish the orthogonality, between users, so as to identify data or control information of each user.

When decoding fails at the initial transmission, the LTE system employs hybrid automatic repeat reQuest (HARQ) that retransmits the corresponding data in a physical layer. The HARQ refers to a scheme in which a receiver transmits information (e.g., negative acknowledgement (NACK) information) indicating the failure of decoding to a transmitter when the receiver fails to accurately decode data, so that the transmitter retransmits the corresponding data in a physical layer. The receiver may combine data retransmitted from the transmitter and previous data, decoding of which fails, whereby data reception performance may increase. Also, when the receiver accurately decodes data, the receiver transmits information (e.g., acknowledgement (ACK) information) reporting that decoding is successfully executed, so that the transmitter transmits new data.

<FIG> is a view illustrating a structure of the time-frequency domain, which is a radio resource region where data or a control channel is transmitted in a downlink of an LTE system, according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

Referring to <FIG>, the horizontal axis indicates the time domain, and the vertical axis indicates the frequency domain. In the time domain, the minimum transmission unit is an OFDM symbol. One slot <NUM> includes Nsymb OFDM symbols <NUM>, and one subframe <NUM> includes two slots. The length of one slot is <NUM>, and the length of one subframe is <NUM>. A radio frame <NUM> is a time domain section including <NUM> subframes. In the frequency domain, the minimum transmission unit is a subcarrier. The entire system transmission bandwidth may include a total of NBW subcarriers <NUM>.

In the time-frequency domain, the basic resource unit is a resource element (RE) <NUM>, and an RE is expressed by an OFDM symbol index and a subcarrier index. A resource block (RB) (or physical resource block (PRB)) <NUM> is defined by consecutive Nsymb OFDM symbols <NUM> in the time domain and NRB consecutive subcarriers <NUM> in the frequency domain. Therefore, one RB <NUM> includes NsymbxNRB REs <NUM>. Generally, the minimum transmission unit of data is an RB. In the LTE system, generally, Nsymb = <NUM> and NRB=<NUM>. NBW is proportional to a system transmission bandwidth. A data rate increases in proportion to the number of RBs scheduled to a terminal.

In the LTE system, six transmission bandwidths are defined and used. In the case of a frequency division duplex (FDD) system that operates by distinguishing a downlink and an uplink by frequency, a downlink transmission bandwidth and an uplink transmission bandwidth may be different from each other. A channel bandwidth may indicate an RF bandwidth corresponding to a system transmission bandwidth. Table <NUM> provided below indicates a relationship between a system transmission bandwidth and a channel bandwidth defined in the LTE system. For example, when LTE system has a channel bandwidth of <NUM>, the transmission bandwidth may include <NUM> RBs.

Downlink control information is transmitted within first N OFDM symbols in a subframe. Generally, N = {<NUM>, <NUM>, <NUM>}. Therefore, the value of N may be changed for each subframe based on the amount of control information to be transmitted in the current subframe. The control information may include a control channel transmission interval indicator indicating the number of OFDM symbols via which control information is to be transmitted, scheduling information associated with downlink data or uplink data, a HARQ ACK/NACK signal, or the like.

In the LTE system, scheduling information associated with downlink data or uplink data may be transmitted from a base station to a terminal via downlink control information (DCI). The DCI are defined in various formats. A DCI format may be determined and applied for operation, based on whether scheduling information is for uplink data (UP grant) or for downlink data (DL grant), whether it is compact DCI of which the control information is small, whether spatial multiplexing using multiple antennas is applied, whether it is used for controlling power, and the like. For example, DCI format <NUM> corresponding to scheduling control information on DL grant may be configured to include at least the following control information.

The DCI goes through a channel coding and modulation process, and is transmitted via a physical downlink control channel (or control information, hereinafter interchangeably used) or an enhanced PDCCH (EPDCCH). The term "DCI transmission" may be interchangeably used with the term "PDCCH transmission," and the expression may be applied to another channel. For example, the term "downlink data reception" may be interchangeably used with the term "physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) reception.

Generally, the DCI is scrambled with a predetermined radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) (or a terminal identifier), independently for each terminal, a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) is added, and channel coding is performed, whereby each independent PDCCH is configured and transmitted. In the time domain, a PDCCH is mapped and transmitted during the control channel transmission interval. The frequency domain mapping position of a PDCCH is determined by the identifier (ID) of each terminal, and is propagated to the entire system transmission band.

Downlink data is transmitted via a PDSCH, which is a physical channel for downlink data transmission. A PDSCH is transmitted after the control channel transmission interval. Scheduling information such as a modulation scheme, a specific mapping position in the frequency domain, or the like may be reported by DCI transmitted via a PDCCH.

Via an MCS formed of <NUM> bits in the control information included in the DCI, a base station may report the modulation scheme applied to a PDSCH to be transmitted to a terminal, and the size (transport block size (TBS)) of data to be transmitted. The TBS corresponds to the size of data (transport block (TB)) that the base station desires to transmit, before channel coding for error correction is applied to the data.

The modulation scheme supported by the LTE system includes quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK), <NUM> quadrature amplitude modulation (16QAM), and 64QAM. Modulation orders (Qm) correspond to <NUM>, <NUM>, and <NUM> respectively. That is, in the case of the QPSK modulation, <NUM> bits are transmitted per symbol. In the case of the 16QAM modulation, <NUM> bits are transmitted per symbol. In the case of 64QAM modulation, <NUM> bits are transmitted per symbol.

<FIG> is a view illustrating a structure of the time-frequency domain, which is a radio resource region where data or a control channel is transmitted in an uplink of an LTE-A system according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

Referring to <FIG>, the horizontal axis indicates the time domain, and the vertical axis indicates the frequency domain. A radio frame <NUM> may include <NUM> subframes. In the time domain, the minimum transmission unit is an SC-FDMA symbol and a single slot <NUM> includes Nsymb SC-FDMA symbols <NUM>. A single subframe <NUM> includes two slots. In the frequency domain, the minimum transmission unit is a subcarrier. The entire system transmission bandwidth may include a total of New subcarriers <NUM>. NBW has a value, which is proportional to a system transmission bandwidth.

In the time-frequency domain, the basic resource unit is a resource element (RE) <NUM>, and an RE is defined by an SC-FDMA symbol index and a subcarrier index. An RB <NUM> is defined by Nsymb consecutive SC-FDMA symbols in the time domain and NRB consecutive sub-carriers <NUM> in the frequency domain. Therefore, a single RB includes Nsymb x NRB REs. In general, the minimum transmission unit of data or control information is an RB unit. A PUCCH is mapped to a frequency domain corresponding to <NUM> RB, and may be transmitted during one subframe.

In the LTE system, a timing relationship of a PUCCH or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) needs to be defined, which is an uplink physical channel via which a HARQ ACK/NACK is transmitted, wherein the HARQ ACK/NACK corresponds to a PDCCH or an EPDCCH including a semi-persistent scheduling release (SPS release) or a PDSCH which is a physical channel for downlink data transmission. For example, in the LTE system operating according to frequency division duplex (FDD), an HARQ ACK/NACK corresponding to a PDCCH or EPDDCH including SPS release or a PDSCH transmitted in subframe (n-<NUM>) is transmitted via a PUCCH or a PUSCH in subframe n.

In the LTE system, a downlink HARQ adapts an asynchronous HARQ scheme in which a point in time for data retransmission is not fixed. That is, when a base station receives a HARQ NACK from a terminal as a feedback for initial transmission data that the base station transmits, the base station freely determines a point in time for retransmission data via a scheduling operation. For the HARQ operation, the terminal buffers data which is determined to be an error as a result of decoding received data, and combines the data and a subsequently retransmitted data.

When the terminal receives a PDSCH including downlink data transmitted from the base station in subframe n, the terminal transmits uplink control information including a HARQ ACK or NACK with respect to the downlink data via a PUCCH or a PUSCH in subframe (n+k). In this instance, k is defined differently according to FDD or time division duplex (TDD), and a subframe configuration thereof. For example, in the case of the FDD LTE system, k is fixed to <NUM>. In the case of the TDD LTE system, k may be changed according to a subframe configuration and a subframe number.

In the LTE system, unlike downlink HARQ, uplink HARQ adapts a synchronous HARQ scheme in which a point in time for data transmission is fixed. That is, an uplink/downlink timing relationship among a PUSCH which is a physical channel for uplink data transmission, a PDCCH which is a downlink control channel coming before the PUSCH, and a physical hybrid indicator channel (PHICH) which is a physical channel via which a downlink HARQ ACK/NACK corresponding to the PUSCH are fixed according to the following rules.

When the terminal receives a PDCCH including uplink scheduling control information transmitted from the base station, or a PHICH via which a downlink HARQ ACK/NACK is transmitted, in subframe n, the terminal transmits uplink data corresponding to the control information via a PUSCH in subframe (n+k). In this instance, k is defined differently according to FDD or TDD of the LTE system, and a configuration thereof. For example, in the case of the FDD LTE system, k is fixed to <NUM>. In the case of the TDD LTE system, k may be changed according to a subframe configuration and a subframe number.

Further, when the terminal receives a PHICH carrying a downlink HARQ ACK/NACK from the base station in sub-frame i, the PHICH corresponds to a PUSCH transmitted by the terminal in sub-frame (i-k). In this instance, k is defined differently according to FDD or TDD of the LTE system, and a configuration thereof. For example, in the case of the FDD LTE system, k is fixed to <NUM>. In the case of the TDD LTE system, k may be changed according to a subframe configuration and a subframe number.

The descriptions about the wireless communication system is provided from the perspective of an LTE system, and the disclosure is not limited to the LTE system and may be applicable to various wireless communication systems such as NR, <NUM>, or the like. For example, the waveform for uplink transmission in the NR is not limited to SC-FDMA, and cyclic prefix orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (CP-OFDM) is also available.

In the NR system, various slot structures are supported so as to flexibly cope with the amount of downlink and uplink capacity required, which vary according to the environment such as time, operation scenarios, or the like.

<FIG> is a diagram illustrating various NR slot structures supported in an NR system according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

Referring to <FIG>, in NR, slots with various lengths may be set for terminals, and the set value may include at least one of a slot structure <NUM> including <NUM> (or <NUM>) OFDM symbols and a non-slot structure <NUM> including <NUM>, <NUM>,. , or <NUM> OFDM symbols. The non-slot structure is an example of the expressions, and may be expressed by various terms such as "mini slot," "short slot," or the like.

As described above, a frequency and time resource region unit set as a slot structure or a non-slot structure may be divided, particularly from the perspective of the time axis, as a downlink structure (DL only), an uplink/downlink mixed structure (UL/DL mixed, which is similar to an LTE special subframe structure), and an uplink structure (UL only). In the example, descriptions will be provided from the perspective of the uplink/downlink mixed structure, which is the most general structure (DL only or UL only may be considered to be a special case of UL/DL mixed). According to the uplink/downlink mixed structure, at least one of a DL part <NUM>, a guard period (GP) <NUM>, and a UL part <NUM> are included in a slot structure or a non-slot structure. The DL part <NUM> may include at least one element from among a PDCCH <NUM>, a PDSCH <NUM>, and a DL reference signal (RS) such as a CSI-RS, a DL demodulation reference signal (DL DMRS), or the like. Similarly, the UL part <NUM> may include at least one element from among a PUCCH, a PUSCH <NUM>, and a UL reference signal (UL RS) such as a sounding reference signal (SRS), a UL DMRS, or the like. Here, the guard period is a guard period for switching from DL to UL. During the guard period, a terminal may not need to perform data transmission and reception and thus, operations for UL/DL switching may be performed such as timing alignment or changing an RF chain.

<FIG> is a diagram illustrating an uplink transmission structure of an LTE and LTE-A system according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

Referring to <FIG>, an information bit transmitted in an uplink data channel (uplink shared channel (UL-SCH)) <NUM> in a transport channel may be divided in units of transport blocks (TBs) <NUM>, and a TB cyclic redundancy check (CRC) bit <NUM> is added. Subsequently, TB and TB-CRC bits may be divided into at least one code block (CB) <NUM>, and a CB-CRC <NUM> is added. Subsequently, the CB and CB-CRCs go through procedures such as channel coding, rate matching (RM), and code block concatenation (CBC) <NUM>, and may be mapped to a physical uplink data channel (physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH)) <NUM>.

In the transport channel, an uplink control channel (or uplink control information (UCI) <NUM>) may include UCI elements <NUM> such as a HARQ, a rank indicator (RI), a CSI-RS resource indicator (CRI), a precoding matrix indicator (PMI), a channel quality indicator (CQI), or the like. One or more UCI elements may be separately encoded or jointly encoded according to a predetermined rule, and channel coding may be applied. A UCI to which channel coding is applied may be multiplexed to the uplink data channel and may be transmitted via a PUSCH or may be transmitted via a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) <NUM>.

In the NR system, CBs in a single TB may be divided into one or more code block groups (CBGs). In some cases, an HARQ ACK/NACK for each CBG may be reported and retransmission for each CBG may be performed. The remaining configurations are similar to those of the LTE system and LTE-A system.

As described above, in the LTE, LTE-A, and NR systems, a terminal measures a reference signal transmitted by a base station in downlink, and feeds back information obtained from the measurement to the base station via UCI. As UCI elements fed back by a terminal may briefly include five pieces of information as provided below.

The CRI, RI, PMI, CQI, and RSRP are interrelated. For example, various CSI-RS resources set for a terminal may include a different number of CSI-RS ports. In this instance, the maximum allowable rank may not be greater than the number of CSI-RS ports, and thus, the maximum value of an RI that a terminal is capable of reporting may be determined based on a CRI selected by the terminal. As another example, a precoding matrix is defined differently for each rank. Accordingly, X, the value of a PMI when an RI has a value of <NUM> may be interpreted to be different from X, the value of a PMI when the RI has a value of <NUM>. Also, when a terminal determines a CQI, the terminal assumes that a PMI and X that the terminal reports to a base station are applied in the base station. That is, reporting RI_X, PMI_Y, and CQI_Z to the base station may be the same as reporting that a data transmission rate corresponding to CQI_Z is received when a rank is RI_X and precoding is PMI_Y. As described above, when the terminal calculates a CQI, the terminal assumes a transmission scheme to be executed with respect to the base station, so that the terminal may obtain the optimal performance when the terminal actually executes transmission using the corresponding transmission scheme.

In LTE and LTE-A, a periodic feedback mode and an aperiodic feedback mode are supported. In NR, a periodic feedback mode, a semi-persistent feedback mode, and an aperiodic feedback mode are supported.

In LTE and LTE-A, periodic feedback may be set to one of the following four feedback modes (or reporting modes), based on information that is included.

For the four feedback modes, a feedback timing of each information may be determined based on Npd,, NOFFSET,CQI,, MRI, NOFFSET,RI, and the like which are transferred via a higher layer signal. In feedback mode <NUM>-<NUM>, the transmission period of the wCQI is Npd, and a feedback timing may be determined based on a subframe offset value of NOFFSET,CQI. Also, the transmission period of the RI is Npd,· MRI, and the offset thereof is NOFFSET,CQI + NOFFSET,RI.

<FIG> is a diagram illustrating a PUCCH-based CSI report timing in LTE and LTE-A system according to the reporting mode and the parameter setting according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

Referring to <FIG>, each timing indicates a subframe index. For example, diagram <NUM> indicates the feedback timing of an RI and a wCQI when Npd = <NUM>, MRI = <NUM>, NOFFSET,CQI = <NUM>, and NOFFSET,RI = -<NUM>. Diagram <NUM> indicates the feedback timing of an RI, an sCQI, and a wCQI when Npd = <NUM>, MRI = <NUM>, J = <NUM> (<NUM>), K = <NUM>, NOFFSET,CQI = <NUM>, and NOFFSET,RI = -<NUM>. Diagrams <NUM> and <NUM> are diagrams illustrating feedback timing when PTI=<NUM> and PTI=<NUM> in the case in which Npd= <NUM>, MRI = <NUM>, J = <NUM> (<NUM>), K= <NUM>, H' = <NUM>, NOFFSET,CQI = <NUM>, and NOFFSET,RI = -<NUM>.

LTE and LTE-A may support aperiodic feedback, in addition to the periodic feedback of a terminal. When a base station desires to obtain aperiodic feedback information of a predetermined terminal, the base station may configure an aperiodic feedback indicator included in downlink control information (DCI) for uplink data scheduling of the corresponding terminal to execute predetermined aperiodic feedback, and executes uplink data scheduling of the corresponding terminal. When the terminal receives, in an nth subframe, the indicator that is configured to execute aperiodic feedback, the terminal may execute uplink transmission by including aperiodic feedback information in data transmission in an n+kth subframe. Here, k is a parameter defined in the 3GPP LTE Release <NUM> standard, which is <NUM> in the frequency division duplexing (FDD) and may be defined as shown in Table <NUM> in the TDD.

When the aperiodic feedback is set, the feedback information may include an RI, PMI, and CQI in the same manner as the periodic feedback, and the RI and the PMI may not be fed back based on a feedback configuration. The CQI may include both a wCQI and an sCQI, or may include only wCQI information.

Table <NUM> provided below shows a reporting type of periodic channel state reporting performed using a PUCCH, information reported for each reporting type, and the payload size of used information.

A terminal transmits RI, PTI, PMI, and CQI information using a PUCCH reporting type suitable for a reporting instance and a PUCCH reporting mode of periodic channel state reporting, as shown in Table <NUM>. However, in the case of periodic channel state reporting using a PUCCH, the payload size to be transmitted and the amount of resources allocated are limited, and thus, the terminal may be allowed to perform transmission via only a single PUCCH reporting type for each point in time for reporting.

Therefore, when points in time for reporting collide between CSI processes in one cell, or when points in time for reporting collide between different cells in the state of carrier aggregation (CA), priority may be determined based on a PUCCH reporting type so as to solve the collision problem. In this instance, a criterion for determining priority is a reporting period. As a reporting period is long, corresponding information is important and has high priority. As a reporting period is short, corresponding information has low priority. In the release <NUM> standard, priority is determined based on a reporting type in order of RI>wideband PMI>wideband CQl>subband PMI and CQI. When reporting having same priority collide between different cells, a terminal transmits information associated with a cell having a low cell index, so as to solve the collision problem. Also, when predetermined information is not reported due to collision, remaining periodic channel state reporting is continued using most recently reported corresponding information as the predetermined information. For example, when wideband PMI information is not reported and a most recently reported wideband PMI is <NUM>, a terminal assumes that the wideband PMI is also <NUM> at the current point in time for reporting, and continues reporting the remaining second PMI and CQI information.

LTE and LTE-A may provide a codebook subsampling function for periodic channel state reporting. In LTE and LTE-A, a periodic feedback of the terminal may be transmitted to a base station via a PUCCH. The amount of information that may be transmitted via a PUCCH in each time is limited, and thus, various feedback objects, such as an RI, a wCQI, an sCQI, a PMI1, a wPMI2, an sPMI2, and the like, may be transmitted via a PUCCH after subsampling, or two or more pieces of feedback information may be jointly encoded and transmitted via a PUCCH.

As an example, when the number of CSI-RS ports set by a base station is <NUM>, an RI and a PMI1(i<NUM>) reported in submode <NUM> of PUCCH mode <NUM>-<NUM> may be jointly encoded as shown in Table <NUM>. Referring to Table <NUM>, an RI formed of <NUM> bits and a PMI1 formed of <NUM> bits are jointly encoded, such that a total of <NUM> bits of information is obtained. In submode <NUM> of PUCCH mode <NUM>-<NUM>, a PMI1 formed of <NUM> bits and a PMI2(i<NUM>) formed of another <NUM> bits are jointly encoded, such that a total of <NUM> bits of information is obtained, as shown in Table <NUM>. Since a subsampling scale is larger than that of submode <NUM> (<NUM> bits are subsampled to <NUM> bits in submode <NUM> and <NUM> bits are subsampled to <NUM> bits in submode <NUM>), more precoding indices may not be reported.

As another example, when the number of CSI-RS ports set by a base station is <NUM>, a PMI2 reported in PUCCH mode <NUM>-<NUM> may be subsampled as shown in Table <NUM>. Referring to Table <NUM>, a PMI2 may be reported in <NUM> bits when a related RI is <NUM>. However, when the related RI has a value greater than or equal to <NUM>, a differential CQI for a second codeword needs to be additionally reported and thus, the PMI2 may be subsampled to <NUM> bits and may be reported. In LTE and LTE-A, subsampling or joint encoding may be applied to a total of <NUM> types of periodic feedbacks, including Table <NUM>, Table <NUM>, and Table <NUM>.

In NR, periodic CSI reporting is transmitted via a short PUCCH or a long PUCCH. The short PUCCH includes one or two OFDM symbols. The long PUCCH includes three or four OFDM symbols. In the case of CSI reporting via a short PUCCH or a long PUCCH in NR, only single-slot reporting is supported, and multiplexing of CSI parameters (or UCI elements) among multiple slots is not supported unlike LTE and LTE-A. Through the above, multiple reporting time dependency for one CSI reporting may be reduced and performance deterioration caused by error propagation may be prevented.

Briefly three types of codebooks are supported in the NR system. The use of one of the three types of codebooks is indicated to a terminal via high layer signaling. A first type is a Typel-SinglePanel codebook on the assumption of a single panel and a low CSI feedback resolution. A second type is a Typel-MultiPanel codebook on the assumption of multiple panels and a low CSI feedback resolution. A third type is a Typell codebook on the assumption of a single panel and a high CSI feedback resolution.

Each type of codebook may be defined by some or all of the following parameters.

Also, in NR, each type of codebook may be set to one of two modes. A first mode is a mode in which one beam group includes one beam direction. In this instance, i<NUM> indicates only co-phasing information. A second mode is a mode in which one beam group includes one or more beam directions. In this instance, i<NUM> indicates beam selection information and co-phasing information.

In NR, payload listed in Tables provided below may be required to perform PMI reporting, according to settings associated with a codebook type, a parameter, a mode, or wideband/subband reporting. Table <NUM> lists i<NUM> payload (i.e., information associated with a wideband) for Typel-SinglePanel codebook. Table <NUM> lists i<NUM> payload for each subband for Typel-SinglePanel codebook.

Table <NUM> lists i<NUM> payload (i.e., information associated with a wideband) for Typel-MultiPanel codebook. Table <NUM> lists i<NUM> payload for each subband for Typel-MultiPanel codebook.

Table <NUM> lists i<NUM> payload (i.e., information associated with a wideband) for TypeII codebook. Tables <NUM> to <NUM> list i<NUM> payload for Typell codebook. Particularly, Table <NUM> lists i<NUM> payload when a QPSK phase and a wideband-only amplitude are used for beamforming. Table <NUM> lists i<NUM> payload when a QPSK phase and a wideband-and-subband amplitude are used for beamforming. Table <NUM> lists i<NUM> payload when a <NUM>-PSK phase and a wideband-only amplitude are used for beamforming. Table <NUM> lists i<NUM> payload when a <NUM>-PSK phase and wideband and subband amplitude are used for beamforming.

As listed in Tables <NUM> to <NUM>, the payload of a PMI varies based on a set value related to each codebook and other UCI elements (e.g., a rank) reported together. That may indicate that a channel coding input sequence may vary according to a situation, and thus, this should be taken into consideration when short and long PUCCH encoding is performed.

In NR, <NUM> bits are used as a criterion. A Reed-Muller code is used for performing channel coding for DCI or UCI information bits with <NUM> or fewer bits, and a polar code is used for performing channel coding for DCI or UCI information bits with <NUM> or more bits. The information bits may be counted by taking into consideration only a UCI bit stream a<NUM>, a<NUM>, a<NUM>, a<NUM>,. , aA-<NUM> having A bits, or may be counted by taking into consideration both a UCI bit stream a<NUM>,a<NUM>,a<NUM>,a<NUM> ,. , aA-<NUM> having A bits and parity bits p<NUM>, p<NUM>, p<NUM>, p<NUM> ,. , pL-<NUM> having L bits.

<FIG> is a diagram illustrating an example of an encoding method of a polar code according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

Referring to <FIG>, information bits <NUM> may be encoded by a predetermined Reed-Muller generation matrix <NUM>, thereby being converted to codeword <NUM>. In this instance, the information bits are encoded sequentially from U<NUM> to U<NUM>. As bits are lower bits, the number of jointly encoded bits is small, and thus, lower bits have lower reliability. Therefore, some of the lower bits are defined as frozen bits so as to use a predetermined sequence, and the remaining bits are used as data bits, whereby the decoding performance may be improved.

<FIG> is a diagram illustrating an example of a polar code sequence according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

Referring to <FIG>, it is recognized that decoding reliability increases according to an information bit index, as described in <FIG>. Particularly, it is easily observed that the reliability in diagram <NUM> obtained before sorting, has a certain tendency, although the tendency is not a monotone increasing function or a monotone decreasing function unlike diagram <NUM> obtained after sorting. Referring to diagram <NUM>, frozen bit indices (bits under the broken line <NUM>, bits under the broken line <NUM>, and bits under the broken line <NUM>) and data bit indices (bits above the broken line <NUM>, bits above the broken line <NUM>, and bits above the broken line <NUM>) may be distinguished based on a desired coding rate (CR) such as CR=<NUM>/<NUM>, CR=<NUM>/<NUM>, or CR=<NUM>/<NUM>, and that may be defined as a polar code sequence. When sorting is performed based on reliability for each bit, a polar code sequence <NUM> may include a frozen bit part <NUM> including bits having the lowest reliability, a data bit part <NUM> including bits having medium reliability, and a CRC part <NUM> having the highest reliability.

<FIG> is a diagram illustrating an example of polar code decoding according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

Referring to <FIG>, a received signal in association with the polar code sequence may be decoded based on the above-described RM generation matrix. Decoding is performed by a receiving end including a plurality of basic decoding units in reverse order of reliability of respective information bits. Each basic decoding unit sequentially and continuously performs a log-likelihood ratio (LLR) operation for a corresponding node (check node operation), and successive cancelation based thereon (variable node operation). From the perspective of decoding of data bits, it may be schematically illustrated as the tree structure of <FIG>.

<FIG> is a diagram illustrating an example of a channel coding chain based on a polar code according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

Referring to <FIG>, DCI or UCI information may go through a CRC encoder <NUM> and may be converted into a polar code sequence <NUM>. The polar code sequence <NUM> may go through a polar encoder <NUM> and may be changed into codeword, and rate matching is performed, in operation <NUM> (e.g., via a rate-matching interleaver). Subsequently, a ratematched codeword in a circular buffer <NUM> sequentially go through channel interleaving, in operation <NUM> (e.g., via a channel interleaver), may be modulated in operation <NUM> (e.g., via a modulator), and may be mapped to a PDCCH or a PUCCH.

<FIG> is a diagram illustrating an example of a CRC-aided polar (CA-polar) code and an example of a parity-check polar (PC-polar) code according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

Referring to <FIG>, generally, the performance of a polar code may be improved when candidate paths are checked using a CRC. This may be defined as CA-polar code <NUM>. In CA polar code, a CRC input and data needs to be defined to have an appropriate sequence and decoding complexity that is not higher than that of only polar code. A PC-polar code <NUM> is a method of defining a PC-frozen bit <NUM>, in addition to a CRC. In this instance, the additional PC-frozen bit is not a fixed value, and may be changed by another data bit. For example, in <FIG>, a PC-frozen bit for U<NUM> may be determined based on values of U<NUM> and U<NUM>. The efficiency of a CA-polar code and a PC-polar code may be changed based on the payload of an information bit. The use of a CA-polar code and a PC-polar code may be determined based on a predetermined information bit payload. Subsequently, "polar code" used in the descriptions of the disclosure does not indicate a predetermined polar code, but indicates a general polar code.

As described above, in the NR system, for performing PDCCH and PUCCH channel coding, a Reed-Muller code is used for an information payload of <NUM> or fewer bits, and a polar code is used for an information payload of bits greater than <NUM> bits. When CSI reporting via a PUCCH is performed, a UCI payload may be changed based on some CSI values. For example, when the payload for PMI and CQI reporting may be changed based on a rank reported by a terminal. That may cause problems. Ambiguity may increase when a base station decodes UCI which has been encoded using a polar code, and the number of times that blind decoding is performed may be increased. Therefore, the disclosure provides a method of efficiently determining a UCI mapping rule for polar code encoding of UCI, thereby overcoming the above-described problems.

<FIG> is a diagram illustrating examples of a UCI mapping method in consideration of a polar code sequence according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

Referring to <FIG>, in the first embodiment, it is appointed that UCI elements related to CSI reporting, such as a CRI/RI <NUM>, a PMI <NUM>, a CQI <NUM>, and the like are encoded before a padding bit <NUM> is encoded. That is to remove ambiguity of the payload of UCI elements by decoding the UCI elements before decoding padding bits when a data bit part <NUM> is decoded based on a frozen bit part <NUM> in a polar code sequence <NUM> including the frozen bit part <NUM>, the data bit part <NUM>, and a CRC <NUM>. The CRI/RI <NUM> may be encoded before the CQI <NUM> or the PMI <NUM>. In this instance, the CRI may be encoded before the RI is encoded. The number of CSI-RS ports included in a CSI-RS resource indicated by a CRI reported by a terminal is changed, and thus, the maximum allowed rank is changed. Accordingly, the payload of the RI may be changed. A base station may decode the CRI/RI <NUM> and then, may estimate the payload of the CQI <NUM> or the PMI <NUM>.

<FIG> is a diagram illustrating an example of CSI mapping when the maximum rank is <NUM> or <NUM> according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

Referring to <FIG>, when the maximum rank is determined as <NUM> by CRI decoding (when a CSI-RS resource indicated by a CRI includes a single CSI-RS port) or when the maximum rank is determined as <NUM> by higher layer signaling, a base station of <FIG> may be aware that the data bit part <NUM> includes a CQI <NUM> with A bits and a PMI <NUM> with B bits. In this instance, the PMI <NUM> with B bits may be determined with reference to PMI payload values provided in Tables <NUM> to <NUM>. The remaining parts other than the CQI <NUM> or the PMI <NUM> in the data bit part <NUM> may be filled with the padding bit <NUM>. Subsequently, the base station decodes the CRC <NUM>, and may determine whether entire polar code sequence decoding is successfully performed. In the case of rank <NUM>, the CQI with A bits may represent the channel quality of a single codeword.

As another example, a base station may consider the case in which the maximum rank is determined as <NUM> by CRI decoding (i.e., when a CSI-RS resource indicated by a CRI includes two CSI-RS ports) or the case in which the maximum rank is determined as <NUM> by higher layer signaling. As illustrated in <FIG>, when an RI decoding result shows that an RI <NUM> is <NUM> (rank=<NUM>), it is recognized that the data bit part <NUM> includes a CQI <NUM> with A bits and a PMI <NUM> with B bits. In this instance, the PMI <NUM> with B bits may be determined with reference to PMI payload values provided in Tables <NUM> to <NUM>. The remaining parts other than the RI/CRI <NUM>, the CQI <NUM>, or the PMI <NUM> in the data bit part <NUM> may be filled with the padding bit <NUM>.

When an RI <NUM> is <NUM> (rank=<NUM>), it is recognized that the data bit part <NUM> includes a CQI <NUM> with A bits and a PMI <NUM> with C bits. In this instance, the PMI <NUM> with C bits may be determined with reference to PMI payload values provided in Tables <NUM> to <NUM>. The remaining parts other than the RI/CRI <NUM>, the CQI <NUM>, or the PMI <NUM> in the data bit part <NUM> may be filled with the padding bit <NUM>. Subsequently, the base station decodes the CRC <NUM>, and may determine whether entire polar code sequence decoding is successfully performed. In either case whether rank=<NUM> or rank=<NUM>, the CQI with A bits represents the channel quality of a single codeword. Therefore, payload of the CQI is not changed based on a rank. However, it should be taken into consideration that a PMI with B bits or C bits may be changed based on the rank.

<FIG> is a diagram illustrating an example of CSI mapping when the maximum rank is <NUM> according to an embodiment of the disclosure. As another example, a base station may consider the case in which the maximum rank is determined as <NUM> by CRI decoding (i.e., when a CSI-RS resource indicated by a CRI includes four CSI-RS ports) or the case in which the maximum rank is determined as <NUM> by higher layer signaling.

Referring to <FIG>, when an RI decoding result shows that an RI <NUM> is <NUM> (rank=<NUM>), it is recognized that the data bit part <NUM> includes a CQI <NUM> with A bits and a PMI <NUM> with B bits. In this instance, the PMI <NUM> with B bits may be determined with reference to PMI payload values provided in Tables <NUM> to <NUM>. The remaining parts other than the RI/CRI <NUM>, the CQI <NUM>, or the PMI <NUM> in the data bit part <NUM> may be filled with the padding bit <NUM>.

When an RI <NUM> is <NUM> (rank=<NUM>), it is recognized that the data bit part <NUM> includes a CQI <NUM> with A bits and a PMI <NUM> with C bits. In this instance, the PMI <NUM> with C bits may be determined with reference to PMI payload values provided in Tables <NUM> to <NUM>. The remaining parts other than the RI/CRI <NUM>, the CQI <NUM>, or the PMI <NUM> in the data bit part <NUM> may be filled with the padding bit <NUM>. When an RI <NUM> is <NUM> or <NUM> (rank=<NUM> or <NUM>), it is recognized that the data bit part <NUM> includes a CQI <NUM> with A bits and a PMI <NUM> with D bits. In this instance, the PMI <NUM> with D bits may be determined with reference to PMI payload values provided in Tables <NUM> to <NUM>. The remaining parts other than the RI/CRI <NUM>, the CQI <NUM>, or the PMI <NUM> in the data bit part <NUM> may be filled with the padding bit <NUM>. Subsequently, the base station decodes the CRC <NUM>, and may determine whether entire polar code sequence decoding is successfully performed. In any case whether rank=<NUM>, rank=<NUM>, rank=<NUM>, or rank=<NUM>, the CQI with A bits represents the channel quality of a single codeword. Therefore, payload of the CQI is not changed based on a rank. However, it should be taken into consideration that a PMI with B bits, C bits, or D bits may be changed based on the rank.

<FIG> is a diagram illustrating an example of CSI mapping when the maximum rank is <NUM> according to an embodiment of the disclosure. As another example, a base station may consider the case in which the maximum rank is determined as <NUM> by CRI decoding (i.e., when a CSI-RS resource indicated by a CRI includes eight or more CSI-RS ports) or the case in which the maximum rank is determined as <NUM> by higher layer signaling.

When an RI <NUM> is <NUM> (rank=<NUM>), it is recognized that the data bit part <NUM> includes a CQI <NUM> with A bits and a PMI <NUM> with C bits. In this instance, the PMI <NUM> with C bits may be determined with reference to PMI payload values provided in Tables <NUM> to <NUM>. The remaining parts other than the RI/CRI <NUM>, the CQI <NUM>, or the PMI <NUM> in the data bit part <NUM> may be filled with the padding bit <NUM>. When an RI <NUM> is <NUM> or <NUM> (rank=<NUM> or <NUM>), it is recognized that the data bit part <NUM> includes a CQI <NUM> with A bits and a PMI <NUM> with D bits. In this instance, the PMI <NUM> with D bits may be determined with reference to PMI payload values provided in Tables <NUM> to <NUM>. The remaining parts other than the RI/CRI <NUM>, the CQI <NUM>, or the PMI <NUM> in the data bit part <NUM> may be filled with the padding bit <NUM>. When an RI <NUM> is <NUM>, <NUM>, or <NUM> (rank=<NUM>, <NUM>, <NUM>, or <NUM>), it is recognized that the data bit part <NUM> includes a CQI <NUM> with E bits and a PMI <NUM> with F bits. In this instance, the PMI <NUM> with F bits may be determined with reference to PMI payload values provided in Tables <NUM> to <NUM>. The remaining parts other than the RI/CRI <NUM>, the CQI <NUM>, or the PMI <NUM> in the data bit part <NUM> may be filled with the padding bit <NUM>. Subsequently, the base station decodes the CRC <NUM>, and may determine whether entire polar code sequence decoding is successfully performed.

In any case when rank is <NUM>, <NUM>, <NUM>, or <NUM>, the CQI with A bits represents the channel quality of a single codeword, and thus, payload is not changed based on a rank. However, in any case when rank is <NUM>, <NUM>, <NUM>, or <NUM>, the channel quality of two codewords may be represented, and thus, the payload may need to be increased. For example, independent CQls are applied to two codewords, CQI payload with E=2A bits are needed. When A bits are allocated to a first CQI and a differential CQI is applied to a second CQI, E bits CQI payload that satisfies A<E<2A may be allocated. It should be taken into consideration that a PMI with B, C, D, or F bits may be changed based on the rank.

Referring to <FIG>, in the second embodiment, UCI elements, such as a CRI/RI <NUM>, or the like, which may affect the payload of other UCI elements, may be encoded before a padding bit <NUM> is encoded. Other UCI elements related to CSI reporting, such as a PMI <NUM>, a CQI <NUM>, or the like may be appointed to be encoded after the padding bit <NUM> is encoded. That is to improve reliability of some UCI elements such as the CQI, the PMI, or the like, via the padding bits, when the data bit part <NUM> is decoded based on the frozen bit part <NUM> in the polar code sequence <NUM> including the frozen bit part <NUM>, the data bit part <NUM>, and the CRC <NUM>. The CRI/RI <NUM> may be encoded before the CQI <NUM> or the PMI <NUM>. In this instance, the CRI may be encoded before the RI is encoded. That is, based on the fact that when the number of CSI-RS ports included in a CSI-RS resource indicated by a CRI reported by a terminal is changed, the maximum allowed rank is changed and the payload of the RI may be changed.

A base station may estimate the payload of the CQI <NUM> or the PMI <NUM> after decoding the CRI/RI <NUM>, and subsequently, decoding is performed by taking into consideration payload other than the payload for CRI/RI <NUM>, CQI <NUM>, and PMI <NUM> in the data bit part <NUM> are the padding bit <NUM>.

Referring to <FIG>, for example, when the maximum rank is determined as <NUM> by CRI decoding (when a CSI-RS resource indicated by a CRI includes a single CSI-RS port) or when the maximum rank is determined as <NUM> by higher layer signaling, a base station may be aware that the data bit part <NUM> includes the CQI <NUM> with A bits and the PMI <NUM> with B bits. In this instance, the PMI <NUM> with B bits may be determined with reference to PMI payload values provided in Tables <NUM> to <NUM>. The remaining parts other than the CQI <NUM> or the PMI <NUM> in the data bit part <NUM> may be filled with the padding bit <NUM>. Subsequently, the base station decodes the CRC <NUM>, and may determine whether entire polar code sequence decoding is successfully performed. In the case of rank <NUM>, the CQI with A bits may represent the channel quality of a single codeword.

As another example, a base station may consider the case in which the maximum rank is determined as <NUM> by CRI decoding (i.e., when a CSI-RS resource indicated by a CRI includes two CSI-RS ports) or by higher layer signaling. As illustrated in <FIG>, when an RI decoding result shows that the RI <NUM> is <NUM> (rank=<NUM>), it is recognized that the data bit part <NUM> includes the CQI <NUM> with A bits and the PMI <NUM> with B bits. In this instance, the PMI <NUM> with B bits may be determined with reference to PMI payload values provided in Tables <NUM> to <NUM>. The remaining parts other than the RI/CRI <NUM>, the CQI <NUM>, or the PMI <NUM> in the data bit part <NUM> may be filled with the padding bit <NUM>.

When the RI <NUM> is <NUM> (rank=<NUM>), it is recognized that the data bit part <NUM> includes the CQI <NUM> with A bits and the PMI <NUM> with C bits. In this instance, the PMI <NUM> with C bits may be determined with reference to PMI payload values provided in Tables <NUM> to <NUM>. The remaining parts other than the RI/CRI <NUM>, the CQI <NUM>, or the PMI <NUM> in the data bit part <NUM> may be filled with the padding bit <NUM>. Subsequently, the base station decodes the CRC <NUM>, and may determine whether entire polar code sequence decoding is successfully performed. In either case whether rank=<NUM> or rank=<NUM>, the CQI with A bits represents the channel quality of a single codeword. Therefore, payload of the CQI is not changed based on a rank. However, it should be taken into consideration that a PMI with B bits or C bits may be changed based on the rank.

Referring to <FIG>, as another example, a base station may consider the case in which the maximum rank is determined as <NUM> by CRI decoding (i.e., when a CSI-RS resource indicated by a CRI includes four CSI-RS ports) or by higher layer signaling. As illustrated in <FIG>, when an RI decoding result shows that the RI <NUM> is <NUM> (rank=<NUM>), it is recognized that the data bit part <NUM> includes the CQI <NUM> with A bits and the PMI <NUM> with B bits. In this instance, the PMI <NUM> with B bits may be determined with reference to PMI payload values provided in Tables <NUM> to <NUM>. The remaining parts other than the RI/CRI <NUM>, the CQI <NUM>, or the PMI <NUM> in the data bit part <NUM> may be filled with the padding bit <NUM>.

When the RI <NUM> is <NUM> (rank=<NUM>), it is recognized that the data bit part <NUM> includes the CQI <NUM> with A bits and the PMI <NUM> with C bits. In this instance, the PMI <NUM> with C bits may be determined with reference to PMI payload values provided in Tables <NUM> to <NUM>. The remaining parts other than the RI/CRI <NUM>, the CQI <NUM>, or the PMI <NUM> in the data bit part <NUM> may be filled with the padding bit <NUM>. When the RI <NUM> is <NUM> or <NUM> (rank=<NUM> or <NUM>), it is recognized that the data bit part <NUM> includes the CQI <NUM> with A bits and the PMI <NUM> with D bits. In this instance, the PMI <NUM> with D bits may be determined with reference to PMI payload values provided in Tables <NUM> to <NUM>. The remaining parts other than the RI/CRI <NUM>, the CQI <NUM>, or the PMI <NUM> in the data bit part <NUM> may be filled with the padding bit <NUM>. Subsequently, the base station decodes the CRC <NUM>, and may determine whether entire polar code sequence decoding is successfully performed. In any case whether rank=<NUM>, rank=<NUM>, rank=<NUM>, or rank=<NUM>, the CQI with A bits represents the channel quality of a single codeword. Therefore, payload of the CQI is not changed based on a rank. However, it should be taken into consideration that a PMI with B bits, C bits, or D bits may be changed based on the rank.

Referring to <FIG>, as another example, a base station may consider the case in which the maximum rank is determined as <NUM> by CRI decoding (i.e., when a CSI-RS resource indicated by a CRI includes eight or more CSI-RS ports) or by higher layer signaling. As illustrated in <FIG>, when an RI decoding result shows that the RI <NUM> is <NUM> (rank=<NUM>), it is recognized that the data bit part <NUM> includes the CQI <NUM> with A bits and the PMI <NUM> with B bits. In this instance, the PMI <NUM> with B bits may be determined with reference to PMI payload values provided in Tables <NUM> to <NUM>. The remaining parts other than the RI/CRI <NUM>, the CQI <NUM>, or the PMI <NUM> in the data bit part <NUM> may be filled with the padding bit <NUM>.

When the RI <NUM> is <NUM> (rank=<NUM>), it is recognized that the data bit part <NUM> includes the CQI <NUM> with A bits and the PMI <NUM> with C bits. In this instance, the PMI <NUM> with C bits may be determined with reference to PMI payload values provided in Tables <NUM> to <NUM>. The remaining parts other than the RI/CRI <NUM>, the CQI <NUM>, or the PMI <NUM> in the data bit part <NUM> may be filled with the padding bit <NUM>. When the RI <NUM> is <NUM> or <NUM> (rank=<NUM> or <NUM>), it is recognized that the data bit part <NUM> includes the CQI <NUM> with A bits and the PMI <NUM> with D bits. In this instance, the PMI <NUM> with D bits may be determined with reference to PMI payload values provided in Tables <NUM> to <NUM>. The remaining parts other than the RI/CRI <NUM>, the CQI <NUM>, or the PMI <NUM> in the data bit part <NUM> may be filled with the padding bit <NUM>. When the RI <NUM> is <NUM>, <NUM>, or <NUM> (rank=<NUM>, <NUM>, <NUM>, or <NUM>), it is recognized that the data bit part <NUM> includes the CQI <NUM> with E bits and the PMI <NUM> with F bits. In this instance, the PMI <NUM> with F bits may be determined with reference to PMI payload values provided in Tables <NUM> to <NUM>. The remaining parts other than the RI/CRI <NUM>, the CQI <NUM>, or the PMI <NUM> in the data bit part <NUM> may be filled with the padding bit <NUM>. Subsequently, the base station decodes the CRC <NUM>, and may determine whether entire polar code sequence decoding is successfully performed.

Referring to <FIG>, in the third embodiment, UCI elements, such as a CRI/RI <NUM>, or the like, which may affect the payload of other UCI elements may be encoded before a padding <NUM> bit <NUM> or a padding <NUM> bit <NUM> is encoded. Other UCI elements related to CSI reporting, such as a CQI <NUM>, a PMI <NUM>, or the like may be appointed to be encoded after the padding <NUM> bit <NUM> or the padding <NUM> bit <NUM> is encoded. That is to improve reliability of some UCI elements such as the CQI, the PMI, or the like, via the padding bits, when the data bit part <NUM> is decoded based on the frozen bit part <NUM> in the polar code sequence <NUM> including the frozen bit part <NUM>, the data bit part <NUM>, and the CRC <NUM>.

The CRI/RI <NUM> may be encoded before the CQI <NUM> or the PMI <NUM>. In this instance, the CRI may be encoded before the RI is encoded. That is based on the fact that when number of CSI-RS ports included in a CSI-RS resource indicated by a CRI reported by a terminal is changed, the maximum allowed rank is changed, and the payload of the RI may be changed. In this instance, the padding bit may be divided into two or more padding bit groups (padding <NUM> bit <NUM> and padding <NUM> bit <NUM>), and each padding bit group may be encoded before the CQI <NUM> is encoded (padding <NUM> bit <NUM>), or may be encoded before the PMI <NUM> (padding <NUM> bit <NUM>). That is based on the fact that conditions for change of the payload of the CQI <NUM> and the PMI <NUM> are different from each other. That may reduce the effect of payload estimation error associated with the CQI <NUM> or the PMI <NUM> caused by a CRI/RI decoding error or the like. For example, the payload of a CQI changes less sensitively than PMI payload, and thus, a change of the padding bit payload may decrease and an error propagation probability may be reduced.

A base station may estimate the payload of the CQI <NUM> or the PMI <NUM> after decoding the CRI/RI <NUM>, and subsequently, decoding is performed by taking into consideration that payload other than the payload for CRI/RI <NUM>, CQI <NUM>, and PMI <NUM> in the data bit part <NUM> are padding bits <NUM> and <NUM>. In this instance, two or more padding bit groups may be appointed such that they have the same payload (Padding1 == Padding2) or they are determined based on a predetermined condition (e.g., padding <NUM> is not used when the maximum rank <=<NUM>). That is based on the fact that the payload of a CQI does not change based on a rank when the maximum rank is less than or equal to <NUM>. In this instance, it is understood that a padding bit is encoded and exists between {CRI, RI, CQI} and {PMI}.

Referring to <FIG>, for example, when the maximum rank is determined as <NUM> by CRI decoding (when a CSI-RS resource indicated by a CRI includes a single CSI-RS port) or when the maximum rank is determined as <NUM> by higher layer signaling, a base station may be aware that the data bit part <NUM> includes the CQI <NUM> with A bits and the PMI <NUM> with B bits. In this instance, the PMI <NUM> with B bits may be determined with reference to PMI payload values provided in Tables <NUM> to <NUM>. The remaining parts other than the CQI <NUM> or the PMI <NUM> in the data bit part <NUM> may be filled with the padding bits <NUM> and <NUM>. Subsequently, the base station decodes the CRC <NUM>, and may determine whether entire polar code sequence decoding is successfully performed. In the case of rank <NUM>, the CQI with A bits may represent the channel quality of a single codeword.

As another example, a base station may consider the case in which the maximum rank is determined as <NUM> by CRI decoding (i.e., when a CSI-RS resource indicated by a CRI includes two CSI-RS ports) or by higher layer signaling. As illustrated in <FIG>, when an RI decoding result shows that the RI <NUM> is <NUM> (rank=<NUM>), it is recognized that the data bit part <NUM> includes the CQI <NUM> with A bits and the PMI <NUM> with B bits. In this instance, the PMI <NUM> with B bits may be determined with reference to PMI payload values provided in Tables <NUM> to <NUM>. The remaining parts other than the RI/CRI <NUM>, the CQI <NUM>, or the PMI <NUM> in the data bit part <NUM> may be filled with the padding bits <NUM> and <NUM>.

When the RI <NUM> is <NUM> (rank=<NUM>), it is recognized that the data bit part <NUM> includes the CQI <NUM> with A bits and the PMI <NUM> with C bits. In this instance, the PMI <NUM> with C bits may be determined with reference to PMI payload values provided in Tables <NUM> to <NUM>. The remaining parts other than the RI/CRI <NUM>, the CQI <NUM>, or the PMI <NUM> in the data bit part <NUM> may be filled with the padding bits <NUM> and <NUM>. Subsequently, the base station decodes the CRC <NUM>, and may determine whether entire polar code sequence decoding is successfully performed. In either case whether rank=<NUM> or rank=<NUM>, the CQI with A bits represents the channel quality of a single codeword. Therefore, payload of the CQI is not changed based on a rank. However, it should be taken into consideration that a PMI with B bits or C bits may be changed based on the rank.

Referring to <FIG>, as another example, a base station may consider the case in which the maximum rank is determined as <NUM> by CRI decoding (i.e., when a CSI-RS resource indicated by a CRI includes four CSI-RS ports) or the case in which the maximum rank is determined as <NUM> by higher layer signaling. As illustrated in <FIG>, when an RI decoding result shows that the RI <NUM> is <NUM> (rank=<NUM>), it is recognized that the data bit part <NUM> includes the CQI <NUM> with A bits and the PMI <NUM> with B bits. In this instance, the PMI <NUM> with B bits may be determined with reference to PMI payload values provided in Tables <NUM> to <NUM>. The remaining parts other than the RI/CRI <NUM>, the CQI <NUM>, or the PMI <NUM> in the data bit part <NUM> may be filled with the padding bits <NUM> and <NUM>. When the RI <NUM> is <NUM> (rank=<NUM>), it is recognized that the data bit part <NUM> includes the CQI <NUM> with A bits and the PMI <NUM> with C bits. In this instance, the PMI <NUM> with C bits may be determined with reference to PMI payload values provided in Tables <NUM> to <NUM>. The remaining parts other than the RI/CRI <NUM>, the CQI <NUM>, or the PMI <NUM> in the data bit part <NUM> may be filled with the padding bits <NUM> and <NUM>.

When the RI <NUM> is <NUM> or <NUM> (rank=<NUM> or <NUM>), it is recognized that the data bit part <NUM> includes the CQI <NUM> with A bits and the PMI <NUM> with D bits. In this instance, the PMI <NUM> with D bits may be determined with reference to PMI payload values provided in Tables <NUM> to <NUM>. The remaining parts other than the RI/CRI <NUM>, the CQI <NUM>, or the PMI <NUM> in the data bit part <NUM> may be filled with the padding bits <NUM> and <NUM>. Subsequently, the base station decodes the CRC <NUM>, and may determine whether entire polar code sequence decoding is successfully performed. In any case whether rank=<NUM>, rank=<NUM>, rank=<NUM>, or rank=<NUM>, the CQI with A bits represents the channel quality of a single codeword. Therefore, payload of the CQI is not changed based on a rank. However, it should be taken into consideration that a PMI with B bits, C bits, or D bits may be changed based on the rank.

Referring to <FIG>, as another example, a base station may consider the case in which the maximum rank is determined as <NUM> by CRI decoding (i.e., when a CSI-RS resource indicated by a CRI includes eight or more CSI-RS ports) or by higher layer signaling. As illustrated in <FIG>, when an RI decoding result shows that the RI <NUM> is <NUM> (rank=<NUM>), it is recognized that the data bit part <NUM> includes the CQI <NUM> with A bits and the PMI <NUM> with B bits. In this instance, the PMI <NUM> with B bits may be determined with reference to PMI payload values provided in Tables <NUM> to <NUM>. The remaining parts other than the RI/CRI <NUM>, the CQI <NUM>, or the PMI <NUM> in the data bit part <NUM> may be filled with the padding bits <NUM> and <NUM>. When the RI <NUM> is <NUM> (rank=<NUM>), it is recognized that the data bit part <NUM> includes the CQI <NUM> with A bits and the PMI <NUM> with C bits. In this instance, the PMI <NUM> with C bits may be determined with reference to PMI payload values provided in Tables <NUM> to <NUM>. The remaining parts other than the RI/CRI <NUM>, the CQI <NUM>, or the PMI <NUM> in the data bit part <NUM> may be filled with the padding bits <NUM> and <NUM>. When the RI <NUM> is <NUM> or <NUM> (rank=<NUM> or <NUM>), it is recognized that the data bit part <NUM> includes the CQI <NUM> with A bits and the PMI <NUM> with D bits. In this instance, the PMI <NUM> with D bits may be determined with reference to PMI payload values provided in Tables <NUM> to <NUM>. The remaining parts other than the RI/CRI <NUM>, the CQI <NUM>, or the PMI <NUM> in the data bit part <NUM> may be filled with the padding bits <NUM> and <NUM>. When the RI <NUM> is <NUM>, <NUM>, or <NUM> (rank=<NUM>, <NUM>, <NUM>, or <NUM>), it is recognized that the data bit part <NUM> includes the CQI <NUM> with E bits and the PMI <NUM> with F bits. In this instance, the PMI <NUM> with F bits may be determined with reference to PMI payload values provided in Tables <NUM> to <NUM>. The remaining parts other than the RI/CRI <NUM>, the CQI <NUM>, or the PMI <NUM> in the data bit part <NUM> may be filled with the padding bits <NUM> and <NUM>. Subsequently, the base station decodes the CRC <NUM>, and may determine whether entire polar code sequence decoding is successfully performed.

The polar code sequence mapping methods according to the above-described embodiments assume that the payload of UCI elements is greater than or equal to <NUM> bits (K><NUM>). When the total UCI payload that a terminal needs to transmit for each time is less than or equal to <NUM> (K<=<NUM>), the terminal may need to map UCI based on a Reed-Muller code, as opposed to the above embodiments. Here, K may be determined based on the total sum of actually meaningful UCI elements (i.e., the total sum of the payload of at least one of a CRI, an RI, a CQI, and a PMI). However, K may be determined based on the total sum of meaningful UCI elements and padding bits (i.e., payload of at least one of a CRI, an RI, a CQI, and a PMI + padding bit payload), which may be the maximum transmittable payload. Also, the values may be determined in consideration of HARQ ACK/NACK information.

The relative positions of the CRI/RI or CQI and PMI may be variable when they are actually applied. The relative positions of the CRI/RI/CQI/PMI and padding bits need to be importantly taken into consideration.

In the embodiments, a padding bit is used for ease of description. The padding bit may be expressed as various terms, such as an additional frozen bit, a remaining UCI bit index, or the like for actual use.

In the embodiments, at least one of UCI elements (CRI, RI, CQI, and PMI) may be interchangeably replaced with a CRI and/or a CSI-RSRP or a synchronization signal block index (SSBI) and/or an SSB-RSRP. In this instance, the CRI and the SSBI may be a list of indices including one or more CRIs or SSBIs, and also the CSI-RSRP and the SSB-RSRP may indicate RSRPs associated with CSI-RSs or SSBs indicated by corresponding index lists. Description of detailed examples thereof will be omitted since a PUCCH UCI encoding method according to the payload of a CRI and a CSI-RSRP or the payload of an SSBI and an SSB-RSRP is similar to the first, second, and third embodiments.

<FIG> is a flowchart illustrating the operation of generating a polar code sequence and transmitting a PUCCH according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

Referring to <FIG>, a terminal receives the maximum MIMO layer (maximum RI), a codebook related parameter (number of ports, Ng, N<NUM>, N<NUM>, O<NUM>, O<NUM>, mode, codebook type, and the like), and reference signal configuration information from a base station, in operation <NUM>. Subsequently, the base station receives a reference signal according to the configuration information, and generates channel state information such as a CRI, an RI, a PMI, a CQI, and the like, in operation <NUM>. The terminal determines payload for reporting the RI, PMI, or CQI, based on the CQI or RI determined when the channel state information are determined, in operation <NUM>. Subsequently, the terminal generates a polar code sequence according to one of the CSI mapping methods according to the embodiments, in operation <NUM>. The polar code sequence is transmitted to the base station via a PUCCH after polar code encoding, in operation <NUM>.

To perform the above-described embodiments of the disclosure, a transmitter, a receiver, and a processor of each of the terminal and the base station are illustrated in <FIG> and <FIG>. To perform a CSI mapping method according to the embodiments, a receiver, a processor, and a transmitter of each of the base station and the terminal operate according to a corresponding embodiment.

<FIG> is a block diagram of the configuration of a terminal according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

Referring to <FIG>, the terminal of the disclosure may include a terminal receiver <NUM>, a terminal transmitter <NUM>, and a terminal processor <NUM>. The terminal receiver <NUM> and the terminal transmitter <NUM> are commonly called a transceiver in the embodiments of the disclosure. The transceiver may transmit and receive a signal to/from a base station. To this end, the transceiver includes an RF transmitter that up-converts and amplifies the frequency of a transmitted signal, an RF receiver that low-noise amplifies a received signal and down-converts the frequency, and the like. Also, the transceiver outputs, to the terminal processor <NUM>, a signal received via a radio channel, and transmits a signal output from the terminal processor <NUM> via a radio channel.

The terminal processor <NUM> may control a series of processes such that the terminal operates according to the above-described embodiments of the disclosure. For example, the terminal receiver <NUM> receives configuration information for each CSI reporting from the base station, and the terminal processor <NUM> may perform control so as to interpret a CSI mapping method according to the configuration. Subsequently, the terminal transmitter <NUM> may transmit a PUCCH generated according to the CSI mapping method.

<FIG> is a block diagram of the configuration of a base station according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

Referring to <FIG>, the base station of the disclosure may include a base station receiver <NUM>, a base station transmitter <NUM>, and a base station processor <NUM>. The base station receiver <NUM> and the base station transmitter <NUM> are commonly called a transceiver in the embodiments of the disclosure. The transceiver may transmit and receive a signal to/from a terminal. To this end, the transceiver includes an RF transmitter that up-converts and amplifies a frequency of a transmitted signal, an RF receiver that low-noise amplifies a received signal and down-converts the frequency, and the like. Also, the transceiver outputs, to the base station processor <NUM>, a signal received via a radio channel, and transmits a signal output from the base station processor <NUM> via a radio channel. The base station processor <NUM> may control a series of processes such that the base station operates according to the above-described embodiments of the disclosure.

For example, the base station processor <NUM> may determine a PUCCH decoding method based on configuration information related to CSI generation which has been known to the terminal. Subsequently, the base station receiver <NUM> decodes a PUCCH received according to the embodiments.

Meanwhile, the embodiments of the disclosure disclosed in the present specification and the drawings have been presented to easily explain technical contents of the disclosure and help comprehension of the disclosure, and do not limit the scope of the disclosure. That is, it is obvious to those skilled in the art to which the disclosure belongs that different modifications can be achieved based on the technical aspect of the disclosure. Also, each embodiment may be used in combinations. For example, a base station and a terminal may operate based on the combination of a part of the first embodiment and a part of the second embodiment of the disclosure. Also, other modifications based on the technical ideas of the embodiments may be applied to various systems, such as an FDD LTE system, a TDD LTE system, a <NUM> or NR system, and the like.

Claim 1:
A method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
receiving, from a base station, information on a maximum multi-input multi-output, MIMO, layer configuration, at least one codebook related parameter, and a reference signal, RS, configuration;
obtaining channel state information, CSI, including a rank indicator, RI, and at least one of a precoding matrix indicator, PMI, or a channel quality indicator, CQI based on an RS according to the RS configuration;
identifying an information sequence including the CSI, wherein the information sequence includes the RI (<NUM>) placed before padding bits (<NUM>), the padding bits (<NUM>) and the at least one of the PMI (<NUM>) and the CQI (<NUM>) placed after the padding bits (<NUM>);
identifying a polar code sequence based on the information sequence;
encoding the polar code sequence; and
transmitting, to the base station, the encoded polar code sequence,
wherein a number of the padding bits is identified based on a payload of the at least one of the PMI or the CQI corresponding to a rank indicated by the RI, and
wherein the polar code sequence includes plural frozen bits and plural data bits corresponding to the information sequence.