Patent ID: 8705477

Claim:
A method in a mobile terminal for simultaneous reporting of channel-state information bits and hybrid-ARQ ACK/NACK bits for multiple downlink subframes or multiple downlink carriers, or both, the method comprising: encoding the hybrid-ARQ ACK/NACK bits using a first encoder and separately encoding the channel-state information bits using a second encoder, wherein encoding the hybrid-ARQ ACK/NACK bits using the first encoder comprises selecting a number of coded ACK/NACK bits for transmission as a function of a number of hybrid-ARQ ACK/NACK bits for the multiple downlink subframes or multiple downlink carriers, or both, and wherein the selected number of coded ACK/NACK bits depends on a number of hybrid-ARQ ACK/NACK bits after ACK/NACK bundling; interleaving the encoded hybrid-ARQ ACK/NACK bits and the encoded channel-state information bits; and transmitting the interleaved, encoded bits in physical control channel resources of a first uplink subframe, on a single carrier.