Patent ID: 8194621

Claim:
A method for transmitting a plurality of uplink channels by a user equipment (UE) to a base station, the method comprising: multiplying each of channelization codes denoted by Cch,SF,k, and generated as Orthogonal Variable Spreading Factor (OVSF) codes, to each of the plurality of uplink channels, wherein “SF” is a spreading factor and “k” is a channelization code number; mapping each of the plurality of uplink channels to an I branch or a Q branch; and transmitting the plurality of uplink channels, multiplied by each of the channelization codes and mapped to the I branch or the Q branch, to the base station, wherein a Dedicated Physical Data Channel (DPDCH) of the plurality of uplink channels is mapped to the I branch, and a channelization code of Cch,SF,SF/4 is multiplied to the DPDCH, wherein a High Speed—Dedicated Physical Control Channel (HS-DPCCH) of the plurality of uplink channels is predetermined to be mapped to the Q branch, and a channelization code of Cch,256,64 is predetermined to be multiplied to the HS-DPCCH, when a High Speed—Downlink Shared Channel (HS-DSCH) is configured for the UE, wherein a first E-DPDCH of the plurality of uplink channels is mapped to the Q branch, when the HS-DSCH is not configured for the UE, wherein the first E-DPDCH is mapped to the I branch, when the HS-DSCH is configured for the UE, and wherein a specific channelization code, other than mother codes and child codes of the Cch,SF,SF/4, is multiplied to the first E-DPDCH regardless of whether the HS-DSCH is configured or not.