IP Library Granted Patent US 8,681,653
Granted Patent B2
US 8,681,653 · App. 13/391,279 · Granted Mar 25, 2014

Method, system and apparatus for transmitting channel quality indicator information of multiple user terminals

Inventors: Zukang Shen (Beijing, CN); Xueming Pan (Beijing, CN); Yanan Lin (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: China Academy of Telecommunications Technology
H04L47/10
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Patent No.
US 8,681,653
App. No.
13/391,279
Granted
Mar 25, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provide are a method, a system and an apparatus for transmitting channel quality indicator information of multiple user terminals. The method includes: at least two user terminals transmit their own channel quality indicator information using the same time and frequency resources, wherein the time and frequency resources include at least one frequency-domain unit in frequency domain and at least two sets of data time-domain units in time domain, each set of data time-domain units including at least two data time-domain units; and the channel quality indicator information of each user terminal is transmitted on at least one set of data time-domain units by means of time-domain Code Division Multiple Address. Therefore, it is possible to adjust the transmitted bits according to size of the channel quality indicator information.

Claims (21)

1. A method for transmitting channel quality indicator information of multiple user equipments, the method comprising:

at least two user equipments transmitting their respective channel quality indicator information on the same time-frequency resource comprising at least one frequency-domain unit in the frequency domain and at least two sets of data time-domain units in the time domain, wherein each set of data time-domain unit comprises at least two data time-domain units, and the channel quality indicator information of different user equipments is transmitted on at least one set of data time-domain units in a time-domain code division multiple access mode;

and wherein transmitting the channel quality indicator information of different user equipments in the time-domain code division multiple access mode on at least one set of data time-domain units comprises:

each of the user equipments generating a corresponding number of channel quality indicator symbols according to an amount of the channel quality indicator information of the user equipment to be transmitted on the time-frequency resource, wherein each channel quality indicator symbol corresponds to at least one set of data time-domain units,

presetting a time-domain frequency-spreading code comprising the same number of elements as the number of data time-domain units in each set of data time-domain units, wherein each element in the time-domain frequency-spreading code corresponds to one of the data time-domain units in the corresponding set of data time-domain units, and

multiplying each channel quality indicator symbol by the corresponding element in the time-domain frequency-spreading code and then transmitting the product in the corresponding data time-domain unit.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein different channel quality indicator symbols correspond to different sets of data time-domain units.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein all the sets of data time-domain units correspond to the same channel quality indicator symbol.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the time-domain frequency-spreading codes of the different user equipments on the same time-frequency resource are orthogonal in the set of data time-domain units.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the time-frequency resource further comprises a set of reference signal time-domain units comprising at least one reference signal time-domain unit, and the method further comprises the at least two user equipments transmitting reference signals in at least one reference signal time-domain unit.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the reference signals transmitted from the different user equipments on the same reference signal time-domain resource are orthogonal in the at least one reference signal time-domain unit.

7. A device for transmitting channel quality indicator information, the device comprising:

an acquiring unit configured to generate channel quality indicator information; and

a first transmitting unit configured to transmit the channel quality indicator information on a preset time-frequency resource, wherein the channel quality indicator information generated by acquiring units of different devices is transmitted on at least one set of data time-domain units in the time-frequency resource in a time-domain code division multiple access mode, and wherein the time-frequency resource comprises at least one frequency-domain unit in the frequency domain and at least two sets of data time-domain units in the time domain, each of which comprises at least two data time-domain units;

and the first transmitting unit is further configured to generate a corresponding number of channel quality indicator symbols from an amount of the channel quality indicator information, generated by the acquiring unit of the device, to be transmitted on the time-frequency resource and to multiply each channel quality indicator symbol by a corresponding element in a preset time-domain frequency-spreading code and then transmit the product in a corresponding data time-domain unit, wherein:

each channel quality indicator symbol corresponds to at least one set of data time-domain units, the time-domain frequency-spreading code comprises the same number of elements as the number of data time-domain units in each set of data-time domain units, and each element in the time-domain frequency-spreading code corresponds to one of the data time-domain units in the corresponding set of data time-domain units.

8. The device of claim 7 , wherein different channel quality indicator symbols correspond to different sets of data time-domain units.

9. The device of claim 7 , wherein all the sets of data time-domain units correspond to the same channel quality indicator symbol.

10. The device of claim 7 , further comprising:

a second transmitting unit configured to transmit a reference signal in a preset reference signal time-domain unit, wherein:

the time-frequency resource further comprises a set of reference signal time-domain units comprising at least one reference signal time-domain unit.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 16, 2021
From: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
To: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD.
Reel/Frame 057452/0169 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2012
From: SHEN, ZUKANG; PAN, XUEMING; LIN, YANAN
To: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
Reel/Frame 027802/0440 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2009 1 0091275 · Aug 17, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
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