Feedback signaling error detection and checking in MIMO wireless communication systems

1. A method of feedback in a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU), the method comprising:

the WTRU generating a feedback signal, the feedback signal comprising at least one of a precoding matrix index (PMI) or a channel quality index (CQI);

the WTRU determining a number of bits of the feedback signal to be encoded;

the WTRU selecting a type of error detection and correction scheme to apply to the feedback signal based on the number of bits of the feedback signal to be encoded, wherein selecting the type of error detection and correction scheme comprises selecting a number of error check (EC) bits to attach to the feedback signal and selecting a type of channel coding scheme to apply to the feedback signal and the selected number of EC bits;

the WTRU encoding the feedback signal and the selected number of EC bits using the selected type of channel coding scheme; and

the WTRU transmitting the encoded feedback signal.

2. The method as in claim 1 , wherein the error detection mechanism of the selected type of error detection and correction scheme is disabled, and the number of EC bits is selected to be zero.

3. The method as in claim 1 , wherein the number of EC bits comprises a number of cyclic redundancy check bits.

4. The method as in claim 1 , wherein the encoded feedback signal is transmitted over a data-type channel.

5. The method as in claim 4 , wherein the encoded feedback signal is transmitted over the data-type channel with turbo coded user data bits.

6. The method as in claim 5 , wherein the data-type channel is a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH).

7. The method as in claim 1 , wherein the feedback signal is comprised of a group of PMIs, and the feedback signal is transmitted in a first transmission time interval (TTI).

8. The method as in claim 7 , wherein a second group of PMIs is included in a second feedback signal that is transmitted in a second TTI, and a different type of error detection and correction scheme is selected for the second feedback signal based on a number of bits of the second feedback signal.

9. A wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) comprising a processor configured, at least in part, to:

generate a feedback signal, the feedback signal comprising at least one of a precoding matrix index (PMI) or a channel quality index (CQI);

determine a number of bits of the feedback signal to be encoded;

select a type of error detection and correction scheme to apply to the feedback signal based on the number of bits of the feedback signal to be encoded, wherein the processor is configured to select the type of error detection and correction scheme by selecting a number of error check (EC) bits to attach to the feedback signal and by selecting a type of channel coding scheme to apply to the feedback signal and the selected number of EC bits;

encode the feedback signal and the selected number of EC bits using the selected type of channel coding scheme; and

transmit the encoded feedback signal.

10. The WTRU as in claim 9 , wherein the processor is configured to determine to disable the error detection mechanism of the selected type of error detection and correction scheme such that the number of EC bits to attach to the feedback signal is selected to be zero.

11. The WTRU as in claim 9 , wherein the selected type of channel coding scheme comprises a convolutional coding scheme.

12. The WTRU as in claim 11 , wherein the selected number of EC bits comprises a selected number of cyclic redundancy check (CRC) bits.

13. The WTRU as in claim 9 , wherein the processor is configured to transmit a rank indicator with the encoded feedback signal.

14. The WTRU as in claim 13 , wherein the processor is configured to transmit a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgement/negative acknowledgment (ACK/NACK) with the encoded feedback signal.

15. The WTRU as in claim 9 , wherein the feedback signal comprises a first group of PMIs, the processor is configured to transmit the encoded feedback signal in a first transmission time interval (TTI), a second feedback signal comprises a second group of PMIs, and the processor is configured to transmit an encoded instance of the second feedback signal in a second TTI.

16. The WTRU as in claim 15 , wherein the processor is configured to select a second type of error checking, detection and correction scheme to apply to the second feedback signal based on the number of bits of the second feedback signal.

17. The WTRU as in claim 16 , wherein the second type of error detection and correction scheme is selected to be the same type of error detection and correction scheme as was selected for the feedback signal.

18. A method for a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU), the method comprising:

the WTRU determining to transmit a first feedback signal in a first transmission time interval (TTI), wherein the first feedback signal comprises a first group of precoding matrix indices (PMIs);

the WTRU selecting a first type of error detection and correction scheme to apply to the first feedback signal based on a number of bits of the first feedback signal to be encoded, wherein selecting the first type of error detection and correction scheme to apply to the first feedback signal comprises selecting a number of cyclic redundancy check (CRC) bits to attach to the first feedback signal and selecting a type of channel coding scheme to apply to the first feedback signal and the selected number of CRC bits;

the WTRU applying the first type of error detection and correction scheme to the first feedback signal;

the WTRU transmitting the encoded first feedback signal in the first TTI after applying the first type of error detection and correction scheme;

the WTRU determining to transmit a second feedback signal in a second TTI, wherein the second feedback signal comprises a second group of precoding matrix indices (PMIs);

the WTRU selecting a second type of error checking, detection and correction scheme to apply to the second feedback signal based on a number of bits of the second feedback signal to be encoded;

the WTRU applying the second type of error detection and correction scheme to the second feedback signal; and

the WTRU transmitting the encoded second feedback signal in the second TTI after applying the second type of error detection and correction scheme.

19. The method as in claim 18 , wherein selecting the second type of error detection and correction scheme to apply to the second feedback signal comprises selecting a second type of channel coding scheme to apply to the second feedback signal based on the number of bits of the second feedback signal.

20. The method as in claim 19 , wherein each of the first feedback signal and the second feedback signal further comprise at least one channel quality index (CQI).

21. A wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) comprising a processor configured, at least in part, to:

determine to transmit a first feedback signal in a first transmission time interval (TTI), wherein the first feedback signal comprises a first group of precoding matrix indices (PMIs);

select a first type of error detection and correction scheme to apply to the first feedback signal based on a number of bits of the first feedback signal to be encoded, wherein the processor is configured to select the first type of error detection and correction scheme to apply to the first feedback signal by selecting a number of cyclic redundancy check (CRC) bits to apply to the first feedback signal and selecting a first type of channel coding scheme to apply to the first feedback signal and the selected number of CRC bits;

apply the first type of error detection and correction scheme to the first feedback signal;

transmit the encoded first feedback signal in the first TTI after applying the first type of error detection and correction scheme;

determine to transmit a second feedback signal in a second TTI, wherein the second feedback signal comprises a second group of precoding matrix indices (PMIs);

select a second type of error detection and correction scheme to apply to the second feedback signal based on a number of bits of the second feedback signal to be encoded;

apply the second type of error detection and correction scheme to the second feedback signal; and

transmit the encoded second feedback signal in the second TTI after applying the second type of error detection and correction scheme.

22. The WTRU as in claim 21 , wherein the first type of error detection and correction scheme and the second type of error detection and correction scheme are different.

23. The WTRU as in claim 21 , wherein the processor is configured to select zero CRC bits to apply to the first feedback signal when selecting the first type of error detection and correction scheme based on determining that an error detection mechanism is disabled for the first feedback signal.

24. A wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) comprising a processor configured, at least in part, to:

generate a feedback signal, the feedback signal comprising at least one of a precoding matrix index (PMI) or a channel quality index (CQI);

determine a number of bits of the feedback signal to be encoded;

select a number of error check (EC) bits to attach to the feedback signal based on the number of bits of the feedback signal to be encoded;

select a type of channel coding scheme to apply to the feedback signal and the selected number of EC bits based on the number of bits of the feedback signal to be encoded;

encode the feedback signal and the selected number of EC bits using the selected type of channel coding scheme; and

transmit the encoded feedback signal.

25. The WTRU as in claim 24 , wherein zero EC bits are selected for attachment to the first feedback signal.

26. The WTRU as in claim 24 , wherein the number of EC bits comprise a number of cyclic redundancy check (CRC) bits.