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US 8,873,493 · App. 13/574,525 · Granted Oct 28, 2014

Method and apparatus of transmitting uplink signal

Inventors: In Kwon Seo (Anyang-si, KR); Dae Won Lee (Anyang-si, KR); Ki Jun Kim (Anyang-si, KR); Joon Kui Ahn (Anyang-si, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H03M13/353H04L1/1858H04L1/0072H04L1/0041H04L27/2601H03M13/6525H03M13/6544H03M13/6362H03M13/6558H03M13/6306H03M13/6527H04L1/1812H04L1/1664H03M13/09H03M13/23H03M13/29H03M13/635H03M13/653H04L1/0071
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Patent No.
US 8,873,493
App. No.
13/574,525
Granted
Oct 28, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and apparatus for transmitting an uplink signal are disclosed. The method for transmitting an uplink signal by a communication apparatus in a wireless communication system includes channel encoding control information, and multiplexing the channel encoded control information with a plurality of data blocks by performing channel interleaving, wherein the number of channel encoded symbols for the control information is determined using an inverse number of the sum of a plurality of spectral efficiencies (SEs) for initial transmission of the plurality of data blocks.

Claims (288)

1. A method for transmitting a signal by a user equipment in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

channel encoding, by the user equipment, control information;

generating, by the user equipment, the signal by performing channel interleaving such that the channel encoded control information is multiplexed with a plurality of data blocks; and

transmitting, by the user equipment, the signal to a base station,

wherein the number of channel encoded symbols for the control information is determined using the following equation:

⌈

Payload

UCI

α

·

λ

1

·

N

RE_PUSCH

⁢

(

1

)

initial

·

λ

2

·

N

RE_PUSCH

⁢

(

2

)

initial

Payload

Data

⁡

(

1

)

·

λ

2

·

N

RE_PUSCH

⁢

(

2

)

initial

+

Payload

Data

⁡

(

2

)

·

λ

1

·

N

RE_PUSCH

⁢

(

1

)

initial

·

β

offset

PUSCH

⌉

where, Payload UCI is a size of the control information, Payload Data(1) is a size of a first data block, N RE — PUSCH(1) initial is the number of resource elements (REs) for initial PUSCH transmission of the first data block, Payload Data(2) is a size of a second data block, N RE — PUSCH(2) initial is the number of resource elements (REs) for initial PUSCH transmission of the second data block, β offset PUSCH is an offset value, α is an integer of 1 or higher, λ 1 is an integer of 1 or higher, and λ 2 is an integer of 1 or higher, and ┌ ┐ is a ceiling function.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein:

N RE — PUSCH(i)initial is denoted by N RE — PUSCH(i) initial =M sc PUSCH(i)-initial ·N stmb PUSCH(i)-initial , and a size of an i-th data block is denoted by

∑

r

=

0

C

i

-

1

⁢

K

r

i

,

where, M sc PUSCH(i)-initial is the number of scheduled subcarriers for initial PUSCH transmission of the i-th data block, N symb PUSCH(i)-initial is the number of SC-FDMA symbols for initial PUSCH transmission of the i-th data block, C (i) is the number of code blocks of the i-th data block, K r (i) is a size of r-th code block of the i-th data block, and r is an integer of 0 or higher.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein α=1, λ 1 =1, and λ 2 =1.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the control information is acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) or Rank Indicator (RI).

5. A user equipment for transmitting a signal in a wireless communication system, the user equipment comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit; and

a processor,

wherein the processor is configured to channel-encode control information, to generate the signal by performing channel interleaving, such that the channel encoded control information is multiplexed with a plurality of data blocks, and to transmit the signal to a base station, and

wherein the number of channel encoded symbols for the control information is determined using the following equation:

⌈

Payload

UCI

α

·

λ

1

·

N

RE_PUSCH

⁢

(

1

)

initial

·

λ

2

·

N

RE_PUSCH

⁢

(

2

)

initial

Payload

Data

⁡

(

1

)

·

λ

2

·

N

RE_PUSCH

⁢

(

2

)

initial

+

Payload

Data

⁡

(

2

)

·

λ

1

·

N

RE_PUSCH

⁢

(

1

)

initial

·

β

offset

PUSCH

⌉

where, Payload UCI is a size of the control information, Payload Data(1) is a size of a first data block, N RE — PUSCH(1) initial is the number of resource elements (REs) for initial PUSCH transmission of the first data block, Payload Data(2) is a size of a second data block, N RE — PUSCH(2) initial is the number of resource elements (REs) for initial PUSCH transmission of the second data block, β offset PUSCH is an offset value, α is an integer of 1 or higher, λ 1 is an integer of 1 or higher, and λ 2 is an integer of 1 or higher, and ┌ ┐ is a ceiling function.

6. The user equipment according to claim 5 , wherein:

N RE — PUSCH(i)initial is denoted by N RE — PUSCH(i) initial =M sc PUSCH(i)-initial ·N symb PUSCH(i)-initial , and a size of an i-th data block is denoted by

∑

r

=

0

C

i

-

1

⁢

K

r

i

,

where, M sc PUSCH(i)-initial is the number of scheduled subcarriers for initial PUSCH transmission of the i-th data block, N symb PUSCH(i)-initial is the number of SC-FDMA symbols for initial PUSCH transmission of the i-th data block, C (i) is the number of code blocks of the i-th data block, K r (i) is a size of r-th code block of the i-th data block, and r is an integer of 0 or higher.

7. The user equipment according to claim 5 , wherein α=1, λ 1 =1, and λ 2 =1.

8. The user equipment according to claim 5 , wherein the control information is acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) or Rank Indicator (RI).

9. A method for transmitting a signal by a user equipment in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

channel encoding, by the user equipment, control information;

generating, by the user equipment, the signal by performing channel interleaving such that the channel encoded control information is multiplexed with one of a plurality of data blocks; and

transmitting, by the user equipment, the signal to a base station,

wherein the number of channel encoded symbols for the control information is determined by the following equation:

α

·

⌈

Payload

UCI

·

N

RE_PUSCH

⁢

(

x

)

initial

·

β

offset

PUSCH

Payload

Data

⁡

(

x

)

⌉

where, α is an integer of 1 or higher, Payload UCI is a size of the control information, Payload Data(x) is a size of a data block x, N RE — PUSCH(x) initial is the number of resource elements (REs) for initial Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) transmission of the data block x, β offset PUSCH is an offset value, and ┌ ┐ is a ceiling function, and

wherein the data block x denotes a data block having a highest Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) index for initial transmission from among the plurality of data blocks, and denotes a 1 st data block when the plurality of data blocks have a same MCS index for initial transmission.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein:

N RE — PUSCH(x) initial is denoted by N RE — PUSCH(x) initial =M sc PUSCH(x)-initial ·N symb PUSCH(x)-initial , and a size of the data block x is denoted by

∑

r

=

0

C

(

x

)

-

1

⁢

K

r

(

x

)

,

where, M sc PUSCH(x)-initial the number of scheduled subcarriers for initial PUSCH transmission of the data block x, N symb PUSCH(x)-initial is the number of SC-FDMA symbols for initial PUSCH transmission of the data block x, C (x) is the number of code blocks of the data block x, K r (x) is a size of r-th code block of the data block x, and r is an integer of 0 or higher.

11. The method according to claim 9 , wherein α=1.

12. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the control information includes information related to channel quality.

13. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the control information includes at least one of a Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) and a Precoding Matrix Indicator (PMI).

14. A user equipment for transmitting a signal comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit; and

a processor,

wherein the processor is configured to channel-encode control information, to generate the signal by performing channel interleaving, such that the channel encoded control information is multiplexed with a plurality of data blocks, and to transmit the signal to a base station,

wherein the number of channel encoded symbols for the control information is determined by the following equation:

α

·

⌈

Payload

UCI

·

N

RE_PUSCH

⁢

(

x

)

initial

·

β

offset

PUSCH

Payload

Data

⁡

(

x

)

⌉

where, α is an integer of 1 or higher, Payload UCI is a size of the control information, Payload Data(x) is a size of a data block x, N RE — PUSCH(x) initial is the number of resource elements (REs) for initial Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) transmission of the data block x, β offset PUSCH is an offset value, and ┌ ┐ is a ceiling function, and

wherein the data block x denotes a data block having a highest Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) index for initial transmission from among the plurality of data blocks, and denotes a 1 st data block when the plurality of data blocks have a same MCS index for initial transmission.

15. The user equipment according to claim 14 , wherein:

N RE — PUSCH(x) initial is denoted by N RE — PUSCH(x) initial =M sc PUSCH(x)-initial ·N symb PUSCH(x)-initial , and a size of the data block x is denoted by

∑

r

=

0

C

(

x

)

-

1

⁢

K

r

(

x

)

,

where, M sc PUSCH(x)-initial is the number of scheduled subcarriers for initial PUSCH transmission of the data block x, N symb PUSCH(x)-initial is the number of SC-FDMA symbols for initial PUSCH transmission of the data block x, C (x) is the number of code blocks of the data block x, K r (x) is a size of r-th code block of the data block x, and r is an integer of 0 or higher.

16. The user equipment according to claim 14 , wherein α=1.

17. The user equipment according to claim 14 , wherein the control information includes information related to channel quality.

18. The user equipment according to claim 14 , wherein the control information includes at least one of a Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) and a Precoding Matrix Indicator (PMI).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 23, 2012
From: SEO, IN KWON; LEE, DAE WON; KIM, KI JUN; AHN, JOON KUI
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2011-0030166 · Apr 1, 2011 · national
Continuity (5)
Provisional Application 61323843 · Apr 13, 2010
Provisional Application 61324291 · Apr 14, 2010
Provisional Application 61366909 · Jul 22, 2010
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