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Granted Patent B2
US 10,939,419 · App. 15/619,007 · Granted Mar 2, 2021

Uplink control information

Inventors: Renqiu Wang (San Diego, CA); Hao Xu (San Diego, CA); Yi Huang (San Diego, CA); Wanshi Chen (San Diego, CA); Tingfang Ji (San Diego, CA); Jing Jiang (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W72/0413H04L1/009H04L1/1671H04L5/0046H04L5/0055H04L5/0057H04W72/0446H04L1/1621H04L1/1635H04L1/1664
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Patent No.
US 10,939,419
App. No.
15/619,007
Granted
Mar 2, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Various additional and alternative aspects are described herein. In some aspects, the present disclosure provides a method for wireless communication. The method includes determining content to include in an uplink control information (UCI) based on a portion of a subframe that includes the UCI. The method further includes transmitting the UCI in the portion of the subframe.

Claims (52)

1. A method for wireless communication, the method comprising:

determining content to include in an uplink control information (UCI) based on a portion of a subframe that includes the UCI, comprising:

determining whether the portion of the subframe comprises a first portion of the subframe or a second portion of the subframe different from the first portion;

when the portion is the first portion of the subframe, determining the content to be a first content; and

when the portion is the second portion of the subframe, determining the content to be a second content different from the first content; and

transmitting the UCI in the portion of the subframe.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first portion of the subframe comprises an uplink regular portion and wherein the second portion of the subframe comprises a common uplink portion.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the determined content comprises a channel quality indicator (CQI) with a first payload size when the portion of the subframe comprises the uplink regular portion, and wherein the determined content either includes a CQI with a second payload size or does not include a CQI when the portion of the subframe comprises the common uplink portion, wherein the second payload size is smaller than the first payload size.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the determined content further comprises a scheduling request (SR).

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determined content comprises an acknowledgement (ACK), wherein a type of the ACK is based on the portion of the subframe that includes the UCI.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the ACK comprises a plurality of bits, and wherein each bit corresponds to a different code block or transport block.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein each bit corresponds to a plurality of code blocks or transport blocks.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determined content comprises a channel quality indicator (CQI), the CQI comprising at least a portion of a correlation matrix or a whitening matrix.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the CQI comprises a reduced dimensionality of the correlation matrix or the whitening matrix.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the correlation matrix or the whitening matrix is symmetric.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein entries of the correlation matrix or the whitening matrix are quantized.

12. An apparatus for wireless communication comprising:

a memory; and

a processor configured to:

determine content to include in an uplink control information (UCI) based on a portion of a subframe that includes the UCI, wherein to determine the content comprises to:

determine whether the portion of the subframe comprises a first portion of the subframe or a second portion of the subframe different from the first portion;

when the portion is the first portion of the subframe, determine the content to be a first content; and

when the portion is the second portion of the subframe, determine the content to be a second content different from the first content; and

transmit the UCI in the portion of the subframe.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the first portion of the subframe comprises an uplink regular portion and wherein the second portion of the subframe comprises a common uplink portion.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the determined content comprises a channel quality indicator (CQI) with a first payload size when the portion of the subframe comprises the uplink regular portion, and wherein the determined content either includes a CQI with a second payload size or does not include a CQI when the portion of the subframe comprises the common uplink portion, wherein the second payload size is smaller than the first payload size.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the determined content further comprises a scheduling request (SR).

16. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the determined content comprises an acknowledgement (ACK), wherein a type of the ACK is based on the portion of the subframe that includes the UCI.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the ACK comprises a plurality of bits, and wherein each bit corresponds to a different code block or transport block.

18. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein each bit corresponds to a plurality of code blocks or transport blocks.

19. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the determined content comprises a channel quality indicator (CQI), the CQI comprising at least a portion of a correlation matrix or a whitening matrix.

20. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the CQI comprises a reduced dimensionality of the correlation matrix or the whitening matrix.

21. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the correlation matrix or the whitening matrix is symmetric.

22. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein entries of the correlation matrix or the whitening matrix are quantized.

23. An apparatus for wireless communication comprising:

means for determining content to include in an uplink control information (UCI) based on a portion of a subframe that includes the UCI, wherein the means for determining content is configured to:

determine whether the portion of the subframe comprises a first portion of the subframe or a second portion of the subframe different from the first portion;

when the portion is the first portion of the subframe, determine the content to be a first content; and

when the portion is the second portion of the subframe, determine the content to be a second content different from the first content; and

means for transmitting the UCI in the portion of the subframe.

24. The apparatus of claim 23 , wherein the first portion of the subframe comprises an uplink regular portion and wherein the second portion off the subframe comprises a common uplink portion.

25. The apparatus of claim 24 , wherein the determined content comprises a channel quality indicator (CQI) with a first payload size when the portion of the subframe comprises the uplink regular portion, and wherein the determined content either includes a CQI with a second payload size or does not include a CQI when the portion of the subframe comprises the common uplink portion, wherein the second payload size is smaller than the first payload size.

26. The apparatus of claim 23 , wherein the determined content comprises an acknowledgement (ACK), wherein a type of the ACK is based on the portion of the subframe that includes the UCI.

27. A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon for causing at least one processor to perform a method, the method comprising:

determining content to include in an uplink control information (UCI) based on a portion of a subframe that includes the UCI, comprising:

determining whether the portion of the subframe comprises a first portion of the subframe or a second portion of the subframe different from the first portion;

when the portion is the first portion of the subframe, determining the content to be a first content; and

when the portion is the second portion of the subframe, determining the content to be a second content different from the first content; and

transmitting the UCI in the portion of the subframe.

28. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 27 , wherein the first portion of the subframe comprises an uplink regular portion and wherein the second portion of the subframe comprises a common uplink portion.

29. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 28 , wherein the determined content comprises a channel quality indicator (CQI) with a first payload size when the portion of the subframe comprises the uplink regular portion, and wherein the determined content either includes a CQI with a second payload size or does not include a CQI when the portion of the subframe comprises the common uplink portion, wherein the second payload size is smaller than the first payload size.

30. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 27 , wherein the determined content comprises an acknowledgement (ACK), wherein a type of the ACK is based on the portion of the subframe that includes the UCI.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE NAME OF THE FIRST INVENTOR PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 043119 FRAME 0830. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Mar 22, 2018
From: WANG, RENQIU; XU, HAO; HUANG, YI; CHEN, WANSHI; JI, TINGFANG; JIANG, JING
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 045664/0484 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 27, 2017
From: WANT, RENQIU; XU, HAO; HUANG, YI; CHEN, WANSHI; JI, TINGFANG; JIANG, JING
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 043119/0830 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62402595 · Sep 30, 2016
Related Publication 20180098316A1 · Apr 5, 2018