Multiplexing control and data information from a user equipment in a physical data channel
View Patent ↗Methods and apparatus are described for transmitting hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) bits in a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) by a user equipment (UE) in a communication system. A method includes receiving, from a base station, a first configuration of a plurality of cells and a second configuration of at least one offset for HARQ-ACK by higher layer signaling; obtaining HARQ-ACK bits for the plurality of cells, based on an order of cell indexes and a number of transport blocks for each of the plurality of the cells; identifying a number of coded symbols for the obtained HARQ-ACK bits based on a number of the obtained HARQ-ACK bits and an offset for HARQ-ACK corresponding to the obtained HARQ-ACK bits; and transmitting, to the base station, signals for the obtained HARQ-ACK bits on one PUSCH of multiple PUSCHs based on the number of coded symbols.
1. A method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
receiving, from a base station, a first configuration of a plurality of cells and a second configuration of at least one offset for hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) by higher layer signaling;
obtaining HARQ-ACK bits for the plurality of cells, based on an order of cell indexes and a number of transport blocks for each of the plurality of the cells;
identifying a number of coded symbols for the obtained HARQ-ACK bits based on a number of the obtained HARQ-ACK bits and an offset for HARQ-ACK corresponding to the obtained HARQ-ACK bits; and
transmitting, to the base station, signals for the obtained HARQ-ACK bits on one physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) of multiple PUSCHs based on the number of coded symbols.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein in case that a cell is configured with up to 2 transport blocks, 2 HARQ-ACK bits for the cell are included in the number of the obtained HARQ-ACK bits, and
wherein in case that a cell is configured with up to 1 transport block, 1 HARQ-ACK bit for the cell is included in the number of the obtained HARQ-ACK bits.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the obtained HARQ-ACK bits are encoded by a (32, O) block code, where the O is the number of the obtained HARQ-ACK bits.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the encoded obtained HARQ-ACK bits are obtained by repetition based on the number of coded symbols.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one PUSCH is associated with a cell having a smallest cell index.
6. A method performed by a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), a first configuration of a plurality of cells and a second configuration of at least one offset for hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) by higher layer signaling; and
receiving, from the UE, signals for HARQ-ACK bits on one physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) of multiple PUSCHs based on a number of coded symbols,
wherein the HARQ-ACK bits for the plurality of cells are obtained based on an order of cell indexes and a number of transport blocks for each of the plurality of the cells, and
wherein a number of coded symbols for the obtained HARQ-ACK bits are identified based on a number of the obtained HARQ-ACK bits and an offset for HARQ-ACK corresponding to the obtained HARQ-ACK bits.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein in case that a cell is configured with up to 2 transport blocks, 2 HARQ-ACK bits for the cell are included in the number of the obtained HARQ-ACK bits, and
wherein in case that a cell is configured with up to 1 transport block, 1 HARQ-ACK bit for the cell is included in the number of the obtained HARQ-ACK bits.
8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the obtained HARQ-ACK bits are encoded by a (32, O) block code, where the O is the number of the obtained HARQ-ACK bits.
9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the encoded obtained HARQ-ACK bits are obtained by repetition based on the number of coded symbols.
10. The method of claim 6 , wherein the one PUSCH is associated with a cell having a smallest cell index.
11. A user equipment (UE) in a communication system, the UE comprising:
at least one transceiver; and
at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
receive, from a base station, a first configuration of a plurality of cells and a second configuration of at least one offset for hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) by higher layer signaling,
obtain HARQ-ACK bits for the plurality of cells, based on an order of cell indexes and a number of transport blocks for each of the plurality of the cells,
identify a number of coded symbols for the obtained HARQ-ACK bits based on a number of the obtained HARQ-ACK bits and an offset for HARQ-ACK corresponding to the obtained HARQ-ACK bits, and
transmit, to the base station, signals for the obtained HARQ-ACK bits on one physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) of multiple PUSCHs based on the number of coded symbols.
12. The UE of claim 11 , wherein in case that a cell is configured with up to 2 transport blocks, 2 HARQ-ACK bits for the cell are included in the number of the obtained HARQ-ACK bits, and
wherein in case that a cell is configured with up to 1 transport block, 1 HARQ-ACK bit for the cell is included in the number of the obtained HARQ-ACK bits.
13. The UE of claim 11 , wherein the obtained HARQ-ACK bits are encoded by a (32, O) block code, where the O is the number of the obtained HARQ-ACK bits.
14. The UE of claim 11 , wherein the encoded obtained HARQ-ACK bits are obtained by repetition based on the number of coded symbols.
15. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one PUSCH is associated with a cell having a smallest cell index.
16. A base station in a communication system, the base station comprising:
at least one transceiver; and
at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
transmit, to a user equipment (UE), a first configuration of a plurality of cells and a second configuration of at least one offset for hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) by higher layer signaling, and
receive, from the UE, signals for HARQ-ACK bits on one physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) of multiple PUSCHs based on a number of coded symbols,
wherein the HARQ-ACK bits for the plurality of cells are obtained based on an order of cell indexes and a number of transport blocks for each of the plurality of the cells, and
wherein a number of coded symbols for the obtained HARQ-ACK bits are identified based on a number of the obtained HARQ-ACK bits and an offset for HARQ-ACK corresponding to the obtained HARQ-ACK bits.
17. The base station of claim 16 , wherein in case that a cell is configured with up to 2 transport blocks, 2 HARQ-ACK bits for the cell are included in the number of the obtained HARQ-ACK bits, and
wherein in case that a cell is configured with up to 1 transport block, 1 HARQ-ACK bit for the cell is included in the number of the obtained HARQ-ACK bits.
18. The base station of claim 16 , wherein the obtained HARQ-ACK bits are encoded by a (32, O) block code, where the O is the number of the obtained HARQ-ACK bits.
19. The base station of claim 16 , wherein the encoded obtained HARQ-ACK bits are obtained by repetition based on the number of coded symbols.
20. The base station of claim 16 , wherein the one PUSCH is associated with a cell having a smallest cell index.