Uplink control signaling on PUSCH with shortened transmission time interval (TTI)

1. A method, in a transmitting device, of mapping control information within a transmission time interval (TTI) for each of a plurality of transmissions of control information and user data as Single-Carrier Frequency-Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) signals, wherein each transmission comprises one or more SC-FDMA symbols and where the control information in each transmission comprises at least Hybrid Automatic Repeat-Request (HARQ) ACK/NACK data, the method comprising:

determining, for each transmission, whether user data to be transmitted in the transmission will be closest in time to a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) transmitted before the user data or to a DMRS transmitted after the user data;

for each transmission in which user data to be transmitted in the transmission will be closest in time to DMRS transmitted before the user data, mapping all HARQ ACK/NACK data for the transmission to the earliest in time SC-FDMA symbol carrying user data within the transmission and to pre-Discrete Fourier Transform (pre-DFT) symbols that correspond to that SC-FDMA symbol and that are closest in time to the DMRS transmitted before the user data;

for each transmission in which user data to be transmitted in the transmission will be for each transmission in which user data to be transmitted in the transmission will be closest in time to DMRS transmitted after the user data, mapping all HARQ ACK/NACK data for the transmission to the last in time SC-FDMA symbol carrying user data within the transmission and to pre-DFT symbols that correspond to that SC-FDMA symbol and that are closest in time to the DMRS transmitted after the user data; and

forming, for each of the plurality of transmissions, an SC-FDMA signal from the user data and control information for the transmission, based on the mapping of the HARQ ACK/NACK data.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises, for each of the transmissions:

mapping rank indicator (RI) data for the transmission to the same SC-FDMA symbol to which the HARQ ACK/NACK data is mapped, and to pre-DFT symbols that correspond to that same SC-FDMA symbol but that are as far as possible from the DMRS closest in time to the user data in the transmission; or

if two or more SC-FDMA symbols are to carry user data, mapping rank indicator (RI) data for the transmission to an SC-FDMA symbol that carries user data and that is immediately adjacent in time to the SC-FDMA symbol to which the HARQ ACK/NACK data is mapped, and to pre-DFT symbols that correspond to that adjacent SC-FDMA symbol and that are as close as possible to the DMRS closest in time to the user data of the transmission; or

mapping rank indicator (RI) data for the transmission to the same SC-FDMA symbol to mapping rank indicator (RI) data for the transmission to the same SC-FDMA symbol to which the HARQ ACK/NACK data is mapped, and to pre-DFT symbols that are as close as possible to the pre-DFT symbols to which the HARQ ACK/NACK data is mapped, given a predetermined maximum number of pre-DFT symbols allocated to HARQ ACK/NACK data.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:

determining, for each of one or more transmissions, whether more than one SC-FDMA symbol of the transmission is to carry user data;

for each of the one or more transmissions in which only one SC-FDMA symbol is to carry user data, mapping rank indicator (RI) data for the transmission to the same SC-FDMA symbol to which the HARQ ACK/NACK data is mapped, but to pre-DFT symbols that correspond to that same SC-FDMA symbol but that are as far as possible from the DMRS closest in time to the user data of the transmission; and

for each of the one or more transmissions in which two or more SC-FDMA symbols are to carry user data, mapping RI data for the transmissions to an SC-FDMA symbol that carries user data and that is immediately adjacent in time to the SC-FDMA symbol to which the HARQ ACK/NACK data is mapped, and to pre-DFT symbols that correspond to that adjacent SC-FDMA symbol and that are as close as possible to the DMRS closest in time to the user data of the transmission.

4. The method of claim 1 , the method further comprising, for each of one or more transmissions in which two or more SC-FDMA symbols are to carry user data:

mapping channel quality indicator (CQI) data for the transmission as evenly as possible to the two or more SC-FDMA symbols that are to carry user data; or

mapping channel quality indicator (CQI) data for the transmission, to the extent possible, to pre-DFT symbols that correspond to the first SC-FDMA symbol carrying user data for the transmission, and mapping any remaining CQI data to one or more subsequent SC-FDMA symbols of the transmission.

5. A user equipment (UE) configured to map control information within a transmission time interval (TTI) for each of a plurality of transmissions of control information and user data as Single-Carrier Frequency-Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) signals, wherein each transmission comprises one or more SC-FDMA symbols and where the control information in each transmission comprises at least Hybrid Automatic Repeat-Request (HARQ) ACK/NACK data, the UE comprising:

processing circuitry configured to:

determine, for each transmission, whether user data to be transmitted in the transmission will be closest in time to a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) transmitted before the user data or to a DMRS transmitted after the user data;

for each of the plurality of transmissions in which user data to be transmitted in the transmission will be closest in time to DMRS transmitted before the user data, map all HARQ ACK/NACK data for the transmission to the earliest in time SC-FDMA symbol carrying data within the transmission, and to pre-Discrete-Fourier Transform (pre-DFT) symbols that correspond to that SC-FDMA symbol and that are closest in time to the DMRS transmitted before the user data;

for each transmission in which user data to be transmitted in the transmission will be closest in time to DMRS transmitted after the user data, map all HARQ ACK/NACK data for the transmission to the last in time SC-FDMA symbol carrying user data within the transmission, and to pre-DFT symbols that correspond to that SC-FDMA and that are closest in time to the DMRS transmitted after the user data; and

form, for each of the plurality of transmissions, an SC-FDMA signal from the user data and control information for the transmission, based on the mapping of the HARQ ACK/NACK data; and

transmitter circuitry configured to transmit the SC-FDMA signals.

6. The UE of claim 5 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured, for each of the transmissions, to:

map rank indicator (RI) data for the transmission to the same SC-FDMA symbol to which the HARQ ACK/NACK data is mapped, and to pre-DFT symbols that correspond to that same SC-FDMA symbol but that are as far as possible from the DMRS closest in time to the user data of the transmission; or

if two or more SC-FDMA symbols are to carry user data, map rank indicator (RI) data for the transmission to an SC-FDMA symbol that carries user data and that is immediately adjacent in time to the SC-FDMA symbol to which the HARQ ACK/NACK data is mapped, and to pre-DFT symbols that correspond to that adjacent SC-FDMA symbol and that are as close as possible to the DMRS closest in time to the user data of the transmission; or

map rank indicator (RI) data for the transmission to the same SC-FDMA symbol to which map rank indicator (RI) data for the transmission to the same SC-FDMA symbol to which the HARQ ACK/NACK data is mapped, and to pre-DFT symbols that as close as possible to the pre-DFT symbols to which the HARQ ACK/NACK data is mapped, given a predetermined maximum number of pre-DFT symbols allocated to HARQ ACK/NACK data.

7. The UE of claim 5 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

determine, for each of one or more transmissions, whether more than one SC-FDMA symbol of the transmission is to carry user data;

for each of the one or more transmissions in which only one SC-FDMA symbol is to carry user data, map rank indicator (RI) data for the transmission to the same SC-FDMA symbol to which the HARQ ACK/NACK data is mapped, but to pre-DFT symbols that correspond to that same SC-FDMA symbol but that are as far as possible from the DMRS closest in time to the user data of the transmission;

for each of the one or more transmissions in which two or more SC-FDMA symbols are to carry user data, map RI data for the transmission to an SC-FDMA symbol that carries user data and that is immediately adjacent in time to the SC-FDMA symbol to which the HARQ ACK/NACK data is mapped, and to pre-DFT symbols that correspond to that adjacent SC-FDMA symbol and that are as close as possible to the DMRS closest in time to the user data of the transmission.

8. The UE of claim 5 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to, for each of one or more transmissions in which two or more SC-FDMA symbols are to carry user data:

map channel quality indicator (CQI) data for the transmission as evenly as possible to the two or more SC-FDMA symbols that are to carry user data; or

map channel quality indicator (CQI) data for the transmission, to the extent possible, to pre-DFT symbols that correspond to the first SC-FDMA symbol carrying user data for the transmission, and map any remaining CQI data to one or more subsequent SC-FDMA symbols of the transmission.

9. A method, in a receiving device, of de-mapping control information from within a transmission time interval (TTI) for each of a plurality of transmissions of control information and user data received as Single-Carrier Frequency-Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) signals, where each of the plurality of transmissions comprises one or more SC-FDMA symbols and where the control information in each transmission comprises at least Hybrid Automatic Repeat-Request (HARQ) ACK/NACK data, the method comprising:

receiving, for each of the plurality of transmissions, an SC-FDMA signal;

determining, for each of the plurality of transmissions, whether user data received in the transmission is closest in time to a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) transmitted before the user data or to a DMRS transmitted after the user data;

for each of the plurality of transmissions in which user data received in the transmission is closest in time to DMRS transmitted before the user data, de-mapping all HARQ ACK/NACK data for the transmission from the earliest in time SC-FDMA symbol carrying user data in the transmission, and from post-despreading symbols that correspond to that SC-FDMA symbol and that are closest in time to the DMRS transmitted before the user data; and

for each of the plurality of transmissions in which user data received in the transmission is closest in time to DMRS transmitted after the user data, de-mapping all HARQ ACK/NACK data for the transmission from the last in time SC-FDMA symbol carrying user data in the transmission, and from post-despreading symbols that correspond to that SC-FDMA symbol and that are closest in time to the DMRS transmitted after the user data.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the method further comprises, for each of the received transmissions:

de-mapping rank indicator (RI) data for the transmission from the same SC-FDMA symbol to which the HARQ ACK/NACK data is mapped, but from post-despreading symbols that correspond to that same SC-FDMA symbol but that are as far as possible from the DMRS closest in time to the user data of the transmission; or

if two or more SC-FDMA symbols carry user data, de-mapping rank indicator (RI) data for the transmission from an SC-FDMA symbol that carries user data and that is immediately adjacent in time to the SC-FDMA symbol to which the HARQ ACK/NACK data is mapped, and from post-despreading symbols that correspond to that adjacent SC-FDMA symbol and that are as close as possible to the DMRS closest in time to the user data of the transmission; or

de-mapping rank indicator (RI) data for the transmission from the same SC-FDMA symbol to which the HARQ ACK/NACK data is mapped, and from post-despreading symbols that as close as possible to the post-despreading symbols to which the HARQ ACK/NACK data is mapped, given a predetermined maximum number of post-despreading symbols allocated to HARQ ACK/NACK data.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the method further comprises:

determining, for each of one or more of the received transmissions, whether more than one SC-FDMA symbol of the transmission carry user data;

for each of the one or more of the received transmissions in which only one SC-FDMA symbol carry user data, de-mapping rank indicator (RI) data for the transmission from the same SC-FDMA symbol to which the HARQ ACK/NACK data is mapped, but from post-despreading symbols that correspond to that same SC-FDMA symbol but that are as far as possible from the DMRS closest in time to the user data of the transmission;

for each of the one or more of the received transmissions in which two or more SC-FDMA symbols carry user data, de-mapping RI data for the transmission from an SC-FDMA symbol that carries user data and that is immediately adjacent in time to the SC-FDMA symbol to which the HARQ ACK/NACK data is mapped, and from post-despreading symbols that correspond to that adjacent SC-FDMA symbol and that are as close as possible to the DMRS closest in time to the user data of the transmission.

12. The method of claim 9 , the method further comprising:

for each of one or more of the received transmissions in which two or more SC-FDMA symbols carry user data, de-mapping channel quality indicator (CQI) data for the transmission as evenly as possible from the two or more SC-FDMA symbols that carry user data.

13. An eNodeB configured to de-map control information from within a transmission time interval (TTI) for each of a plurality of transmissions of control information and user data received as Single-Carrier Frequency-Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) signals, where each of the plurality of transmissions comprises one or more SC-FDMA symbols and where the control information in each transmission comprises at least Hybrid Automatic Repeat-Request (HARQ) ACK/NACK data, the eNodeB comprising:

receiver circuitry configured to receive, for each of the plurality of transmissions, an SC-FDMA signal; and

processing circuitry configured to:

determine, for each of the plurality of transmissions, whether user data received in the transmission is closest in time to a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) transmitted before the user data or to a DMRS transmitted after the user data;

for each of the plurality of transmissions in which user data received in the transmission is closest in time to DMRS transmitted before the user data, de-map all HARQ ACK/NACK data for the transmission from the earliest in time SC-FDMA symbol carrying data in the transmission, and from post-despreading symbols that correspond to that SC-FDMA symbol and that are closest in time to the DMRS transmitted before the user data; and

for each of the plurality of transmissions in which user data received in the transmission is closest in time to DMRS transmitted after the user data, de-map all HARQ ACK/NACK data for the transmission from the last in time SC-FDMA symbol carrying user data in the transmission, and from post-despreading symbols that correspond to that SC-FDMA symbol and that are closest in time to the DMRS transmitted after the user data.

14. The eNodeB of claim 13 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to, for each of the transmissions:

de-map rank indicator (RI) data for the transmission from the same SC-FDMA symbol to which

the HARQ ACK/NACK data is mapped, but from post-despreading symbols that correspond to that same SC-FDMA symbol but that are as far as possible from the DMRS closest in time to the user data of the transmission; or

if two or more SC-FDMA symbols carry user data, de-map rank indicator (RI) data for the transmission from an SC-FDMA symbol that carries user data and that is immediately adjacent in time to the SC-FDMA symbol to which the HARQ ACK/NACK data is mapped, and from post-despreading symbols that correspond to that adjacent SC-FDMA symbol and that are as close as possible to the DMRS closest in time to the user data of the transmission; or

de-map rank indicator (RI) data for the transmission from the same SC-FDMA symbol to which the HARQ ACK/NACK data is mapped, and from post-despreading symbols that as close as possible to the post-despreading symbols to which the HARQ ACK/NACK data is mapped, given a predetermined maximum number of post-despreading symbols allocated to HARQ ACK/NACK data.

15. The eNodeB of claim 13 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

determine, for each of one or more transmissions, whether more than one SC-FDMA symbol of the transmission carries user data;

for each of the one or more transmissions in which only one SC-FDMA symbol carry user data, de-map rank indicator (RI) data for the transmission from the same SC-FDMA symbol to which the HARQ ACK/NACK data is mapped, but from post-despreading symbols that correspond to that same SC-FDMA symbol but that are as far as possible from the DMRS closest in time to the user data of the transmission;

for each of the one or more transmissions in which two or more SC-FDMA symbols carry user data, de-map RI data for the transmission from an SC-FDMA symbol that carries user data and that is immediately adjacent in time to the SC-FDMA symbol to which the HARQ ACK/NACK data is mapped, and from post-despreading symbols that correspond to that adjacent SC-FDMA symbol and that are as close as possible to the DMRS closest in time to the user data of the transmission.

16. The eNodeB of claim 13 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to, for each of one or more transmissions in which two or more SC-FDMA symbols carry user data:

de-map channel quality indicator (CQI) data for the transmission as evenly as possible from

the two or more SC-FDMA symbols that carry user data; or

if two or more SC-FDMA symbols carry user data, de-map channel quality indicator (CQI) data for the transmission, to the extent possible, from pre-DFT symbols that map to the first SC-FDMA symbol carrying user data, and then de-map any remaining CQI data from one or more subsequent SC-FDMA symbols.