Control channel resources for multi-bit ACK/NAK

1. A method of wireless communication, comprising:

receiving an upper layer configuration of a plurality of sets of ACK/NAK resources for uplink transmission corresponding to at least one secondary downlink component carrier in a multi-carrier configuration, the plurality of sets of ACK/NAK resources being determined based at least in part on a transmission mode of the secondary downlink component carrier;

receiving a physical layer indicator of ACK/NAK resources in the plurality of sets, the physical layer indicator comprising index for the plurality of sets;

determining first ACK/NAK resources from the plurality of sets based at least in part on a control channel element (CCE) of the primary component carrier; and

determining second ACK/NAK resources from the plurality of sets based at least in part on an element of each set corresponding to the index.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a downlink data transmission on a primary component carrier and the secondary component carrier;

and

sending ACK/NAK information for the downlink data transmission on a physical uplink control channel using the ACK/NAK resources.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving the physical layer indicator as a cross-carrier signal.

4. The method of claim 3 , in which the physical layer indicator comprises a transmit power control (TPC) command for the secondary component carrier.

5. The method of claim 1 , in which the physical layer indicator comprises an offset into the plurality of sets.

6. The method of claim 1 , in which the physical layer indicator supports physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) format 1b based channel selection.

7. The method of claim 1 , in which the physical layer indicator comprises transmission power control bits of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) secondary component carrier.

8. The method of claim 1 , in which the upper layer comprises a radio resource control (RRC) layer.

9. The method of claim 1 , in which the plurality of sets is based on a number of downlink component carriers configured for a user equipment (UE) and a transmission mode of the UE.

10. The method of claim 1 , in which each set comprises a number of resources based on a number of downlink control information bits.

11. The method of claim 1 , in which the physical layer indicator comprises an ACK/NAK resource indicator (ARI).

12. The method of claim 1 , in which the plurality of sets of ACK/NAK resources for uplink transmission correspond to a primary downlink component carrier.

13. A method of wireless communication, comprising:

configuring a plurality of sets of ACK/NAK resources for a user equipment (UE) based at least in part on a transmission mode of a secondary downlink component carrier; and

transmitting a physical layer indicator of ACK/NAK resources in the plurality of sets, the physical layer indicator comprising an index for the plurality of sets, in which:

first ACK/NAK resources are indicated from the plurality of sets based at least in part on a control channel element (CCE) of the primary component carrier, and

second ACK/NAK resources are indicated from the plurality of sets based at least in part on an element of each set corresponding to the index.

14. The method of claim 13 , in which the configuring comprises implicitly configuring ACK/NAK resources based upon a downlink control transmission.

15. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory, the at least one processor being configured:

to receive an upper layer configuration of a plurality of sets of ACK/NAK resources for uplink transmission corresponding to at least one secondary downlink component carrier in a multi-carrier configuration, the plurality of sets of ACK/NAK resources being determined based at least in part on a transmission mode of the secondary downlink component carrier;

to receive a physical layer indicator of ACK/NAK resources in the plurality of sets, the physical layer indicator comprising an index for the plurality of sets;

to determine first ACK/NAK resources from the plurality of sets based at least in part on a control channel element (CCE) of the primary component carrier; and

to determine second ACK/NAK resources from the plurality of sets based at least in part on an element of each set corresponding to the index.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 , in which the processor is further configured:

to receive a downlink data transmission on a primary component carrier and the secondary component carrier;

and

to send ACK/NAK information for the downlink data transmission on a physical uplink control channel using the ACK/NAK resources.

17. The apparatus of claim 15 , further comprising receiving the physical layer indicator as a cross carrier signal.

18. The apparatus of claim 17 , in which the physical layer indicator comprises a transmit power control (TPC) command for the secondary component carrier.

19. The apparatus of claim 15 , in which the physical layer indicator comprises an offset into the plurality of sets.

20. The apparatus of claim 15 , in which the physical layer indicator supports physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) format 1b based channel selection.

21. The apparatus of claim 15 , in which the physical layer indicator comprises transmission power control bits of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) secondary component carrier.

22. The apparatus of claim 15 , in which the upper layer comprises a radio resource control (RRC) layer.

23. The apparatus of claim 15 , in which the plurality of sets is based on a number of downlink component carriers configured for a user equipment (UE) and a transmission mode of the UE.

24. The apparatus of claim 15 , in which each set comprises a number of resources based on a number of downlink control information bits.

25. The apparatus of claim 15 , in which the physical layer indicator comprises an ACK/NAK resource indicator (ARI).

26. The apparatus of claim 15 , in which the plurality of sets of ACK/NAK resources for uplink transmission correspond to a primary downlink component carrier.

27. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory, the at least one processor being configured:

to configure a plurality of sets of ACK/NAK resources for a user equipment (UE) based at least in part on a transmission mode of a secondary downlink component carrier; and to transmit a physical layer indicator of ACK/NAK resources in the plurality of sets, the physical layer indicator comprising an index for the plurality of sets, in which:

first ACK/NAK resources are indicated from the plurality of sets based at least in part on a control channel element (CCE) of the primary component carrier, and

second ACK/NAK resources are indicated from the plurality of sets based at least in part on an element of each set corresponding to the index.

28. The apparatus of claim 27 , in which the processor is further configured to implicitly configure ACK/NAK resources based upon a downlink control transmission.

29. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

means for receiving an upper layer configuration of a plurality of sets of ACK/NAK resources for uplink transmission corresponding to at least one secondary downlink component carrier in a multi-carrier configuration, the plurality of sets of ACK/NAK resources being determined based at least in part on a transmission mode of the secondary downlink component carrier;

means for receiving a physical layer indicator of ACK/NAK resources in the plurality of sets, the physical layer indicator comprising an index for the plurality of sets;

means for determining first ACK/NAK resources from the plurality of sets based at least in part on a control channel element (CCE) of the primary component carrier; and

means for determining second ACK/NAK resources from the plurality of sets based at least in part on an element of each set corresponding to the index.

30. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

means for configuring a plurality of sets of ACK/NAK resources for a user equipment (UE) based at least in part on a transmission mode of a secondary downlink component carrier; and

means for transmitting a physical layer indicator of ACK/NAK resources in the plurality of sets, the physical layer indicator comprising an index for the plurality of sets, in which:

first ACK/NAK resources are indicated from the plurality of sets based at least in part on a control channel element (CCE) of the primary component carrier, and

second ACK/NAK resources are indicated from the plurality of sets based at least in part on an element of each set corresponding to the index.

31. A computer program product for wireless communication in a wireless network, comprising:

a non-transitory computer-readable medium having non-transitory program code recorded thereon, the program code comprising:

program code to receive an upper layer configuration of a plurality of sets of ACK/NAK resources for uplink transmission corresponding to at least one secondary downlink component carrier in a multi-carrier configuration, the plurality of sets of ACK/NAK resources being determined based at least in part on a transmission mode of the secondary downlink component carrier;

program code to receive a physical layer indicator of ACK/NAK resources in the plurality of sets, the physical layer indicator comprising an index for the plurality of sets;

program code to determine first ACK/NAK resources from the plurality of sets based at least in part on a control channel element (CCE) of the primary component carrier; and

program code to determine second ACK/NAK resources from the plurality of sets based at least in part on an element of each set corresponding to the index.

32. A computer program product for wireless communication in a wireless network, comprising:

a non-transitory computer-readable medium having non-transitory program code recorded thereon, the program code comprising:

program code to configure a plurality of sets of ACK/NAK resources for a user equipment (UE) based at least in part on a transmission mode of a secondary downlink component carrier; and

program code to transmit a physical layer indicator of ACK/NAK resources in the plurality of sets, the physical layer indicator comprising an index for the plurality of sets, in which:

first ACK/NAK resources are indicated from the plurality of sets based at least in part on a control channel element (CCE) of the primary component carrier, and

second ACK/NAK resources are indicated from the plurality of sets based at least in part on an element of each set corresponding to the index.