InterDigital Inc (IDCC)

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United States Patent 9,986,541
Bala , et al. May 29, 2018

Uplink control information transmission methods for carrier aggregation


Abstract

A method and apparatus for transmitting uplink control information (UCI) for Long Term Evolution-Advanced (LTE-A) using carrier aggregation is disclosed. Methods for UCI transmission in the uplink control channel, uplink shared channel or uplink data channel are disclosed. The methods include transmitting channel quality indicators (CQI), precoding matrix indicators (PMI), rank indicators (RI), hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgement/non-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK), channel status reports (CQI/PMI/RI), source routing (SR) and sounding reference signals (SRS). In addition, methods for providing flexible configuration in signaling UCI, efficient resource utilization, and support for high volume UCI overhead in LTE-A are disclosed.



Inventors:
Bala; Erdem (East Meadow, NY), Pietraski; Philip J. (Jericho, NY), Shin; Sung-Hyuk (Northvale, NJ), Zhang; Guodong (Syosset, NY), Tsai; Allan Y. (Boonton, NJ), Levy; Joseph S. (Merrick, NY), Adjakple; Pascal M. (Great Neck, NY), Haim; John W. (Baldwin, NY), Olesen; Robert L. (Huntington, NY), Pan; Kyle Jung-Lin (Saint James, NY)

Applicant:


Name

City

State

Country

Type


INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
Wilmington
DE
US


Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)


Family ID:
1000003320375

Appl. No.:
15/187,826

Filed:
June 21, 2016


Prior Publication Data






Document Identifier

Publication Date

US 20160302189 A1 Oct 13, 2016



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Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 72/0413 (20130101); H04B 7/024 (20130101); H04L 1/1812 (20130101); H04L 5/001 (20130101); H04W 72/0446 (20130101); H04L 5/0053 (20130101); H04W 72/042 (20130101); H04B 7/066 (20130101); H04B 7/0632 (20130101); H04B 7/0639 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 4/00 (20180101); H04L 1/18 (20060101); H04B 7/024 (20170101); H04L 5/00 (20060101); H04W 72/04 (20090101); H04B 7/06 (20060101)
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