REPORTING OF ACK AND CQI INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

• US 20090245212A1
• Filed: 03/24/2009
• Published: 10/01/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Gholmieh, Aziz, Sambhwani, Sharad Deepak, Zhang, Danlu, Mohanty, Bibhu P., Yuan, Lu, Yavuz, Mehmet, Zeng, Wei, Vitthaladevuni, Pavan Kumar, Jiang, Yibo, Bharadwaj, Arjun
• Granted Patent: US 8,477,734 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/336
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0026 Transmission of channel quality indication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1671 the supervisory signal being transmitted together with control information

Abstract

Techniques for reporting acknowledgement (ACK) information and channel quality indication (CQI) information in a wireless communication system are described. A user equipment (UE) may be able to receive data from up to two cells with dual-cell operation. The UE may determine CQI information for a first cell, determine CQI information for a second cell, and send the CQI information for both cells on a feedback channel with a single channelization code. The UE may process a control channel from each cell and, if control information is received from the cell, may further process a data channel from the cell to receive data sent to the UE. The UE may determine ACK information for each cell based on processing results for the data and control channels from that cell. The UE may send the ACK information for both cells on the feedback channel with the single channelization code.

Claims

1. A method for wireless communication, comprising:

determining acknowledgement (ACK) information for a first cell by a user equipment (UE);

determining ACK information for a second cell by the UE; and

sending the ACK information for the first and second cells on a feedback channel with a single channelization code.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

processing a first control channel from the first cell to detect for control information sent by the first cell to the UE;

processing a first data channel from the first cell, if control information is received from the first cell, to receive data sent by the first cell to the UE;

processing a second control channel from the second cell to detect for control information sent by the second cell to the UE; and

processing a second data channel from the second cell, if control information is received from the second cell, to receive data sent by the second cell to the UE, wherein the ACK information for the first cell is determined based on processing results for the first control channel and the first data channel from the first cell, and wherein the ACK information for the second cell is determined based on processing results for the second control channel and the second data channel from the second cell.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the ACK information for the first cell comprises obtaining ACK, negative acknowledgement (NACK), or discontinuous transmission (DTX) for the first cell based on processing results for data and control channels from the first cell, and wherein the determining the ACK information for the second cell comprises obtaining ACK, NACK, or DTX for the second cell based on processing results for data and control channels from the second cell.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

encoding the ACK information for the first and second cells based on a block code to obtain a codeword, and wherein the codeword is sent on the feedback channel with the single channelization code.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the block code implements a codebook comprising two codewords for ACK or negative acknowledgement (NACK) for the first cell and discontinuous transmission (DTX) for the second cell, four codewords for four combinations of ACK and NACK for the first and second cells, and two codewords for ACK or NACK for the second cell and DTX for the first cell.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the codebook further comprises two codewords for a preamble and a postamble for the feedback channel.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein the block code implements a codebook comprising at least a subset of a plurality of codewords used for sending ACK information for a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) transmission.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the sending the ACK information for the first and second cells comprises

sending the ACK information for the first cell on an inphase (I) branch of the feedback channel with the single channelization code, and

sending the ACK information for the second cell on a quadrature (Q) branch of the feedback channel with the single channelization code.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining channel quality indication (CQI) information for the first cell;

determining CQI information for the second cell; and

sending the CQI information for the first and second cells on the feedback channel with the single channelization code.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the sending the CQI information comprises

sending the CQI information for the first and second cells in a single transmission time interval (TTI) if the UE is configured with a feedback cycle of one, and

sending the CQI information for the first and second cells in each of multiple TTIs if the UE is configured with a feedback cycle greater than one.

11. The method of claim 2, wherein the control channel from each cell comprises a Shared Control Channel for HS-DSCH (HS-SCCH), the data channel from each cell comprises a High Speed Physical Downlink Shared Channel (HS-PDSCH), the feedback channel comprises a Dedicated Physical Control Channel for HS-DSCH (HS-DPCCH), and the channelization code comprises an orthogonal variable spreading factor (OVSF) code.

12. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

means for determining acknowledgement (ACK) information for a first cell by a user equipment (UE);

means for determining ACK information for a second cell by the UE; and

means for sending the ACK information for the first and second cells on a feedback channel with a single channelization code.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, further comprising:

means for processing a first control channel from the first cell to detect for control information sent by the first cell to the UE;

means for processing a first data channel from the first cell, if control information is received from the first cell, to receive data sent by the first cell to the UE;

means for processing a second control channel from the second cell to detect for control information sent by the second cell to the UE; and

means for processing a second data channel from the second cell, if control information is received from the second cell, to receive data sent by the second cell to the UE, wherein the ACK information for the first cell is determined based on processing results for the first control channel and the first data channel from the first cell, and wherein the ACK information for the second cell is determined based on processing results for the second control channel and the second data channel from the second cell.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the means for determining the ACK information for the first cell comprises means for obtaining ACK, negative acknowledgement (NACK), or discontinuous transmission (DTX) for the first cell based on processing results for data and control channels from the first cell, and wherein the means for determining the ACK information for the second cell comprises means for obtaining ACK, NACK, or DTX for the second cell based on processing results for data and control channels from the second cell.

15. The apparatus of claim 12, further comprising:

means for encoding the ACK information for the first and second cells based on a block code to obtain a codeword for transmission on the feedback channel with the single channelization code, wherein the block code implements a codebook comprising two codewords for ACK or negative acknowledgement (NACK) for the first cell and discontinuous transmission (DTX) for the second cell, four codewords for four combinations of ACK and NACK for the first and second cells, and two codewords for ACK or NACK for the second cell and DTX for the first cell.

16. The apparatus of claim 12, further comprising:

means for determining channel quality indication (CQI) information for the first cell;

means for determining CQI information for the second cell; and

means for sending the CQI information for the first and second cells on the feedback channel with the single channelization code.

17. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

at least one processor configured to determine acknowledgement (ACK) information for a first cell by a user equipment (UE), to determine ACK information for a second cell by the UE, and to send the ACK information for the first and second cells on a feedback channel with a single channelization code.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the at least one processor is configured to process a first control channel from the first cell to detect for control information sent by the first cell to the UE, to process a first data channel from the first cell, if control information is received from the first cell, to receive data sent by the first cell to the UE, to process a second control channel from the second cell to detect for control information sent by the second cell to the UE, to process a second data channel from the second cell, if control information is received from the second cell, to receive data sent by the second cell to the UE, to determine the ACK information for the first cell based on processing results for the first control channel and the first data channel from the first cell, and to determine the ACK information for the second cell based on processing results for the second control channel and the second data channel from the second cell.

19. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the at least one processor is configured to obtain ACK, negative acknowledgement (NACK), or discontinuous transmission (DTX) for the first cell based on processing results for data and control channels from the first cell, and to obtain ACK, NACK, or DTX for the second cell based on processing results for data and control channels from the second cell.

20. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the at least one processor is configured to encode the ACK information for the first and second cells based on a block code to obtain a codeword, and to send the codeword on the feedback channel with the single channelization code, and wherein the block code implements a codebook comprising two codewords for ACK or negative acknowledgement (NACK) for the first cell and discontinuous transmission (DTX) for the second cell, four codewords for four combinations of ACK and NACK for the first and second cells, and two codewords for ACK or NACK for the second cell and DTX for the first cell.

21. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the at least one processor is configured to determine channel quality indication (CQI) information for the first cell, to determine CQI information for the second cell, and to send the CQI information for the first and second cells on the feedback channel with the single channelization code.

22. A computer program product, comprising:

a computer-readable medium comprising;

code for causing at least one computer to determine acknowledgement (ACK) information for a first cell by a user equipment (UE),

code for causing the at least one computer to determine ACK information for a second cell by the UE, and

code for causing the at least one computer to send the ACK information for the first and second cells on a feedback channel with a single channelization code.

23. A method for wireless communication, comprising:

sending data from at least one of first and second cells to a user equipment (UE); and

receiving acknowledgement (ACK) information for the first and second cells sent by the UE on a feedback channel with a single channelization code.

24. The method of claim 23, further comprising:

scheduling the UE for data transmission from at least one cell among the first and second cells; and

sending control information on a control channel from each cell scheduled to send data to the UE, and wherein the sending data comprises sending data on a data channel from each cell scheduled to send data to the UE.

25. The method of claim 23, further comprising:

decoding a transmission received on the feedback channel based on a block code to obtain a codeword sent by the UE for the ACK information; and

obtaining ACK, negative acknowledgement (NACK), or discontinuous transmission (DTX) for each of the first and second cells based on the codeword.

26. The method of claim 23, further comprising:

receiving channel quality indication (CQI) information for the first and second cells sent by the UE on the feedback channel with the single channelization code;

scheduling the UE for data transmission from at least one cell among the first and second cells; and

selecting a transport format for each of the at least one cell based on CQI information for the cell, and wherein the sending data comprises sending data from each of the at least one cell to the UE in accordance with the transport format selected for the cell.

27. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

means for sending data from at least one of first and second cells to a user equipment (UE); and

means for receiving acknowledgement (ACK) information for the first and second cells sent by the UE on a feedback channel with a single channelization code.

28. The apparatus of claim 27, further comprising:

means for scheduling the UE for data transmission from at least one cell among the first and second cells; and

means for sending control information on a control channel from each of the at least one cell to the UE, and wherein the means for sending data comprises means for sending data on a data channel from each of the at least one cell to the UE.

29. The apparatus of claim 27, further comprising:

means for decoding a transmission received on the feedback channel based on a block code to obtain a codeword sent by the UE for the ACK information; and

means for obtaining ACK, negative acknowledgement (NACK), or discontinuous transmission (DTX) for each of the first and second cells based on the codeword.

30. The apparatus of claim 27, further comprising:

means for receiving channel quality indication (CQI) information for the first and second cells sent by the UE on the feedback channel with the single channelization code;

means for scheduling the UE for data transmission from at least one cell among the first and second cells; and

means for selecting a transport format for each of the at least one cell based on CQI information for the cell, and wherein the means for sending data comprises means for sending data from each of the at least one cell to the UE in accordance with the transport format selected for the cell.

31. A method for wireless communication, comprising:

determining acknowledgement (ACK) information for a first cell by a user equipment (UE);

determining acknowledgement (ACK) information for a second cell by the UE;

sending the ACK information for the first cell on a feedback channel with a first channelization code; and

sending the ACK information for the second cell on the feedback channel with a second channelization code.

32. The method of claim 31, further comprising:

processing a first control channel from the first cell to detect for control information sent by the first cell to the UE;

processing a first data channel from the first cell, if control information is received from the first cell, to receive data sent by the first cell to the UE;

processing a second control channel from the second cell to detect for control information sent by the second cell to the UE; and

processing a second data channel from the second cell, if control information is received from the second cell, to receive data sent by the second cell to the UE, wherein the ACK information for the first cell is determined based on processing results for the first control channel and the first data channel from the first cell, and wherein the ACK information for the second cell is determined based on processing results for the second control channel and the second data channel from the second cell.

33. The method of claim 31, wherein the determining the ACK information for the first cell comprises obtaining ACK, negative acknowledgement (NACK), or discontinuous transmission (DTX) for the first cell based on processing results for data and control channels from the first cell, and wherein the determining the ACK information for the second cell comprises obtaining ACK, NACK, or DTX for the second cell based on processing results for data and control channels from the second cell.

34. The method of claim 31, further comprising:

encoding the ACK information for the first cell based on a block code to obtain a first codeword; and

encoding the ACK information for the second cell based on the block code to obtain a second codeword, and wherein the first and second codewords are sent on the feedback channel with the first and second channelization codes, respectively.

35. The method of claim 34, wherein the block code implements a codebook comprising a first codeword for ACK, a second codeword for negative acknowledgement (NACK), and a third codeword for discontinuous transmission (DTX) for a cell.

36. The method of claim 31, further comprising:

determining channel quality indication (CQI) information for the first cell;

determining CQI information for the second cell;

sending the CQI information for the first cell on the feedback channel with the first channelization code; and

sending the CQI information for the second cell on the feedback channel with the second channelization code.

37. The method of claim 31, further comprising:

determining channel quality indication (CQI) information for the first cell;

determining CQI information for the second cell;

sending the CQI information for the first cell on the feedback channel with a selected channelization code in a first transmission time interval (TTI), the selected channelization code being the first or second channelization code; and

sending the CQI information for the second cell on the feedback channel with the selected channelization code in a second TTI after the first TTI.

38. A method for wireless communication, comprising:

determining channel quality indication (CQI) information for a first cell at a user equipment (UE);

determining CQI information for a second cell at the UE;

mapping the CQI information for the first cell to a first set of information bits;

mapping the CQI information for the second cell to a second set of information bits;

encoding the first and second sets of information bits to obtain a codeword; and

sending the codeword on a feedback channel with a single channelization code.

39. The method of claim 38, wherein the mapping the CQI information for the first cell comprises mapping bits of the CQI information for the first cell to information bits in the first set in natural order, and wherein the mapping the CQI information for the second cell comprises mapping bits of the CQI information for the second cell to information bits in the second set in natural order.

40. The method of claim 38, further comprising:

receiving data sent by the first cell in accordance with a first transport format selected based on the CQI information for the first cell;

receiving data sent by the second cell in accordance with a second transport format selected based on the CQI information for the second cell;

determining acknowledgement (ACK) information for the first and second cells; and

sending the ACK information for the first and second cells on the feedback channel with the single channelization code.

41. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

means for determining channel quality indication (CQI) information for a first cell at a user equipment (UE);

means for determining CQI information for a second cell at the UE;

means for mapping the CQI information for the first cell to a first set of information bits;

means for mapping the CQI information for the second cell to a second set of information bits;

means for encoding the first and second sets of information bits to obtain a codeword; and

means for sending the codeword on a feedback channel with a single channelization code.

42. The apparatus of claim 41, wherein the means for mapping the CQI information for the first cell comprises means for mapping bits of the CQI information for the first cell to information bits in the first set in natural order, and wherein the means for mapping the CQI information for the second cell comprises means for mapping bits of the CQI information for the second cell to information bits in the second set in natural order.

43. The apparatus of claim 41, further comprising:

means for receiving data sent by the first cell in accordance with a first transport format selected based on the CQI information for the first cell;

means for receiving data sent by the second cell in accordance with a second transport format selected based on the CQI information for the second cell;

means for determining acknowledgement (ACK) information for the first and second cells; and

means for sending the ACK information for the first and second cells on the feedback channel with the single channelization code.

44. A method for wireless communication, comprising:

determining channel quality indication (CQI) information for a first cell at a user equipment (UE);

determining CQI information for a second cell at the UE;

sending the CQI information for the first cell in a first transmission time interval (TTI);

sending the CQI information for the second cell in a second TTI after the first TTI; and

receiving data from the first cell or the second cell in a third TTI after the second TTI.

45. The method of claim 44, wherein the CQI information for the first and second cells is sent on a feedback channel with a single channelization code to the first and second cells.

46. The method of claim 44, further comprising:

receiving an order to operate in a dynamic switching mode by the UE; and

receiving data from at most one cell among the first and second cells in each transmission time interval (TTI) while operating in the dynamic switching mode.

47. The method of claim 44, further comprising:

determining acknowledgement (ACK) information for the data received from the first cell or the second cell; and

sending the ACK information on a feedback channel with a single channelization code, and wherein the CQI information for the first and second cells is sent on the feedback channel with the single channelization code.