SELECTIVE APPLICATION OF FREQUENCY HOPPING FOR TRANSMISSION OF CONTROL SIGNALS
First Claim
1. In a communication system, wherein a User Equipment (UE) transmits, to a Node B, one of multiple types of Uplink Control Information (UCI) using a respective Physical Uplink Control CHannel (PUCCH) structure, a method, performed by the UE, for determining an application of Frequency Hopping (FH) for a UCI type transmission, the method comprising the steps of:
- transmitting, when UCI is of a first type, the UCI using FH; and
transmitting, when the UCI is of a second type, the UCI without using FH.
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Abstract
A Method and apparatus for selectively applying, by a User Equipment (UE), Frequency Hopping (FH) for a transmission of Uplink Control Information (UCI) signals in a Physical Uplink Control CHannel (PUCCH). The UE applies FH when the UCI is of a first type and does not apply FH when the UCI is of a second type. The UE applies FH when transmission diversity is not applied to the UCI transmission and does not apply FH when transmission diversity is applied to the UCI transmission. UEs operating in a legacy mode do not apply FH to the UCI transmission while UEs operating with additional functionalities may apply FH to the UCI transmission according to the UCI type and the use of transmission diversity.
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17 Claims
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1. In a communication system, wherein a User Equipment (UE) transmits, to a Node B, one of multiple types of Uplink Control Information (UCI) using a respective Physical Uplink Control CHannel (PUCCH) structure, a method, performed by the UE, for determining an application of Frequency Hopping (FH) for a UCI type transmission, the method comprising the steps of:
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transmitting, when UCI is of a first type, the UCI using FH; and transmitting, when the UCI is of a second type, the UCI without using FH. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. In a communication system, wherein a User Equipment (UE) transmits, to a Node B, an Uplink Control Information (UCI) in a Physical Uplink Control CHannel (PUCCH), a method, performed by the UE, for determining an application of Frequency Hopping (FH) for the UCI type transmission, the method comprising the steps of:
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transmitting UCI of a first type using FH when transmission diversity is not applied; and transmitting UCI of a second type without using FH when transmission diversity is applied. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7)
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8. In a communication system, wherein User Equipments (UEs) from a first class of UEs and UEs from a second class of UEs transmit to, a Node B, Uplink Control Information (UCI) in a Physical Uplink Control CHannel (PUCCH), a method, performed by a UE, for applying Frequency Hopping (FH) for the UCI type transmission, the method comprising the steps of:
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transmitting UCI of a type using FH if the UE belongs to the first class of UEs; and transmitting the UCI of a second type without using FH if the UE belongs to the second class of UEs. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. A User Equipment (UE) apparatus for transmitting one of multiple types of Uplink Control Information (UCI) using a respective structure in a Physical Uplink Control CHannel (PUCCH), the apparatus comprising:
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a transmitter for, when UCI is of a first type, transmitting the UCI using frequency hopping; and a transmitter for, when the UCI is of a second type, transmitting the UCI without using frequency hopping. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A User Equipment (UE) apparatus for transmitting an Uplink Control Information (UCI) in a Physical Uplink Control CHannel (PUCCH), the apparatus comprising:
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a transmitter for transmitting UCI of a first type using frequency hopping when transmission diversity is not applied; and a transmitter for transmitting UCI of a second type without frequency hopping when transmission diversity is applied. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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