ACK/NACK channelization for resource blocks containing both ACK/NACK and CQI
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1. A method, comprising:
- transmitting a value from an access node towards an apparatus, where the value is indicative of a size of a first portion of an uplink resource block, where Δ
shiftPUCCH is a cyclic shift difference between two adjacent resources using a same orthogonal cover sequence and the size of the first portion is an integer multiple of Δ
shiftPUCCH, where at least the first portion of the uplink resource block is shared among a plurality of apparatus, where the first portion is specified for transmission of a first type of signaling to the access node, where a second portion of the uplink resource block is specified for transmission of a second type of signaling to the access node, where the first type of signaling comprises acknowledgement signaling and the second type of signaling comprises channel quality indicator signaling; and
receiving at least one transmission using at least one of the first portion and the second portion.
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Abstract
In one exemplary embodiment, a method includes: transmitting a value from an access node towards an apparatus, where the value is indicative of a size of a first portion of an uplink resource block, where the uplink resource block is shared among a plurality of apparatus, where the first portion is specified for transmission of a first type of signaling to the access node, where a second portion of the uplink resource block is specified for transmission of a second type of signaling to the access node; and receiving at least one transmission using at least one of the first portion and the second portion.
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1. A method, comprising:
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transmitting a value from an access node towards an apparatus, where the value is indicative of a size of a first portion of an uplink resource block, where Δ
shiftPUCCH is a cyclic shift difference between two adjacent resources using a same orthogonal cover sequence and the size of the first portion is an integer multiple of Δ
shiftPUCCH, where at least the first portion of the uplink resource block is shared among a plurality of apparatus, where the first portion is specified for transmission of a first type of signaling to the access node, where a second portion of the uplink resource block is specified for transmission of a second type of signaling to the access node, where the first type of signaling comprises acknowledgement signaling and the second type of signaling comprises channel quality indicator signaling; andreceiving at least one transmission using at least one of the first portion and the second portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus comprising:
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a processor; and a memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code being configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform; transmit a value towards another apparatus, where the value is indicative of a size of a first portion of an uplink resource block, where Δ
shiftPUCCH is a cyclic shift difference between two adjacent resources using a same orthogonal cover sequence and the size of the first portion is an integer multiple of Δ
shiftPUCCH, where at least the first portion of the uplink resource block is shared among a plurality of other apparatus, where the first portion is specified for transmission of a first type of signaling to the apparatus, where a second portion of the uplink resource block is specified for transmission of a second type of signaling to the apparatus, where the first type of signaling comprises acknowledgement signaling and the second type of signaling comprises channel quality indicator signaling; andreceive at least one transmission using, at least one of the first portion and the second portion. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A method comprising:
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receiving a value from an access node, where the value is indicative of a size of a first portion of an uplink resource block, where Δ
shiftPUCCH is a cyclic shift difference between two adjacent resources using a same orthogonal cover sequence and the size of the first portion is an integer multiple of Δ
shiftPUCCH, where at least the first portion of the uplink resource block is shared among a plurality of apparatus, where the first portion is specified for transmission of a first type of signaling to the access node, where a second portion of the uplink resource block is specified for transmission of a second type of signaling to the access node, where the first type of signaling comprises acknowledgement signaling and the second type of signaling comprises channel quality indicator signaling; andtransmitting at least one transmission using at least one of the first portion and the second portion. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. An apparatus comprising:
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a processor; and a memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code being configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform; receive a value from an access node, where the value is indicative of a size of a first portion of an uplink resource block, where Δ
shiftPUCCH is a cyclic shift difference between two adjacent resources using a same orthogonal cover sequence and the size of the first portion is an integer multiple of Δ
shiftPUCCH, where at least the first portion of the uplink resource block is shared among a plurality of apparatus, where the first portion is specified for transmission of a first type of signaling to the access node, where a second portion of the uplink resource block is specified for transmission of a second type of signaling to the access node, where the first type of signaling comprises acknowledgement signaling and the second type of signaling comprises channel quality indicator signaling; andtransmit at least one transmission using at least one of the first portion and the second portion. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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