摘要 |
SYSTEMS AND METHODOLOGIES ARE DESCRIBED HEREIN THAT FACILITATE CONTROL AND DATA MULTIPLEXING FOR UPLINK (UL) MULTIPLE-INPUT-MULTIPLE-OUTPUT (MIMO) COMMUNICATION WITHIN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM (100). AS DESCRIBED HEREIN, A DEVICE CONDUCTING UPLINK MIMO COMMUNICATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM (100) CAN MULTIPLEX CONTROL SIGNALING AND DATA ACROSS ONE OR MORE OF A PLURALITY OF LAYERS (E.G., CORRESPONDING TO SPATIAL LAYERS, CODEWORDS, ETC.) ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPLINK TRANSMISSION. TECHNIQUES ARE DESCRIBED HEREIN FOR SELECTING (706) LAYERS OF A TRANSMISSION ON WHICH TO SCHEDULE CONTROL SIGNALING AND SELECTING OFFSETS TO APPLY TO THE CONTROL SIGNALING SCHEDULED ON SELECTED LAYERS. FURTHER, TECHNIQUES ARE DESCRIBED HEREIN FOR LEVERAGING A MULTI-LAYER TRANSMISSION TO INCREASE THE EFFICIENCY OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT COMMUNICATION. IN ADDITION, TECHNIQUES ARE DESCRIBED FOR SELECTING A MODULATION AND CODING SCHEME (MCS) TO APPLY TO CONTROL SIGNALING THAT IS COMBINED WITH DATA IN AN UPLINK MULTI-LAYER TRANSMISSION. |