MULTIPLEXING UPLINK L1/L2 CONTROL AND DATA

摘要

Methods and systems for transmitting scheduling requests in an LTE Advanced system are disclosed. Scheduling requests may be superimposed on HARQ ACK/NACK by multiplying the HARQ ACK/NACK by a value. Alternatively, scheduling requests may be channel-coded and multiplexed with other uplink control information. Scheduling requests can also be superimposed on reference signals by multiplying a reference signal by a value or by modulating a reference signal with a cyclic shift. Scheduling requests may also be jointly coded with HARQ ACK/NACK prior to transmission. Alternatively, ACK/NACK responses may be transmitted on assigned ACK/NACK PUCCH resources for a negative scheduling request transmission and on assigned scheduling request PUCCH resources for a positive scheduling request. Various collision handling mechanisms are also disclosed.