Abstract: Systems and methods for designing, using, and/or implementing hybrid communication networks are described. In various embodiments, these systems and methods may be applicable to power line communications (PLC). For example, one or more of the techniques disclosed herein may include methods to coordinate medium-to-low voltage (MV-LV) and low-to-low voltage (LV-LV) PLC networks when the MV-LV network operates in a frequency subband mode and the LV-LV network operates in wideband mode (i.e., hybrid communications). In some cases, MV routers and LV routers may have different profiles. For instance, MV-LV communications may be performed using MAC superframe structures, and first-level LV to lower-level LV communications may take place using a beacon mode. Lower layer LV nodes may communicate using non-beacon modes. Also, initial scanning procedures may encourage first-to-second-level LV device communications rather than MV-to-first-level LV connections.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for processing data sending and a method and an apparatus for processing data receiving, wherein, the method for processing data sending includes: allocating the number of spatial transmission layers and a pilot resource for transmission at each spatial transmission layer; generating pilot resource information according to the number of spatial transmission layers and the pilot resource for transmission at each spatial transmission layer; and sending the pilot resource information to user equipment (UE). According to the embodiments of the present invention, the UE is enabled to determine a specific pilot resource to be used so as to effectively distinguish between user channels, obtain a correct channel estimation value, improve channel estimation performance, and thus, obtain correct service data.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method for transmitting muting information in a wireless communication system, and to an apparatus and a method for acquiring channel state using same. In an exemplary embodiment, muting information includes: a first data field, having a serving cell for receiving from peripheral cells in a multi-cell environment, at least one of a CSI-RS pattern, the number of CSI-RS antenna ports, a CSI-RS duty cycle, and CSI-RS transmission subframe offset information, and using same for expressing the cycle and the offset of muting subframes, which pertain to information on a resource block that can generate interference between the peripheral cells and CSI-RS; and a second data field for expressing a specific muting pattern, which must be muted within the muting subframes, having either 12 bits or 28 bits that display muting application in a bitmap format.

Abstract: A base station device is provided with features in which multicast data can be prevented from deterioration in the accuracy of channel estimation due to interference of a unicast data pilot signal when multicast data and unicast data are multiplexed for transmission. In this device, a unicast pilot signal generating unit (105-1) generates a unicast data pilot signal, a multicast pilot signal generating unit (105-2) generates a multicast data pilot signal, a disposing unit (106) disposes a unicast data symbol, a multicast data symbol, the unicast data pilot signal, and the multicast pilot signal at either position on a two-dimensional plane comprised of a frequency axis and a time axis to output them to an IFFT unit (107). In this case, the disposing unit (106) disposes the multicast data pilot signal at a position on the two-dimensional plane comprised of the frequency axis and the time axis where the unicast data pilot signal does not interfere with it.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described to supply positioning reference signal (PRS) in a telecommunication system. A base station supplies a PRS sequence according at least to a time-frequency pattern of modulation symbols, wherein the time-frequency pattern assigns a modulation symbol to each frequency tone in a block of time-frequency resources allocated to transmit PRS. The base station associates a modulation symbol in the time-frequency pattern with a reference symbol in the PRS sequence through a mapping that represents the time-frequency pattern. The PRS sequence is conveyed to user equipment through delivery of a set of modulation symbols established through the mapping. Different time-frequency patterns can be exploited based on time-structure of a radio sub-frame. The user equipment receives the PRS sequence according to at least the time-frequency pattern of modulation symbols and utilizes at least the PRS sequence as part of a process to produce a location estimate.

Abstract: A receiver receives, using a plurality of antennas, a multiplexed signal that includes (i) a first OFDM modulation signal with a subcarrier carrying a symbol including multiplex information and a subcarrier carrying a pilot symbol and a subcarrier carrying a data symbol and (ii) a second OFDM modulation signal with a subcarrier carrying a symbol including multiplex information and a subcarrier carrying the pilot symbol and a subcarrier carrying the data symbol. A decoder uses the symbol including multiplex information and decodes the data symbol.

Abstract: A method includes generating first and second preambles for first and second data units corresponding to first and second PHY modes, respectively. Generating the first preamble includes generating a first STF, LTF, and SIG field. The first SIG field includes an OFDM symbol modulated according to a first modulation technique. The OFDM symbol begins a first time interval, and ends a second time interval, after the first LTF begins. Generating the second preamble includes generating a second STF and LTF. The second STF has a greater duration, and different repeating sequence, than the first STF. The second LTF includes a second OFDM symbol modulated according to a second modulation technique, and at least partially occupying a location beginning a third time interval, and ending a fourth time interval, after the second LTF begins. The third and fourth time intervals are equal to the first and second time intervals, respectively.

Abstract: A communications method implemented in a transmission point (TP) used in a coordinated multipoint transmission and reception (CoMP) system is disclosed. The communications method comprises transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), attributers for up to four indicators indicating at least physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) resource element (RE) mapping, and transmitting, to the UE, one of the four indicators, each of which is conveyed in 2 bits, wherein the four indicators comprises ‘00’, ‘01’, ‘10’, and ‘11’ corresponding to a first set, a second set, a third set, and a fourth set of parameters, respectively. Other methods, apparatuses, and systems are also disclosed.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods of using content information for encoding multimedia data are described. A method of processing multimedia data includes obtaining content information of multimedia data, and encoding the multimedia data so as to align a data boundary with a frame boundary in a time domain, wherein said encoding is based on the content information. In another aspect, a method of processing multimedia data includes obtaining a content classification of the multimedia data, and encoding blocks in the multimedia data as intra-coded blocks or inter-coded blocks based on the content classification to increase the error resilience of the encoded multimedia data. Apparatus that can process multimedia data described in these methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for determining position of a user equipment in a wireless mobile communication system. The method comprises receiving a plurality of subframes including reference signals for positioning of the user equipment from a plurality of base stations periodically with a predetermined period of time; and determining position of the user equipment using reference signal time difference (RSTD) between the reference signals for positioning of the user equipment included in the received plurality of subframes, wherein a pattern of the reference signals for positioning of the user equipment is generated by repeating a diagonal mother matrix with dimension of 6×6, the pattern of the reference signals are mapped to orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols of the subframe, and the reference signals for positioning of the user equipment in a OFDM symbol in which common reference signal (CRS) is transmitted are punctured.

Abstract: A method, a device, and a system for duplex communications. Uplink and downlink frequencies are allocated in an orthogonal manner such that at one time instant a certain carrier frequency is used for uplink (downlink) transmission and at some other time instant for downlink (uplink) transmission. Correspondingly, at said one time instant a second carrier frequency is used for downlink (uplink) transmission and at said some other time instant optionally for uplink (downlink) transmission.

Abstract: A solution for uplink transmission in a cellular communication system is disclosed. The same uplink time-frequency resource are scheduled to at least two terminal devices, and sensing periods of unequal lengths are allocated to the at least two terminal devices. The sensing period defines a duration a terminal device senses the uplink time-frequency resource for a conflicting transmission before transmitting in the uplink time-frequency resource.

Abstract: In a wireless mobile communications system, a method for processing control information allows the operations of a mobile terminal to be simplified and permits efficient use of resources for the mobile terminal. The network instructs in advance, the transmission of control information, such as system information and the like, via a single indicator channel. The mobile terminal receives this single indicator channel and uses the indicator information that was transmitted via the indicator channel in order to receive the control information.

Abstract: A node of a wireless network includes processor circuitry that is configured to obtain an identification of a cell on which a user equipment shall transmit a random access preamble and to encode the identification of the cell on which the user equipment shall transmit the random access preamble into at least one unused bit position of a physical downlink control channel random access order. A transmitter is responsive to the processor circuitry and is configured to transmit the physical downlink control channel random access order including the identification of the cell that was encoded into the at least one unused bit position of the physical downlink control channel random access order. Related user equipment, systems and methods are also described.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for controlling signaling processing resources that are shared among two or more cells at a base station, such that signaling processing resources are efficiently utilized and such that resources assigned for sending uplink grants and downlink assignments on a downlink control channel that is shared among the mobile terminals in each cell is also efficiently used. An example method is an iterative process whereby a manager controlling the assignments of resources on the downlink control channel among the mobile terminals on each cell is requested to provide resource to a restricted number of mobile terminals for a cell. This is repeated for each cell until a total processing capacity for the site is reached. The restriction in the number of mobile terminals included in each request relates to the total capacity for processing remaining on the site.

Abstract: A method and apparatus supporting multiple carriers is provided. A user equipment receives a self-control format indicator (CFI) indicating a size of a control region of a first carrier by using the first carrier. The user equipment receives downlink control information (DCI) comprising a cross-CFI indicating a size of a control region of a second carrier over a first downlink control channel in the control region of the first carrier. The user equipment monitors a second downlink control channel in the control region of the second carrier.

Abstract: In a wireless network including a server and clients, network resources, such as time slots and channel frequencies, are managed by having the server define the resources for future use by the clients, while the clients actually allocate the resources for their exclusive use according to performance criteria determined by the clients. The network can be ad-hoc and in industrial environments with low-latency requirements.

Abstract: A method of receiving control information by a terminal in a mobile communications system having a single control channel and a plurality of common channels and having a network that periodically transmits the control information via the control channel, the method comprising: periodically receiving the control channel; detecting, at a particular time, an identifier from the received control channel; and receiving data via a particular common channel that is indicated by control information that includes the detected identifier.

Abstract: A User Equipment (UE) for performing carrier aggregation is described. The UE includes a processor and instructions stored in memory that is in electronic communication with the processor. The UE determines an uplink control information (UCI) transmission cell in a wireless communication network with at least one frequency-division duplexing (FDD) cell and at least one time-division duplexing (TDD) cell. The UE also selects a first cell for FDD and TDD carrier aggregation. The UE further determines a set of downlink subframe associations for the first cell that indicate at least one UCI transmission uplink subframe of the UCI transmission cell. The UE additionally sends Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Acknowledgement/Negative Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information in the UCI transmission uplink subframe of the UCI transmission cell.

Abstract: A method of power saving for a wireless transceiver (FIGS. 1 and 2) is disclosed. The transceiver has an active power mode (504) and a reduced power mode (510). The transceiver is operated in the reduced power mode (510) and monitors transmissions from a remote wireless transmitter while in the reduced power mode. The transceiver identifies a transmission from the remote wireless transmitter by a transceiver identity included in the transmission (FIG. 6, UE identification). The transceiver transitions to the active power mode (512) in response to identifying the transmission.

Abstract: An invention for generating a slot table entry address for a communications device of a communications network includes a method that involves processing a slot counter value according to a configuration setting value to produce a processed slot counter value, the slot counter value identifying a time slot of data communications of the communications network, masking a cycle counter value according to the configuration setting value to generate a masked cycle counter value, where the cycle counter value identifies a communications cycle containing the time slot, and processing the processed slot counter value and the masked cycle counter value to generate a slot table entry address such that a corresponding slot table entry of the time slot of the communications cycle in a slot table is accessed by the communications device at the slot table entry address.

Abstract: A transmitter of a communication system includes a spectrum dividing section which divides a transmission signal into a plurality of sub-spectra at a first sampling speed F1 and combines one or more low-speed intermediate composite signals from the divided sub-spectra, and a multiplexing section which multiplexes the intermediate composite signals at a second sampling speed F2 faster than the first sampling speed F1 (F2>F1) and distributes to a broadband. A receiver includes a demultiplexing section which extracts one or more low-speed intermediate composite signals from a reception signal at the second sampling speed F2, and a spectrum combining section which combines the intermediate composite signals at the first sampling speed F1 and extracts the sub-spectra to re-combines the transmission signal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for transmitting/receiving a control format indicator channel for a relay backhaul link in a wireless communication system. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for transmitting a control format indicator channel for a relay backhaul link in a wireless communication system is configured such that a base station generates a relay physical control format indicator channel (hereinafter, referred to as “R-PCFICH”) containing information on a relay physical downlink control channel (hereinafter, referred to as “R-PDCCH”) region, and transmits the R-PCFICH through a first OFDM symbol of the R-PDCCH region.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and wireless communication system is disclosed herein for operating a BIA code structure in a system. In one embodiment, the wireless communication system comprises a plurality of receivers, wherein each receiver in the plurality having a multi-mode antenna with a single radio frequency (RF) chain that is operable in a plurality of antenna modes, and further wherein each receiver shifts between the plurality of antenna modes in a predetermined manner.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving control information for additional broadcast information in a wireless communication system. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for transmitting control information for additional broadcast information in a wireless communication system comprises a step in which a base station transmits control information containing information on the transmission time of the additional broadcast message, and transmits the additional broadcast message at said transmission time.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for multiple frequency point multiple access, which method comprises: in the situation that a system comprises a plurality of working frequency points, configuring a multi-access mode for the sending of uplink information and the sending of downlink information of each working frequency point in a plurality of working frequency points respectively; and each working frequency point performing the sending of the uplink information and the sending of the downlink information according to the configured multi-access modes. By way of the above technical solution, a simple multi-access mode is provided, which ensures the link performance of the working frequency point, improves the throughput of the entire network, and at the same time takes the problem of system peak average power ratio into account.

Abstract: An electronic device includes processing circuitry configured to set a transmitting and receiving operation as active state for a first operating period and determine whether to set the transmitting and receiving operation as a state in which transmission or reception is limited after the first operating period elapses.

Abstract: A method is provided for generating and allocating time-frequency mapping pattern (TFP) in a communication system. A set of orthogonal TFPs is generated from a TFP. And a TFP from the set of orthogonal TFPs is allocated to a user equipment in a transmission time interval, TTI, within a cell of the communication system. Also provided are a transmitter, a base station, and a user equipment.

Abstract: Implementations include a method, systems, and computer program products for adaptively configuring codecs to transmit encoded data to better utilize available bandwidth of reachable networks. One implementation is a method of transmitting encoded data from a host to a target. The method includes, selecting a communication network reachable by the host, estimating an available bandwidth from the host to the target via the selected communication network, configuring a codec from a plurality of codecs implemented in the host according to the estimated available bandwidth, encoding data using the configured codec, and transmitting the encoded data to the target.

Abstract: A single channel full duplex wireless communication system includes a processor, a transmitter, a receiver, a secondary transmission path, a combining element, a primary transmission feedback path and a secondary transmission feedback path. The transmitter transmits a transmission signal via a transmission path. The receiver receives a received signal via a reception path. The transmitter and the receiver utilize one channel to transmit and receive signals. The transmission signal causes self-interference. The processor estimates a first transfer function and feeds the secondary transmission path with the transmission signal adjusted by the first transfer function to reduce the transmission signal leaked to the reception path. The combining element combines the transmission signal with the adjusted secondary transmission path signal to remove the self-interference. The primary transmission feedback path output is modified by a second transfer function.

Abstract: A method for controlling channel signaling between a UE and a wireless network access node is described. The method includes determining whether an examined sub-frame of a plurality of sub-frames in a first resource region is unused. The index of the examined sub-frame is a last index of the plurality of sub-frames allocated for use in a first channel. The plurality of sub-frames is organized in a reverse indexing manner such that a last indexed sub-frame is adjacent to a second resource region. The second resource region is allocated to a second channel. In response to determining that the examined sub-frame is unused, the examined sub-frame is re-allocated for temporary use in the second channel. The method also includes providing an indication of the allocation. Apparatus and computer readable media are also described.

Abstract: A pilot and channel estimation method for SDMA MIMO transmission downlink is provided in the present invention, and the method provides possibility for saving the orthogonal pilot resources; the pilot signals of different users in the transmitting antenna domain can occupy the same time-frequency resources, and thereby the pilot overhead of system resources can be reduced greatly; the method includes: for the MIMO transmission downlink that employs pre-coding for SDMA, taking the quantity of orthogonal pilot resources occupied by the users in the pre-coding domain as the number of data streams that can be transmitted or the number of spatial dimensions occupied first, at the transmitting end of the base station; then, performing SDMA transmission pre-coding for the orthogonal pilots in the pre-coding domain in the same way as the data signals, to obtain the pilot signals of the users in the transmitting antenna domain; wherein, the pilots of the users in the pre-coding domain can be orthogonal in the frequenc

Abstract: A transmission of information within a wireless cellular network may include a first and second group of samples. A first group of samples is created comprising at least a first and a last subgroup, wherein the last subgroup is same as the first subgroup. A second group of samples created. A transformed set of samples produced by jointly transforming the created first and second group with a discrete Fourier transform (DFT). The transformed set of samples is expanded to produce an expanded set, and the expanded set is transformed with an inverse discrete Fourier transform (IDFT) to produce an OFDM symbol with a fractional payload. The first group of samples is a reference signal (RS), which is known to the receiver before the transmission occurs, while the second group of samples is information data.

Abstract: A transmission apparatus for converting a transmission data series into frequency-domain, converting the frequency-domain converted signal into time-domain signal, and transmitting the time-domain converted signal, the apparatus including: a preamble pattern generation unit which outputs at least two preamble patterns among second and third preamble patterns, including bit series in which each of bits of a first preamble pattern is continued for n bits (where n is an integer equal to or greater than 2) and for k bits (where k is an integer equal to or greater than 2, and k?n), and the first preamble pattern; and a transmission unit which transmits the transmission signal including at least two of the preamble patterns output from the preamble pattern generation unit.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for transmitting pilots in a multi-carrier wireless transmission system. A wireless time-frequency transmission block is composed of N consecutive OFDM symbols in time domain and M consecutive physical sub-carriers in frequency domain, N and M are integers those are greater than or equal to 1. The method includes: partitioning the wireless time-frequency transmission block into several areas, and determining the position of pilots, of which the total number is a preset number, according to the time-frequency domain balancing principle of pilots of various antennas in various areas; inserting pilots at the pilot positions of each antenna corresponding to the antenna for transmission. In accordance with the present invention, the simultaneous transmission of multiple antennas is supported in a wireless time-frequency transmission block of a multi-carrier wireless transmission system.

Abstract: A base station comprises: an area information generation unit which generates information for a determined second area by determining an additional assignment of the second area different from a first area to a component carrier (CC) of the first area having a bandwidth smaller than a bandwidth of a maximum assignable CC; a mapping control unit which controls an assignment of a reference signal to a frequency band including the first and second area by generating the reference signal for channel estimation in the first and second areas; a signal generation unit which generates the information for the second area and the reference signal as a wireless signal; and a transmission unit for transmitting the generated wireless signal and is characterized by transmitting data to a user terminal and receiving the data from the user terminal by assigning the resources to the first and second areas.

Abstract: Networked modems configurable to establish a communication system on a wired communication medium. Each modem includes: a network module, transmit and receive path modules and a frequency domain echo canceller. The network module is configured to communicate with network modules of remaining ones of the at least three modems to allocate bandwidth of the shared communications medium for at least two discrete point-to-point communication links between corresponding pairs of the at least three modems. The transmit and receive path modules are configured for multi-tone modulation and demodulation of communications on the wired communication medium and are responsive to the bandwidth allocation of the network module to concurrently process at least a first discrete point-to-point communication link with a first modem among remaining ones of the at least three modems and at least a second discrete point-to-point communication link with a second among remaining ones of the at least three modems.

Abstract: Disclosed are a wireless communication apparatus and frequency hopping method which minimize the change in the instantaneous power distribution characteristics of the time waveform of transmission signals when a plurality of channels are multiplexed by frequency division. At a terminal (200), a mapping unit (212) maps the PUCCH to frequency resources of a first slot, maps the PUSCH to frequency resources, among the frequency resources of the first slot, separated exactly by predetermined frequency spacing (B) from the frequency resources to which the PUCCH is mapped, and cyclically shifts the frequencies so as to map the PUCCH and PUSCH to frequency resources, within an IDFT or IFFT bandwidth, of a second slot while maintaining the predetermined frequency spacing (B), thereby allowing frequency hopping of the PUCCH and PUSCH between the first slot and the second slot.

Abstract: A method for wirelessly transmitting user data and at least a first type of control information using a plurality of transmission layers including encoding bits of a first type of control information to form one or more control codewords and encoding bits of user data to form one or more user data codewords. The method also includes generating a plurality of vector symbols based on the control codewords and the user data codewords. Each vector symbol includes a plurality of modulation symbols that are each associated with a transmission layer over which the associated modulation symbol will be transmitted. Generating the plurality of vector symbols includes interleaving bits of the one or more control codewords and bits of the one or more user data codewords so that the first type of control information is carried in modulation symbols associated with the same transmission layers in all the vector symbols transmitted during the subframe that carry the first type of control information.

Abstract: A wireless communication device receives a first user instruction to execute a first application requiring first wireless communications. The device selects a first wireless protocol for the first wireless communications based on the first application. A transceiver in the device exchanges the first wireless communications with a first wireless communication access node using the first wireless protocol and monitors a first paging channel of the first wireless protocol. A paging receiver monitors a second paging channel of a second wireless protocol in response to the application-based selection of the first wireless protocol.

Abstract: An advanced technology frame structure is described herein. The advanced technology frame structure can enhance a first technology frame structure in dimensions of time, frequency, or a combination of time and frequency. A second technology frame structure time division multiplexes second technology subframes with the first technology downlink and uplink subframes. The first technology downlink subframe can be divided into a first technology downlink subframe and one or more second technology downlink subframes. Similarly, the first technology uplink subframe can be divided into a first uplink subframe and one or more second technology uplink subframes. These principles can be expanded upon and can be applied in many communication systems.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and scheduling apparatus for reserving radio resources in radio resource block units in a mobile communication system for a plurality of users. Further, another aspect of the invention is the indication of a radio resource reservation in radio resource block units in a mobile communication system to one of a plurality of mobile terminals. To provide a new mechanism allowing an efficient utilization of radio resources the invention proposes a resource reservation mechanism that reserves radio resources for a plurality of users in resource block units. Thereby, individual resource blocks are reserved for the individual users for a reservation period that comprises a plurality of time slots (or sub-frames). Further, the resource block reservations for the users overlap at least partially among the users, i.e. individual ones of the resource blocks are reserved for plural users.

Abstract: A resource allocation method and a resource indication method for E-MBS system, and a mobile station using the same are proposed. The resource units of a first service flow are allocated following the end of the E-MBS MAP of the E-MBS region, along with the increasing of frequency domain index. When the edge of the E-MBS region in frequency domain is reached, the resource units of mth service flow are continued to be allocated from top frequency domain index in next time domain index, where m is an integer greater than or equal to 1. The resource units of m+1th service flow are allocated following the mth service flow, and such procedures are repeated until all service flows are allocated required resource units. The resource indication method indicates a specific service flow by absolute location in the E-MBS region formed based upon the resource allocation method.

Abstract: A method for resource reservation in a wireless communication system is provided. A plurality of physical resource units (PRUs) is provided and a reserved region is reserved. The reserved region is greater than or equal to a frequency band size of a subband which is a unit of contiguous PRUs in a frequency domain among the plurality of PRUs.

Abstract: A method of multiplexing control information and data information in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The present invention includes mapping codewords corresponding to the data information to a preset number of layers, mapping the control information to the preset number of the layers, multiplexing the layer-mapped data information and the layer-mapped control information into a frequency region within an SC-FDMA symbol, and transmitting the SC-FDMA symbol to a base station via multiple antennas.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more particularly, discloses a method and an apparatus for mode switching between a multi-cell coordinated communication mode and a single-cell MIMO communication mode. A method for dynamically switching a communication mode according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a step of generating and transmitting first feedback information in accordance with a first communication mode; a step of switching the first communication mode into a second communication mode interlocked with the first communication mode; and a step of generating and transmitting second feedback information in accordance with the second communication mode.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for enabling a radio to track channel timing and support channel scanning A non-leading radio operating on a communications channel, determines a diffusion period during which channel timing is to be propagated from a leading radio to non-leading radios operating on the communications channel. The non-leading radio implements a first scanning pattern during the diffusion period to scan a CT designated channel for a control timing message with a timing signal sent from the leading radio. The first scanning pattern involves scanning the CT designated channel during every other scan interval and scanning non-priority channels and priority channels during scan intervals not used on the CT designated channel.

Abstract: Techniques for determining an uplink (UL) acknowledgment (ACK) resource based on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) carrying a resource allocation for a user equipment (UE) are disclosed. The mapping between the UL ACK resource and the PDCCH may be implicit, which may reduce overhead. The UL ACK resource may be associated with a time-varying cyclic shift of a base sequence used by the UE to send ACK information. The UE may send the ACK information based on the time-varying cyclic shift of the base sequence, which may randomize interference.

Abstract: A digital broadcasting system and a method of processing data are disclosed, which are robust to error when mobile service data are transmitted. To this end, additional encoding is performed for the mobile service data, whereby it is possible to strongly cope with fast channel change while giving robustness to the mobile service data.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided that may reduce the number of false accepts by reducing the instances in which a mobile terminal mistakenly determines that control channel information is intended for the mobile terminal. The method, apparatus and computer program product may determine whether control channel information appears to be directed to a respective mobile terminal, determine whether one or more filler bits have respective predefined values and thereafter identify the information to not be intended for the respective mobile terminal in an instance in which the filler bits fail to have the predefined values. In an instance in which the control channel information provides an uplink grant, the method, apparatus and computer program product may cause data to be transmitted via an uplink established per the uplink grant only if the filler bits have the predefined values.