Abstract: An integrated circuit communication architecture is provided and includes a clock lane, a clock divider, and a first de-skew circuit. The clock lane is configured to send a clock signal at a first rate from a first chip to a second chip. The clock divider is on the second chip and is configured to receive the clock signal sent via the clock lane and to create and send a first divided clock signal and a second divided clock signal from the received clock signal. The divided clock signals are sent at reduced rates compared to the first rate. The clock divider maintains current mode logic properties for the divided clock signals. The first de-skew circuit is configured to receive and process the divided clock signals to allow for sampling of data transmitted from the first chip to the second chip.

Abstract: A bandwidth allocation and monitoring method may divide available bandwidth on a shared communication medium into a plurality of discrete tones that can be individually allocated to modems on an as-needed basis. The effective modulation rate that a particular modem can use for each discrete tone can be monitored over time using a schedule of pilot tones transmitted from the modems on different tones at different times. The schedule may define representative pilot tones, in which case effective modulation rates for neighboring tones may be inferred from a determined effective modulation rate of a pilot tone.

Abstract: A wireless power receiver system includes a receiver antenna including a plurality of receiver coils, each of the plurality of receiver coils configured to receive alternating current (AC) wireless power signals from a wireless power transmission system. The system further includes a receiver controller configured to generate communications signals. The system further includes a plurality of modulation circuits, each of the plurality of modulation circuits operatively associated with one of the plurality of receiver coils and the receiver controller, each of the plurality of modulation circuits configured to partially dampen a magnetic field, coupling the wireless power receiver system with the wireless power transmission system, based on the communication signals provided to each of the plurality of modulation circuits by the receiver controller.

Abstract: An input clock buffer, comprising: a first capacitor; a second capacitor; a first amplifier, configured to generate a first output signal, comprising input terminals coupled to the first capacitor and the second capacitor, wherein the first capacitor and the second capacitor receives a differential input signal; a second amplifier, configured to generate a second output signal according to the differential input signal; a frequency detection circuit, configured to generate a frequency detection signal according to a frequency of the differential input signal; and a switch, located between an output of the first amplifier and an output of the second amplifier, configured to turn on and turn off according to the frequency detection signal.

Abstract: Multi-stage distributed beamforming for distributed mosaic wireless networks is provided. Embodiments described herein present systems, devices, and methods that provide increased range, data rate, and robustness to interference and jamming. A distributed mosaic wireless network includes a transmitter, a receiver, and one or more distributed clusters of radios referred to herein as mosaics or relay mosaics. Each mosaic consists of several distributed, cooperative radio transceivers (e.g., mosaic nodes) that relay a signal sent by the transmitter towards the receiver. In some embodiments, a single-stage beamforming technique is implemented whereby the transmitter sends a signal to a first mosaic, which then relays this signal by beamforming to the receiver. In some embodiments, a multi-stage beamforming technique is implemented whereby the transmitter sends a signal to a first mosaic, which then relays this signal by beamforming to a second mosaic, which then relays this signal by beamforming to the receiver.

Abstract: A system is provided that may include a first communication controller that may communicate with a vehicle system formed from two or more vehicles. The first communication controller may operate in different modes, including a first mode to control movement of the vehicle system without repeating any control signals communicated between the vehicles, and in a second mode to monitor different frequencies for receipt of the control signals, receive and repeat a first control signal of the control signals at a first frequency, and receive and repeats a second control signal of the control signals at a second frequency. The first communication controller may also operate in a third mode in which the first communication controller may monitor the first frequency but not the second frequency for the first control signal, receives the first control signal at the first frequency, and repeats the first control signal at the first frequency.

Abstract: A horizontal directional drilling method includes operation of a HDD machine to power a drill string terminating at a drill head to create an underground borehole extending at least partially horizontally between an entry point and an exit point. A utility line and a pair of insulated wires are attached to the drill string at the exit point. An observation device is also attached to the drill string, and the observation device is connected with an uphole module via power line communication (PLC) over the pair of insulated wires. The horizontal directional drilling machine performs a pullback of the drill string, with the utility line, the pair of insulated wires, and the observation device connected thereto, back toward the entry point. Data from the observation device are displayed on the uphole module during pullback of the drill string.

Abstract: This application provides a wireless communication method, an apparatus, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: A terminal receives a system message that is broadcast by an access network device on a physical broadcast channel PBCH, where the system message includes an extension field, and the extension field is used to indicate a format of the system message. The terminal discards the system message if information about the extension field is first information, where the first information is used to indicate that the format of the system message is an extended format. In this way, the terminal can select a proper manner to correctly process the system message.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are Flexible Radio Beacons and Flexible Delivery Structures for asset and inventory identification and management. The Flexible Radio Beacon is dormant until activated at time of use. The Flexible Radio Beacon has optional activation means and can be activated physically or electronically. The Flexible Radio Beacon and Flexible Delivery Structures make a flexible radio frequency (RF) tag useful for asset tracking. Disclosed herein is a method for using Flexible Radio Beacons and Flexible Delivery Structures in flexible RF tags for asset and inventory identification and management. Disclosed herein is a system for asset and inventory identification and management using Flexible Radio Beacons and Flexible Delivery Structures in flexible RF tags.

Abstract: A method includes transmitting, by a transceiver configured to concurrently transmit over multiple transmit paths and receive over multiple receive paths, one or more signals, the transceiver comprising multiple transmit antennas and multiple receive antennas. The method also includes, for at least one of the multiple receive antennas: receiving one or more feedback signals from one or more power amplifiers associated with the one or more transmitted signals; calculating one or more estimated self-interference (SI) signals based on the one or more feedback signals using an equalizer array comprising a predetermined channel model; and subtracting the one or more estimated SI signals from one or more receive signals received at the at least one receive antenna to obtain one or more residual signals.

Abstract: A method includes transmitting, by a transceiver configured to concurrently transmit over multiple transmit paths and receive over multiple receive paths, one or more signals, the transceiver comprising multiple transmit antennas and multiple receive antennas. The method also includes, for at least one of the multiple receive antennas: applying a transmit path model to one or more transmitted signals to generate one or more transmit path estimates, the transmit path model determined based on multiple analog power amplifiers associated with the multiple transmit paths; calculating one or more estimated self-interference (SI) signals based on the one or more transmit path estimates using an equalizer array comprising a predetermined channel model; and subtracting the one or more estimated SI signals from one or more receive signals received at the at least one receive antenna to obtain one or more residual signals.

Abstract: A method and system for providing sub-band whitening are herein provided. According to one embodiment, a method includes deriving an estimated noise plus interference variance (NIVar) based on at least one legacy-long training field (LLTF) symbol from an LLTF signal; and updating an interference whitening (IW) factor by using a sub-band NIVar.

Abstract: An apparatus of an evolved NodeB (eNB) comprises one or more baseband processors to encode measurement gap configuration information including a measurement gap configuration information element MeasGapConfig to configure a network controlled small gap (NCSG) pattern for a user equipment (UE) device if the UE requires an NCSG and the UE is not configured with a primary secondary cell (PSCELL), and a memory to store the measurement gap configuration information.

Abstract: Interleaved Forward Error Correction (FEC) encoded data from multiple FEC encoders for transport over a multi-channel physical transport medium, with cyclical rotation of the FEC encoded data bytes across transport channels in a given transmission interval as well as across time within each transport channel. A plurality of parallel FEC encoders are used to generate respective parallel FEC-encoded data streams, the outputs of which are then interleaved across a plurality of transport channels in a given transmission time interval, and, within each transport channel, the interleaved order varies over the time intervals.

Abstract: A wireless power receiver system includes a receiver antenna including a plurality of receiver coils, each of the plurality of receiver coils configured to receive alternating current (AC) wireless power signals from a wireless power transmission system. The system further includes a receiver controller configured to generate communications signals. The system further includes a plurality of modulation circuits, each of the plurality of modulation circuits operatively associated with one of the plurality of receiver coils and the receiver controller, each of the plurality of modulation circuits configured to partially dampen a magnetic field, coupling the wireless power receiver system with the wireless power transmission system, based on the communication signals provided to each of the plurality of modulation circuits by the receiver controller.

Abstract: The application relates to an antenna device for transmitting high-frequency signals from or to a motor vehicle. The antenna device comprises a first radio module and a second radio module, which provide high-frequency signals for transmission via an antenna, and an antenna module comprising the antenna and a compensator. The antenna module is connected to the first radio module via a first antenna cable, and to the second radio module via a second antenna cable. The compensator is designed to modify a signal strength of the high-frequency signals in accordance with a control signal. The first radio module and the second radio module are designed to generate the control signal for controlling the compensator, wherein in order to control the compensator, the second radio module modulates the control signal for the first radio module onto the second antenna cable.

Abstract: A base station may transmit at least one configuration of at least one set of one or more TD RS occasions associated with at least one type of reference signal measurement and an indication to dynamically activate or deactivate at least one pattern of the one or more TD RS occasions. A UE may receive one or more TD RS in at least one set of one or more TD RS occasions based on at least one configuration and the one or more of the at least one pattern of the one or more TD RS occasions.

Abstract: Systems, devices, software, and methods of the present invention enable frequency-based signal power analyses in software suitable for signal with either stationary and non-stationary spectrums. The methods that may be used throughout various systems including transmitters receivers, repeater, controllers, monitors, etc. and in software simulators to enable various signal power calculations and analyses, such as frequency spectrum analysis, throughout operating systems and that may be consistently applied in system design and operation simulations.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides for adaptive resource management in new radio operations that adapts a numerology including a subcarrier spacing and/or cyclic prefix for a user equipment (UE) traveling at a high speed. A base station may transmit via a plurality of remote radio heads (RRH) to a user equipment (UE) is moving along a high speed track. The base station may transmit, in a first time period, using a first numerology including a first subcarrier spacing and a first cyclic prefix ratio, a first transmission for the UE. The base station may transmit, in a subsequent time period, using a second numerology including a second subcarrier spacing and a second cyclic prefix ratio, a second transmission for the UE. At least one of the second subcarrier spacing is different than the first subcarrier spacing or the second cyclic prefix ratio is different than the first cyclic prefix ratio.

Abstract: Technologies for context-based management of wearable computing devices include a mobile computing device and a wearable computing device. The wearable computing device generates sensor data indicative of a location context of the wearable computing device and transmits the sensor data to the mobile computing device. The mobile computing device generates local sensor data indicative of a location context of the wearable computing device and fuses the local sensor data with the sensor data received from the wearable computing device. The mobile computing device determines a context of the wearable computing device based on the fused sensor data. The mobile computing device determines whether an adjustment to the functionality of the wearable computing device is required based on the determined context. The mobile computing device manages the functionality of the wearable computing device in response to determining that an adjustment to the functionality is required.

Abstract: A power-line/communication system including: (a) a power-line/communication bus comprised of first and second conductors; (b) one or more capacitor-based, receiver/transmitter nodes, parallel-connected to the first and second conductors; (c) a shunt capacitor parallel-connected to the first and second conductors; and (d) a current transformer having a secondary winding connected in series to the first conductor, which secondary winding is disposed between the shunt capacitor at one end thereof and the receiver/transmitter nodes at the other end thereof.

Abstract: An apparatus for processing an encoded audio signal, which includes a sequence of access units, each access unit including a core signal with a first spectral width and parameters describing a spectrum above the first spectral width, has a demultiplexer generating, from an access unit of the encoded audio signal, the core signal and a set of the parameters, an upsampler upsampling the core signal of the access unit and outputting a first upsampled spectrum and a timely consecutive second upsampled spectrum, the first upsampled spectrum and the second upsampled spectrum, both, having a same content as the core signal and having a second spectral width being greater than the first spectral width of the core spectrum, a parameter converter converting parameters of the set of parameters of the access unit to obtain converted parameters, and a spectral gap filling processor processing the first upsampled spectrum and the second upsampled spectrum using the converted parameters.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods of widespread equispatiated phase generation of a clock divided by a non-integer factor are described. One integrated circuit includes a clock divider and a phase generator. The clock divider receives a single-phase clock signal from a clock source and generates a divided clock signal. The phase generator receives the divided clock signal and the single-phase clock signal and generates multiple phase signals using the divided clock signal and the single-phase clock signal. The phase signals are equispatiated.

Abstract: A communication method includes obtaining a plurality of to-be-encoded symbols; determining, from a symbol matrix, a plurality of first symbols corresponding to the to-be-encoded symbols, where the symbol matrix includes a plurality of rows of symbols and a plurality of columns of symbols, symbols in the symbol matrix constitute a plurality of blocks, the blocks constitute a block matrix, and the first symbols include symbols in a plurality of first blocks in the block matrix, where the first blocks are grouped into at least one block group, a difference between row numbers of any two first blocks in any block group is not the same as a difference between row numbers of other two first blocks in the any block group; and performing check processing on the first symbols and the to-be-encoded symbols to generate checked symbols.

Abstract: To extend the number of bits of an identifier without affecting the number of data bits to be transmitted. The present disclosure provides a receiving apparatus (1102) that identifies a transmitting apparatus (1101) based on a first identifier (10) having been individually given to each transmitting apparatus in order to identify the transmitting apparatus and a second identifier (20) which is for identifying the transmitting apparatus and which is shared among a plurality of transmitting apparatuses. According to this configuration, the number of bits of an identifier can be extended without affecting the number of data bits.

Abstract: Disclosed are a data transmission apparatus and method, used for transmitting data between a transmitter and a receiver connected by N data lines, N being an integer greater than 1. The method comprises: sending a plurality of data units one by one; on each transmission signal, inverting the level of one and only one data line corresponding to the currently sent data unit; extracting the transmission signal, and decoding the data unit corresponding to the data line according to the data line of which level is inverted among the N data lines; and sampling the data unit and then outputting.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises: an endpoint circuit to perform an endpoint operation on behalf of a host processor; and an input/output circuit coupled to the endpoint circuit to receive telemetry information from the endpoint circuit, encode the telemetry information into a virtual bus encoding, place the virtual bus encoding into a payload field of a control message, and communicate the control message having the payload field including the virtual bus encoding to an upstream device. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: A method of separating a desired signal from an undesired signal includes obtaining a total input signal comprising the desired signal and the undesired signal in a time domain occupying a time duration from time t1 to time t2 of a single symbol in the desired signal. A transform is performed of the total input signal wherein an output of the transform is a time domain signal representing the desired signal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for estimating a distance between nodes of an LPWA network. First and second nodes, respectively, successively transmit a narrow band signal at a plurality of carrier frequencies to each other. The second and first nodes, respectively, receive the transmitted signals and demodulate them into baseband signals. Complex values representative of a forward-backward function of the transmission channel between two nodes are obtained from the baseband demodulated signals. These complex values are then provided to a previously supervisingly trained neural network, the neural network giving an estimation of the distance separating the first node and the second node. The present invention also relates to a method for estimating the position of a node in an LPWA network using the above-noted distance estimation method.

Abstract: An UART interface circuit is provided in the invention. The UART interface circuit is configured in an electronic device. The UART interface circuit includes a baud-rate generating circuit, a control circuit, and a receiving circuit. The baud-rate generating circuit is configured to generate a baud rate and a start-bit cycle. The control circuit obtains the wakeup stable time from the wakeup time circuit of the electronic device and obtains the start-bit cycle from the baud-rate generating circuit. The receiving circuit is configured to capture data from the start bit or the first data bit of UART data. When the electronic device is woken up by the UART data, the control circuit compares the start-bit cycle with the wakeup stable time to direct the receiving circuit to start capturing data from the start bit or the first data bit of the UART data.

Abstract: A system and methods comprise a touchscreen at a premises. The touchscreen includes a processor coupled to a security system at the premises. User interfaces are presented via the touchscreen. The user interfaces include a security interface that provides control of functions of the security system and access to data collected by the security system, and a network interface that provides access to network devices. A camera at the premises is coupled to the touchscreen via a plurality of interfaces. A security server at a remote location is coupled to the touchscreen. The security server comprises a client interface through which remote client devices exchange data with the touchscreen and the security system.

Abstract: An electronic device may include a radio that generates a first maximum power based on a radio-frequency exposure (RFE) budget. The radio may transmit signals subject to the first maximum power during a subperiod of an averaging period and may generate an instantaneous RFE metric value based on an antenna coefficient and the conducted transmit power of the antenna during the subperiod. The radio may generate a consumed RFE value by averaging the instantaneous RFE metric value with previous instantaneous RFE values from the averaging period, may generate a remaining budget based on the consumed RFE value, may generate a second maximum transmit power based on the remaining budget, and may transmit signals during a subsequent subperiod subject to the second maximum power. Time-averaging the RFE metric may serve to optimize performance of the radio relative to scenarios where the radio performs time-averaging of conducted TX power.

Abstract: A receiving logic of a network subscriber can be configured in a first filter setting to forward telegrams having first and second addressing techniques to first and second processing units, with a transmitting logic configured to forward the telegrams to a transmitting port. In a second filter setting, the receiving logic can be configured to duplicate the telegrams and forward to the first and second processing units, with the first processing unit configured to discard telegrams using the second addressing technique and the second processing unit configured to discard telegrams using the first addressing technique. The receiving logic of a third filter setting can be configured to duplicate telegrams and forward to the first and second processing units, with the transmitting logic configured to forward only telegrams using the first addressing technique from the first processing unit, and only telegrams using the second addressing technique from the second processing unit.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a resource allocation method, a first node, and a second node. The method includes the following steps: A first node receives downlink control information (DCI) from a second node, where the DCI includes resource indication information, and the resource indication information is used to indicate a transmission resource allocation manner; the first node determines a first resource allocation manner based on the resource indication information, where the first resource allocation manner is used to allocate a transmission resource greater than one narrowband; the first node determines an allocated transmission resource based on the first resource allocation manner and the resource indication information; and the first node transmits data by using the allocated transmission resource.

Abstract: A method of transmitting signals includes transmitting a signal from a plurality of antennas over a plurality of subcarriers. The signal is on-off keyed and comprises a plurality of on periods and a plurality of off periods. Each on period comprises, on each subcarrier, a frequency domain symbol associated with the subcarrier. The frequency domain symbol is phase shifted from each antenna by a respective factor of a set of factors associated with the subcarrier. The set of factors is different for at least two of the subcarriers.

Abstract: Systems and methods for correlating wireless communication performance with vehicle system configurations determine wireless message characteristics of wireless messages communicated with vehicles in vehicle systems and locations along a route where the wireless message characteristics were determined. The wireless message characteristics and the locations can be determined during movement of the vehicle systems along a route. Relative positions of the vehicles in the vehicle systems is obtained, and a signal propagation profile is determined based on the wireless message characteristics, the locations where the wireless message characteristics were determined, and the relative positions of the vehicles. The signal propagation profile can represent relationships between the wireless message characteristics, the relative positions of the vehicles, and the locations along the route.

Abstract: Cooperative resource allocation method and apparatus for downlink simultaneous wireless information and power transfer are proposed. A cooperative resource allocation method for downlink simultaneous wireless information and power transfer network, which is implemented through a central processor, according to one example of embodiments, may be configured to include allocating subcarrier for wireless information transfer and power transfer; and allocating power for wireless information transfer with the allocated subcarrier and divided transfer power.

Abstract: Method and apparatus are provided for decoding a downlink control information (DCI) format that schedules a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission and includes a field indicating whether or not data information is multiplexed in the PUSCH and for transmitting the PUSCH with or without data information depending on the indication by the field.

Abstract: The present invention is designed to communicate using a radio interface with improved scalability in the frequency domain. According to the present invention, a user terminal includes a receiving section that receives a downlink control signal including information about the assignment of a downlink data signal and receives the downlink data signal based on the downlink control signal, and a transmission section that transmits an uplink control signal including transmission acknowledgment information in response to the downlink data signal. Further, a plurality of frequency domain units constituting the entire frequency band as a block are formed. The downlink control signal, the downlink data signal and the uplink control signal are time-division-multiplexed in the same frequency domain unit.

Abstract: A component 10 for use in an alarm system includes a component controller 12 and an offline configuration module 14. The offline configuration module 14 includes a passive RFID tag and is configured to receive and store an indication of at least one configuration parameter wirelessly transmitted to the configuration module. Upon initialisation of the component 10, the component controller 12 operates the component 10 in accordance with one or more protocol determined by the at least one configuration parameter indicated by the indication stored by the offline configuration module 14.

Abstract: The present application relates to a method for operating a device (30) of a wireless multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) system (10) providing wireless communication. An interfering signal interfering the wireless communication is detected (107) and a transmit beamforming parameter is determined (108) based on the detected interfering signal. A beamformed pilot signal using the transmit beamforming parameter is transmitted (111).

Abstract: Method and device for feeding back channel state information (CSI) and method and device for determining CSI are provided. The method for feeding back CSI includes feeding back CSI according to a determined structure of the CSI, where the structure of the CSI includes M CSI subsets; an m-th CSI subset among the M CSI subsets includes km channel information components. The M CSI subsets include N CSI subsets, and an n-th CSI subset among the N CSI subsets includes Ln channel information components which are determined by transforming a group of base vectors.

Abstract: Methods and devices for digitizing an analog repetitive signal using waveform averaging are described. An example method includes generating a discrete set of analog dither offset voltages, wherein at least two of the discrete set of analog dither offset voltages are different from each other, receiving the analog repetitive signal comprising multiple instances of a waveform, wherein the waveform has a waveform duration, generate a timing alignment to align each waveform of the analog repetitive signal and the corresponding analog dither offset voltage over the waveform duration, combining, based on the timing alignment, each waveform and the corresponding analog dither offset voltage over the waveform duration to produce an analog output signal, converting the analog output signal to a digital output signal, and producing, based on the timing alignment, a digital averaged signal based on averaging the multiple instances of the waveform in the analog output signal.

Abstract: A method for minimizing a time domain mean square error (MSE) of channel estimation (CE) includes estimating, by a processor, a power delay profile (PDP) from a time domain observation of reference signal (RS) channels; estimating, by the processor, a noise variance of the RS channels; and determining, by the processor, a first arrival path (FAP) value and a delay spread estimation (DSE) value based on the estimated PDP and the estimated noise variance for minimizing the MSE of CE.

Abstract: A wayside to railway vehicle communication method including providing a first wayside device with a transmitter device capable of transmitting a data packet message to a railway vehicle travelling along a section of a railway track, through an electric waveform put into a rail of the section, and sending at least one message from the transmitter device to the railway vehicle, wherein the at least one message corresponds to the conversion of the data packet into a modulated electric waveform, the data packet including several data bits providing information relative to a plurality of speed limits the railway vehicle has to respect while travelling along respective portions of the section.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing a managed device on a network. An agent is run on the managed device. During runtime of the agent on the managed device, the agent receives dynamic trap parameter update values from network management station software running on a manager computer. The agent uses the dynamic trap parameter update values to set dynamic trap parameter values including trigger parameter values defining conditions for sending a dynamic trap. After setting the dynamic trap parameter values, the agent monitors the managed device to identify occurrence of an event that satisfies the conditions defined by the trigger parameter values. In response to identifying the occurrence of the event, the agent sends the dynamic trap to the network management station software running on the manager computer.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for enabling repeated transmissions. In one embodiment, a method for communicating with a wireless device includes determining a configuration for a number of repetitions of a transmission, the configuration corresponding to a Downlink Control Information (DCI) field; and communicating the configuration to the wireless device. In another embodiment, a method includes receiving a configuration for a number of repetitions of a transmission, the configuration corresponding to a Downlink Control Information (DCI) field.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for performing a Superposition Coded Modulation (SCM) scheme in a broadcasting or communication system including a controller are provided. The method includes controlling an SCM coefficient by the controller. The SCM coefficient is controlled according to a channel capacity of each layer of one or more layers in which information included in a signal is encoded.

Abstract: When arranging a reference signal generated by a pseudorandom number on specified time and frequency, an information processing unit (101) determines whether or not to arrange a 1 OFDM symbol or 2 OFDM symbols including a reference signal at a position determined in each slot, and determines whether or not to additionally arrange an OFDM symbol including a reference signal in the same slot. A multiplexing unit (108) performs multiplexing of a reference signal in accordance with the determination by the information processing unit (101).

Abstract: An uplink transmission method in a wireless communication system, and a user equipment (UE) therefore, are discussed. The method includes, for example, generating uplink control information (UCI) which includes at least one of a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgement (ACK)/negative-acknowledgement (NACK) signal, a channel quality indicator (CQI) and a scheduling request (SR); generating a reference signal (RS) based on one or more indices selected from among a set {0, 3, 6, 8, 10}; transmitting the UCI on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH); and transmitting the generated RS for the PUCCH based on the selected one or more indices.