Abstract
A method and apparatus facilitating transmit diversity for control information communications is provided. The method may comprise processing received content generating control information in response to the processed content allocating two or more resources associated with two or more transmit antennas for transmitting the control information using a transmit diversity scheme and determining cyclic shifts by applying a predetermined cyclic shift delta parameter.
A method and apparatus facilitating transmit diversity for control information communications is provided. The method may comprise processing received content generating control information in response to the processed content allocating two or more resources associated with two or more transmit antennas for transmitting the control information using a transmit diversity scheme and determining cyclic shifts by applying a predetermined cyclic shift delta parameter.
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Claim
1. A method of facilitating transmit diversity for communications, the method comprising: processing received content; generating control information in response to the processed content; allocating two or more resources associated with two or more transmit antennas for transmitting the control information using a transmit diversity scheme; and determining cyclic shifts by applying a predetermined cyclic shift delta parameter.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving the content from a device configured to process the control information using the transmit diversity scheme; and transmitting the control information using the allocated resources and determined cyclic shifts to the device using the transmit diversity scheme.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: assigning a first orthogonal cover (OC) for one of the allocated resources; determining if one or more second OCs are available; and upon a determination that one or more second OCs are available, assigning at least one of the one or more second OCs for another of the allocated resources.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the control information includes at least one of: one or more channel quality indicators (CQI); one or more scheduling requests (SR);or one or more acknowledgments (ACK) or negative acknowledgments (NACKs).
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the control information is formatted using at least one of: a long term evolution (LTE) physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) allocation using 1 or 2 bits to communicate the one or more ACKs or NACKs; a LTE PUCCH allocation using greater than 2 bits to communicate the one or more ACKs or NACKs, or a LTE PUCCH format 2, wherein the LTE PUCCH format 2 includes an allocation of a plurality of bits and is used to communication channel quality information (CQI) if the LTE PUCCH format 2 is not used to communicate the one or more ACKs or NACKs.
6. The method of claim 2, wherein the transmitting further comprises transmitting using at least one of: a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH), or a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH).
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmit diversity scheme includes least one of: a multiple resource allocation transmit diversity scheme; a cyclic delay diversity (CDD) scheme; a virtual transmitter switched transmit diversity (VTSTD)scheme; or a space time block code (STBC)transmit diversity scheme.
8. A computer program product, comprising: a computer-readable medium comprising: code for causing a computer to process received content; code for causing the computer to generate control information in response to the processed content; code for causing the computer to allocate two or more resources associated with two or more transmit antennas for transmitting the control information using a transmit diversity scheme; and code for causing the computer to determine cyclic shifts by applying a predetermined cyclic shift delta parameter.
9. The computer program product of claim 7, further comprising a computer- medium comprising: code for causing the computer to assign a first orthogonal cover (OC) for one of the allocated resources; code for causing the computer to determine if one or more second OCs are available; and code for causing the computer to assign at least one of the one or more second OCs to another of the allocated resources upon a determination that one or more second OCs are available
10. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the control information includes at least one of: one or more channel quality indicators (CQI); one or more scheduling requests (SR);or one or more acknowledgments (ACK) or negative acknowledgments (NACKs)
11. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the control information is formatted using at least one of: a long term evolution (LTE) physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) allocation using 1 or 2 bits to communicate the one or more ACKs or NACKs; a LTE PUCCH allocation using greater than 2 bits to communicate the one or more ACKs or NACKs, or a LTE PUCCH format 2, wherein the LTE PUCCH format 2 includes an allocation of a plurality of bits and is used to communication channel quality information (CQI) if the LTE PUCCH format 2 is not used to communicate the one or more ACKs or NACKs
12. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the transmit diversity scheme includes least one of: a multiple resource allocation transmit diversity scheme; a cyclic delay diversity (CDD) scheme; a virtual transmitter switched transmit diversity (VTSTD)scheme; or a space time block code (STBC)transmit diversity scheme
13. An apparatus, comprising : means for processing received content; means for generating control information in response to the processed content; means for allocating two or more resources associated with two or more transmit antennas for transmitting the control information using a transmit diversity scheme; and means for determining cyclic shifts by applying a predetermined cyclic shift delta parameter
14. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising: means for receiving the content from a device configured to process the control information using the transmit diversity scheme; and means for transmitting the control information using the allocated resources and determined cyclic shifts to the device using the transmit diversity scheme
15. The apparatus of claim 13 , further comprising : means for assigning a first orthogonal cover (OC) for one of the allocated resources; means for determining if one or more second OCs are available; and means for assigning at least one of the one or more second OCs to another of the allocated resources upon a determination that one or more second OCs are available
16. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the control information includes at least one of: one or more channel quality indicators (CQI); one or more scheduling requests (SR);or one or more acknowledgments (ACK) or negative acknowledgments (NACKs)
17. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the control information is formatted using at least one of: a long term evolution (LTE) physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) allocation using 1 or 2 bits to communicate the one or more ACKs or NACKs; a LTE PUCCH allocation using greater than 2 bits to communicate the one or more ACKs or NACKs, or a LTE PUCCH format 2, wherein the LTE PUCCH format 2 includes an allocation of a plurality of bits and is used to communication channel quality information (CQI) if the LTE PUCCH format 2 is not used to communicate the one or more ACKs or NACKs
18. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the means for transmitting further comprises means for transmitting using at least one of: a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH), or a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH)
19. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the transmit diversity scheme includes least one of: a multiple resource allocation transmit diversity scheme; a cyclic delay diversity (CDD) scheme; a virtual transmitter switched transmit diversity (VTSTD) scheme; or a space time block code (STBC) transmit diversity scheme.
20. A wireless communications device (WCD), comprising: a transmit diversity module operable for: processing received content; generating control information in response to the processed content; allocating two or more resources associated with two or more transmit antennas for transmitting the control information using a transmit diversity scheme; and determining cyclic shifts by applying a predetermined cyclic shift delta parameter.
21. The WCD of claim 20, further comprising: a transceiver operable for: receiving the content from a device; and transmitting the control information using the allocated resources and determined cyclic shifts to the device using the transmit diversity scheme.
22. The WCD of claim 20, wherein the transmit diversity module is further operable for: assigning a first orthogonal cover (OC) for one of the allocated resources; determining if one or more second OCs are available; and upon a determination that one or more second OCs are available, assigning at least one of the one or more second OCs to another of the allocated resources..
23. The WCD of claim 20, wherein the control information includes at least one of: one or more channel quality indicators (CQI); one or more scheduling requests (SR);or one or more acknowledgments (ACK) or negative acknowledgments (NACKs).
24. The WCD of claim 20, wherein the control information is formatted using at least one of: a long term evolution (LTE) physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) allocation using 1 or 2 bits to communicate the one or more ACKs or NACKs; a LTE PUCCH allocation using greater than 2 bits to communicate the one or more ACKs or NACKs, or a LTE PUCCH format 2, wherein the LTE PUCCH format 2 includes an allocation of a plurality of bits and is used to communication channel quality information (CQI) if the LTE PUCCH format 2 is not used to communicate the one or more ACKs or NACKs.
25. The WCD of claim 21, wherein the transceiver is further operable for transmitting using at least one of: a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH), or a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH).
26. The WCD of claim 20, wherein the transmit diversity scheme includes at least one of: a multiple resource allocation transmit diversity scheme; a cyclic delay diversity (CDD) scheme; a virtual transmitter switched transmit diversity (VTSTD) scheme; or a space time block code (STBC) transmit diversity scheme.
27. A method for receiving communications using a transmit diversity scheme, the method comprising: determining if a wireless communications device (WCD) is capable of transmitting using a transmit diversity scheme; and upon a determination that the WCD is capable transmitting using a transmit diversity scheme, processing received control information using the transmit diversity scheme with two or more resources allocated to cyclic shifts determined by applying a predetermined cyclic shift delta parameter.
28. The method of claim 27, further comprising: transmitting content to the WCD.
29. The method of claim 27, wherein the processing further comprises using at least one orthogonal cover (OC) assignment for the control information, wherein the at least one OC includes a first OC assigned for one of the two or more resources and one or more second OCs assigned for another resource based on availability of OCs.
30. The method of claim 27, wherein the control information includes at least one of: one or more channel quality indicators (CQI); one or more scheduling requests (SR);or one or more acknowledgments (ACK) or negative acknowledgments (NACKs).
31. The method of claim 27, wherein the control information is formatted using at least one of: a long term evolution (LTE) physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) allocation using 1 or 2 bits to communicate the one or more ACKs or NACKs; a LTE PUCCH allocation using greater than 2 bits to communicate the one or more ACKs or NACKs, or a LTE PUCCH format 2, wherein the LTE PUCCH format 2 includes an allocation of a plurality of bits and is used to communication channel quality information (CQI) if the LTE PUCCH format 2 is not used to communicate the one or more ACKs or NACKs.
32. The method of claim 27, wherein the received control information is received using at least one of: a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH), or a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH).
33. The method of claim 27, wherein the transmit diversity scheme includes at least one of: a multiple resource allocation transmit diversity scheme; a cyclic delay diversity (CDD) scheme; a virtual transmitter switched transmit diversity (VTSTD)scheme; or a space time block code (STBC) transmit diversity scheme.
34. A computer program product, comprising: a computer-readable medium comprising: code for causing a computer to determine if a wireless communications device (WCD) is capable of transmitting using a transmit diversity scheme; and code for causing the computer to process received control information using the transmit diversity scheme with two or more resources allocated to cyclic shifts determined by applying a predetermined cyclic shift delta parameter.
35. The computer program product of claim 34, wherein the code for causing the computer to process further comprises code for causing the computer to process using at least one orthogonal cover (OC) assignment for the control information, wherein the at least one OC includes a first OC assigned for one of the two or more resources and one or more second OCs assigned for another resource based on availability of OCs.
36. The computer program product of claim 34, wherein the control information includes at least one of: one or more channel quality indicators (CQI); one or more scheduling requests (SR);or one or more acknowledgments (ACK) or negative acknowledgments (NACKs).
37. The computer program product of claim 34, wherein the control information is formatted using at least one of: a long term evolution (LTE) physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) allocation using 1 or 2 bits to communicate the one or more ACKs or NACKs; a LTE PUCCH allocation using greater than 2 bits to communicate the one or more ACKs or NACKs, or a LTE PUCCH format 2, wherein the LTE PUCCH format 2 includes an allocation of a plurality of bits and is used to communication channel quality information (CQI) if the LTE PUCCH format 2 is not used to communicate the one or more ACKs or NACKs.
38. The computer program product of claim 34, wherein the received control information is received using at least one of: a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH), or a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH).
39. The computer program product of claim 34, wherein the transmit diversity scheme includes at least one of: a multiple resource allocation transmit diversity scheme; a cyclic delay diversity (CDD) scheme; a virtual transmitter switched transmit diversity (VTSTD)scheme; or a space time block code (STBC) transmit diversity scheme.
40. An apparatus, comprising: means for determining if a wireless communications device (WCD) is capable of transmitting using a transmit diversity scheme; and means for processing received control information using the transmit diversity scheme with two or more resources allocated to cyclic shifts determined by applying a predetermined cyclic shift delta parameter.
41. The apparatus of claim 40, further comprising: means for transmitting content to the WCD.
42. The apparatus of claim 40, wherein the means for processing further comprises means for using at least one orthogonal cover (OC) assignment for the control information, wherein the at least one OC includes a first OC assigned for one of the two or more resources and one or more second OCs assigned for another resource based on availability of OCs.
43. The apparatus of claim 40, wherein the control information includes at least one of: one or more channel quality indicators (CQI); one or more scheduling requests (SR);or one or more acknowledgments (ACK) or negative acknowledgments (NACKs).
44. The apparatus of claim 40, wherein the control information is formatted using at least one of: a long term evolution (LTE) physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) allocation using 1 or 2 bits to communicate the one or more ACKs or NACKs; a LTE PUCCH allocation using greater than 2 bits to communicate the one or more ACKs or NACKs, or a LTE PUCCH format 2, wherein the LTE PUCCH format 2 includes an allocation of a plurality of bits and is used to communication channel quality information (CQI) if the LTE PUCCH format 2 is not used to communicate the one or more ACKs or NACKs.
45. The apparatus of claim 40, wherein the transmit diversity scheme includes at least one of: a multiple resource allocation transmit diversity scheme; a cyclic delay diversity (CDD) scheme; a virtual transmitter switched transmit diversity (VTSTD)scheme; or a space time block code (STBC) transmit diversity scheme.
46. A base station, comprising: a transmit diversity module operable for: determining if a wireless communications device (WCD) is capable of transmitting using a transmit diversity scheme; and upon a determination that the WCD is capable transmitting using a transmit diversity scheme, processing received control information using the transmit diversity scheme with two or more resources allocated to cyclic shifts determined by applying a predetermined cyclic shift delta parameter.
47. The base station of claim 46, further comprising: a transmitter operable for transmitting the content to the WCD.
48. The base station of claim 46, wherein the transmit diversity module is further operable for: processing further comprises using at least one orthogonal cover (OC) assignment for the control information, wherein the at least one OC includes a first OC assigned for one of the two or more resources and one or more second OCs assigned for another resource based on availability of OCs.
49. The base station of claim 46, wherein the control information includes at least one of: one or more channel quality indicators (CQI); one or more scheduling requests (SR);or one or more acknowledgments (ACK) or negative acknowledgments (NACKs).
50. The base station of claim 46, wherein the control information is formatted using at least one of: a long term evolution (LTE) physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) allocation using 1 or 2 bits to communicate the one or more ACKs or NACKs; a LTE PUCCH allocation using greater than 2 bits to communicate the one or more ACKs or NACKs, or a LTE PUCCH format 2, wherein the LTE PUCCH format 2 includes an allocation of a plurality of bits and is used to communication channel quality information (CQI) if the LTE PUCCH format 2 is not used to communicate the one or more ACKs or NACKs.
51. The base station of claim 46, wherein the transmit diversity scheme includes at least one of: a multiple resource allocation transmit diversity scheme; a cyclic delay diversity (CDD) scheme; a virtual transmitter switched transmit diversity (VTSTD)scheme; or a space time block code (STBC) transmit diversity scheme.']
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