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`[SPECIFICATION]
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`PUSCH CONTROL CHANNEL MULTIPLEXING
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`1. Technical Field of the Invention and the Related Art
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`thereof
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`[FIG. 1]
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`FIG. 1
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`shows a single carrier division multiplexing
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`access (SC-FDMA) block diagram.
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`An uplink system based on a single carrier frequency
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`division multiplexing access
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`(SC-FDMA)
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`technology generally
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`transmits
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`information using
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`the following processes.
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`The
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`uplink
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`system
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`converts
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`an
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`information
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`sequence
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`to
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`be
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`transmitted into a serial-to-parallel sequence in such a way
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`that a Discrete Fourier Transform
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`( DFT) process is carried
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`out.
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`If the DFT is carried out,
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`then an
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`IFFT process is
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`performed.
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`In this case, the length of information inserted
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`1
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`into the IFFT may be different from the IFFT size,
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`the OFT
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`result associated with successive
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`IFFT
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`input
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`indexes
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`is
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`mapped, and then the mapped result is then transferred.
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`The
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`IFFT resultant values are converted into parallel-to-serial
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`data.
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`A cyclic prefix
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`(CP)
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`is added to the parallel-to-
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`serial data, such that the CP-added result is converted into
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`an OFOM symbol format, and this OFOM symbol is transmitted
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`via a real space-time.
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`FIG. 1 is an exemplary block diagram
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`for transmission of SC-FOMA information.
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`In
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`order
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`to maintain
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`a
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`single
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`carrier
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`format
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`simultaneously while satisfying either a
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`low peak power-to·-
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`average
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`power
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`ratio
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`(PAPR)
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`or
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`a
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`cubic metric
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`(CM),
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`information must be
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`inserted into successive
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`indexes when
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`OFT-precoded information is inserted into an OFOM-formatted
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`IFFT.
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`In other words,
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`the OFT-precoded
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`information
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`is
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`inserted
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`into OFDM-successive subcarriers.
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`Therefore,
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`in
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`case of
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`transmitting uplink
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`information,
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`information of
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`different characters
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`(i.e., control
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`information and data
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`information)
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`is multiplexed,
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`the multiplexed information is
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`OFT-precoded,
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`and
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`the· OFT-precoded
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`result
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`is
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`transmitted
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`according to an OFDM scheme.
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`[FIG. 2]
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`2
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`The data
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`information multiplexed with
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`the control
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`information is divided into several code blocks on the basis
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`of the size of a
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`transport block to be transmitted to the
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`uplink, and these code blocks are encoded.
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`The encoded code
`
`blocks are concatenated to construct one data
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`information
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`sequence, and this data information sequence is multiplexed
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`with the control information.
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`The control information capable of being transmitted
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`along with data in the uplink is classified into two kinds of
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`control
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`information.
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`This control
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`information may
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`be
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`classified into an UL ACK/NACK signal used as a confirmation
`
`signal for uplink data and other control information. The UL
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`ACK/NACK signal for downlink data is transmitted only when
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`3
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`
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`downlink data exists.
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`A mobile station which does not
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`recognize an obligation of receiving downlink data may don't
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`know
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`this obligation although
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`it must
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`transmit
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`the UL
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`ACK/NACK signal, such that two kinds of control information
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`is discriminated, and the discriminated control information
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`is
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`transmitted
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`to
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`the uplink.
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`All kinds of control
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`information described in the present invention is indicative
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`of control information except for the UL ACK/NACK signal, and
`
`the UL ACK/NACK signal will hereinafter be described
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`in
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`detail.
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`When data
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`information is transmitted to the uplink,
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`this data
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`information may be
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`transmitted along with
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`the
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`control information, or the data information and the control
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`information
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`can
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`be
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`transmitted
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`Transmission
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`sequence
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`information.
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`transmission
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`such that
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`these
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`For example,
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`two SC-FDMA symbols are used as a
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`reference
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`In this case,
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`the number of
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`to the uplink is 144 (i.e., 12 x 12 = 144).
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`144 information
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`These 144
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`a
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`time-frequency mapper.
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`Information sequences
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`The SC-FDMA symbol is divided into several sections in a time
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`mapping method.
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`Sequences are arranged in the direction of a
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`time axis of the time-frequency mapper as shown in FIGS. 4
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`and 5. According to a method for firstly arranging sequences
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`on a
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`time axis, after the time-frequency mapping occurs, a
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`DFT process is performed on sequences arranged on a frequency
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`the OFT result is inserted into a desired frequency
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`Data and the control information can be simultaneously
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`In
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`2. Constructions and Operations of the Invention
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`The present invention assigns different priori ties to
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`information segments having different priori ties
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`In this case, multiplexing methods and
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`This 1-a-1 method is based on a first principle which
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`which maximally
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`time axis,
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`the
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`information
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`concatenated simultaneously while being multiplexed, and the
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`concatenated
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`resultant
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`information
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`symbols according to the time-first mapping method, such that
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`the mapped result is transmitted to the uplink.
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`If ACK/NACK
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`information,
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`the data
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`information
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`and
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`inserted.
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`In this case, according to this equal distribution,
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`the modulated symbols are equally distributed to an overall
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`length of a data-information sequence, and the distributed
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`result is punctured.
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`The above-mentioned puncturing process
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`removes
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`the modulated symbols of the data information, and
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`the modulated symbols are inserted into the removed locations.
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`For example, provided
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`that a
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`total number of modulated
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`symbols of
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`the data-information sequence
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`is 100 and
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`the
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`number of modulated symbols of the ACK/NACK information is 8,
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`the modulated symbols of
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`the ACK/NACK
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`information will be
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`inserted by
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`the puncturing of data-information modulated
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`symbols at intervals of 12 modulated symbols.
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`In this way,
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`provided
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`that
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`the data-information sequences are equally
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`punctured and this data information is composed of several
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`code blocks,
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`the ACK/NACK
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`information is equally punctured
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`from each code block, such that it prevents a performance of
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`only a specific code block from being greatly deteriorated.
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`More specifically,
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`the ACK/NACK
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`information may be
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`compulsorily inserted by the puncturing of modulated symbols
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`corresponding
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`to
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`the number of
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`individual
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`code blocks.
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`Information sections as many as the modulated symbols in all
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`the code blocks are punctured, such that the punctured result
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`can always prevent the performance of a specific code block
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`from being deteriorated.
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`Method 1-a-2
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`This l-a-2 method is based on a first principle which
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`maximally arranges control information on a time axis, and a
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`second
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`principle
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`which maximally
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`arranges
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`ACK/NACK
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`information on
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`the
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`time axis,
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`such
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`that it provides
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`the
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`multiplexing method based on the first and second principles.
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`The ACK/NACK information provides another multiplexing
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`method. This multiplexing method does not maximally perform
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`the puncturing of
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`the control
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`information,
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`and can also
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`puncture the control information if the number of bits of the
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`control information is higher than the number of bits of data
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`information.
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`In
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`this case,
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`the punctured ACK/NACK
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`information
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`assigns the same modulated symbol interval to the information
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`sequence where control information and data information are
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`the puncturing process
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`is executed on
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`the
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`resultant ACK/NACK information, and then the punctured result
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`is inserted.
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`Specifically, if the interval between
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`the modulated
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`symbols where the punctured ACK/NACK information is inserted
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`is equal to the number of SC-OFDM symbols via which data- or
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`such
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`that all
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`the ACK/NACK
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`information sequences are not located at the same SC-FDMA
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`symbol.
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`Method 1-b
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`This 1-b method is based on a first principle which
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`maximally arranges control information on the time axis, and
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`a second principle which transmits ACK/NACK
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`information in
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`the vicinity of a reference signal used as a pilot, such that
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`second principles.
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`data
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`information
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`concatenated simultaneously while being multiplexed, and the
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`concatenated
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`resultant
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`information
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`is mapped
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`to SC-FDMA
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`symbols according to the time-first mapping method, such that
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`the mapped result is transmitted to the uplink.
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`If ACK/NACK
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`information must also be
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`transmitted,
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`this 1-b method
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`punctures the modulated symbols located in the vicinity of
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`the reference signal in the data-information sequence without
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`puncturing
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`the
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`control
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`information,
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`and
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`then
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`performs
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`insertion of the ACK/NACK signal.
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`In this case, in order to
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`perform the insertion of the ACK/NACK signal, the 1-b method
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`firstly calculates how many subcarriers (i