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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION
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ENCODING RATIO SETTING METHOD AND RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE;
PANASONIC CORPORATION, A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF JAPAN, WHOSE ADDRESS IS 1006, OAZA KADOMA, KADOMA-SHI, OSAKA 5718501, JAPAN
THE FOLLOWING SPECIFICATION
PARTICULARLY DESCRIBES THE INVENTION AND THE MANNER IN WHICH IT IS TO BE PERFORMED.

DESCRIPTION
Technical Field
The present invention relates to a coding rate setting method and a radio communication apparatus used for a radio communication system using adaptive modulation and the multiple input multiple output (MIMO) technology.
Background Art
For an uplink channel of 3rd generation partnership project radio access network long term evolution (3GPP RAN LTE, hereinafter referred to as "LTE"), single-carrier transmission is adapted to achieve a low peak to average power ratio (PAPR).
Further, for an LTE uplink channel, to achieve high throughput, adaptive modulation (AMC: adaptive modulation and coding) is used so as to select the modulation and coding scheme (MCS) pattern for each user depending on the channel quality indicator (CQI) of each user.
Further, introduction of the MIMO system is being considered to achieve higher transmission rate and to further improve the efficiency of use of frequency. Introduction of a rank transmission technique is also considered such as rank adaptation with which the rank indication (the number of rank) is

adaptively switched depending on the status of a spatial propagation path to further improve transmission rate.
Under these circumstances, an agreement is made to time-multiplex control information and user data using the physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) of the same subframe so as to maintain low PAPR even when both control information and user data are transmitted at the same time in an LTE uplink channel (see Non-Patent Literature 1).
The number of coded symbols, Q', of control information to be multiplexed with user data is set based on equation 1. [1]

... (Equation 1) where [x] is an integer not greater than x, and min(x,y) is the value of the smaller one of x and y.
In equation 1, Msc is the number of subcarriers per PUSCH subframe, and APUSCHoffset is a PUSCH offset which varies per control information such as ACK/NACK, rank indicator (RI), or CQI. APUSCHoffset is reported from a higher layer (see Non-Patent Literature 1).
O is the number of control information bits, and Rdata is represented by equation 2.
[2]

. (Equation 2)
In equation 2, Kr is the number of bits on r-th block, C is the number of blocks per PUSCH subframe, and Nsymb is the number of symbols per PUSCH subcarrier. The actual coding rate of user data is obtained by dividing Rdata in equation 2 by the number of bits per symbol, and is in proportion to Rdata in equation 2. Accordingly, Rdata in equation 2 will be hereinafter referred to as "user data coding rate."
In equation 1, Q\ is the number of coded symbols of control information that is set based on the number of control information bits O, user data coding rate Rdata, and PUSCH offset APUSCH offset, per control information. Q2 is the upper limit value of the number of coded symbols of control information. As shown in equation 1, the number of coded symbols of control information, Q', is set by the smaller one of the number of symbols Ql and upper limit value Q2.
Here, equation 1 is modified to provide equation 3. As is the case with Rdata in equation 2, the actual coding rate of control information is obtained by dividing Rcontrol in equation 3 by the number of bits per symbol, and is in proportion to Rcontroi in equation 3. Accordingly, Rcontrol in equation 3 will be hereinafter referred to as "control information coding rate (coding rate of control information)."


... (Equation 3) where [x] is an integer not greater than x, and max(x.y) is the value of the greater one of x and y. In equation 3, Rl is the coding rate that is set based on user data coding rate Rdata and PUSCH offset, APUSCHoffset, per control information. R2 is the lower limit value of control information coding rate Rcontrol As is shown in equation 3, control information coding rate Rcontrol is set to the value of the greater value of coding rate Rl and lower limit value R2. A case will be described below where coding rate Rl is greater than lower limit value R2, and control information coding rate Rcontrol is set as coding rate Rl.
In this case, in equation 3, when PUSCH o f f s e t APUSCHoffset is greater than 0, control information coding rate Rcontrol is set lower than user data coding rate Rdata- Generally, unlike user data, control information is not retransmitted. Therefore, by setting PUSCH offset APUSCHoffset, to be greater than 0 and using equation 3, it is possible to lower control information coding rate Rcontrol than user data coding rate Rdata to enhance the capability of error correction of control information.
Citation List

Non-Patent Literature
NPL1
3GPP TS 36.212 v8.4.0," Uplink transport channels and control
information"
Summary of Invention Technical Problem
However, when control information coding rate Rcontrol is set simply by using only user data coding rate Rdata and PUSCH offset APUSCHoffset, per control information, there is a possibility that adaptive modulation is applied depending on a channel quality indicator of user, and efficiency of control information transmission is decreased when rank indication of a data channel (hereinafter referred to as "data CH") in which user data is transmitted, is transmitted.
For example, when rank 2 is applied to a data CH and reception quality is deteriorated due to interference between streams (inter-stream interference), in adaptive modulation, user data MCS is lowered and user data coding rate Rdata is set lower to prevent the decrease in the efficiency of transmission due to deteriorated reception quality.
In such a case where user data MCS is lowered by adaptive modulation, if control information coding rate Rcontroi is set based on equation 3, control information coding rate Rcontroi may be set excessively low. As a result of this, for example, even when the rank indication of a control channel (hereinafter

referred to as "control CH"), in which control information is transmitted, is not transmitted, and the control CH is not subject to the influence of interference between streams, control information is encoded at a lower coding rate to have excessively high quality, therefore lowering the efficiency of control information transmission.
In view of the above, it is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a coding rate setting method and a radio communication apparatus that can prevent control information from being encoded at an excessively low coding rate and can suppress the decrease in the efficiency of control information transmission.
Solution to Problem
A coding rate setting method according to the present invention sets a user data coding rate to be adaptively set according to a channel quality indicator of a user as a reference value, corrects the reference value based on a type of control information to be time-multiplexed with the user data and a rank indication of a data channel in which the user data is transmitted, and
sets the corrected reference value as a control information coding rate.
A radio communication apparatus according to the present invention comprises a coding rate obtaining section that sets a user data coding rate to be adaptively set according to a channel quality indicator of a user as a reference value, obtains

the reference value corrected based on a type of control information to be time-multiplexed with the user data and a rank indication of a data channel in which the user data is transmitted, as a the control information coding rate, and an encoding section that encodes the control information based on the control information coding rate.
Advantageous Effects of Invention
According to the present invention, it is possible to prevent control information from being encoded at an excessively low coding rate, and suppress the decrease in the efficiency of control information transmission.
Brief Description of Drawings
FIG.l is a block diagram showing a main configuration of a terminal according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention;
FIG.2 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of a coding rate setting section according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention;
FIG.3 shows an example of a rank information offset table according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention;
FIG.4 shows another example of a rank information offset table according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention;
FIG.5 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of a terminal according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention;
FIG.6 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of a

coding rate setting section according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention;
FIG.7 shows an example of a rank information offset table according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention;
FIG.8 shows another example of a rank information offset table according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention; and
FIG.9 shows yet another example of a rank information offset table according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
Description of Embodiments
Now, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
(Embodiment 1) A case will be described here with the present embodiment where a control information coding rate is set by a offset corresponding to a rank indication of a data CH in which user data is transmitted, when adaptive modulation is applied according to a channel quality indicator of a user. Control information may include ACK/NACK, RI. and CQI, for example, and is time-multiplexed with user data to be transmitted from a terminal apparatus (hereinafter referred to as "terminal") to a base station apparatus (hereinafter referred to as "base station").
The control information coding rate can be set either at a base station or at a terminal. A case will be described below where the control information coding rate is set at a terminal.
FIG.l is a block diagram showing a main configuration of a terminal according to the present embodiment. In FIG.l,

receiving section 110 of terminal 100 comprises radio receiving section 111, cyclic prefix (CP) removing section 112, fast Fourier transform (FFT) section 113, propagation path estimation section 114, demodulation section 115, and decoding section 116. Further, in FIG.1, transmission section 120 of terminal 100 comprises coding rate setting section 121, coding rate setting section 122, coding modulation section 123, coding modulation section 124, channel multiplexing section 125, discrete Fourier transform-spread-OFDM (DFT-s-OFDM) section 126, CP adding section 127, and radio transmission section 128.
Radio receiving section 1 1 1 converts a received signal received via an antenna to a baseband signal, and outputs the baseband signal to CP removing section 112.
CP removing section 112 removes a cyclic prefix (CP) from the baseband signal output from radio receiving section 111 and outputs, as a time domain signal, the baseband signal without a CP to FFT section 1 13.
FFT section 113 obtains a frequency domain signal by performing a fast Fourier transform on the time domain signal output from CP removing section 112, and outputs the obtained frequency domain signal to propagation path estimation section 114 and demodulation section 115.
Propagation path estimation section 114 estimates the propagation path environment of the received signal by using a pilot signal contained in the frequency domain signal output from FFT section 113, and outputs the estimation result, which is the estimated propagation path environment of the received signal, to

demodulation section 115.
Demodulation section J 15 applies a propagation path compensation with respect to the frequency domain signal which is output from FFT section 113, and from which the pilot signal is removed, based on the estimation result output from propagation path estimation section 114. Further, demodulation section 115 demodulates the frequency domain signal after propagation path compensation based on the same MCS as used at the base station, i.e. the same modulation scheme and coding rate, etc. to obtain a demodulated signal, and outputs the obtained demodulated signal to decoding section 116.
Decoding section 116 corrects errors with respect to the demodulated signal output from demodulation section 115, to obtain a decoded signal. Then, decoding section 116 extracts, from the obtained decoded signal, information such as an information data sequence, the number of bits per block KT, the number of subcarriers per subframe Msc, the number of symbols per subcarrier Nsymb, a PUSCH offset, and a data CH rank indication (the number of a rank for a data CH). Information about Msc and Nsymb are set at favorable values at a base station by being adaptively modulated according to the CQ1 transmitted from terminal 100. Decoding section 116 outputs the extracted information on Kr, Msc and Nsymb to coding rate setting section 121, and outputs the extracted information on the PUSCH offset and the data CH rank indication to coding rate setting section 122.
Coding rate setting section 121 sets user data coding rate

Rdata based on information on Kr, Msc, and Nsymb input from decoding section J 16, based on equation 2. Coding rate setting section 121 outputs the set user data coding rate Rdata to coding rate setting section 122 and coding modulation section 123.
Coding rate setting section 122 sets control information coding rate R'control based on information on user data coding rate Rdata, the PUSCH offset, and the data CH rank indication. The internal configuration of coding rate setting section 122 and the method of setting control information coding rate R'control will be described later. Coding rate setting section 122 outputs the set control information coding rate R'controi to coding modulation section 124.
Coding modulation section 123 generates encoded data by encoding the input user data based on information on user data coding rate Rdata output from coding rate setting section 121, and generates data CH transmission data by modulating the generated encoded data. Coding modulation section 123 outputs the generated data CH transmission data to channel multiplexing section 125.
Coding modulation section 124 generates encoded data by encoding control information based on coding rate R'control output from coding rate setting section 122, and generates control CH transmission data by modulating the generated encoded data. Coding modulation section 124 outputs the generated control CH transmission data to channel multiplexing section 125.
Channel multiplexing section 125 time-multiplexes the data CH transmission data output from coding modulation section

123 and the control CH transmission data output from coding modulation section 124, to generate multiplexed transmission data. Channel multiplexing section 125 outputs the multiplexed transmission data to DFT-s-OFDM section 126.
DFT-s-OFDM section 126 obtains a frequency domain signal by performing a discrete Fourier transform (DFT) on the multiplexed transmission data output from channel multiplexing section 125. DFT-s-OFDM section 126 maps the frequency domain signal on a transmission subcarrier, performs an inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) on the mapped frequency domain signal to obtain a transmission data sequence, and outputs the obtained transmission data sequence to CP adding section 127.
CP adding section 127 adds a CP to the transmission data sequence output from DFT-s-OFDM section 126 by duplicating the data in the end of a frame and inserting the duplicated data in the head of the frame, in each frame of the transmission data sequence, and outputs the transmission data sequence with a CP as the baseband signal, to radio transmission section 128.
Radio transmission section 128 converts the frequency with respect to the baseband signal output from CP adding section 127 into radio frequency bandwidth to obtain a transmission signal, and transmits the obtained transmission signal via an antenna.
FIG.2 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of coding rate setting section 122 according to the present embodiment.
Rank information offset obtaining section 1221 stores

rank information offset table 1222 inside, and obtains rank offset ARANKoffset from rank information table 1222 corresponding to the data CH rank indication. Rank information offset table 1222 will be explained later. Rank information offset obtaining section 1221 outputs the obtained rank offset ARANKoffset to coding rate calculating section 1223.
Coding rate calculating section 1223 sets control information coding rate R'control based on user data coding rate Rdata, PUSCH offset APUSCHoffset and rank offset ARANKoffset, corresponding to the data CH rank indication, based on equation 4.
[4]

where [x] is an integer not greater than x, and max(x,y) is the value of the greater one of x and y.
In equation 4, R'l is a coding rate that is set based on user data coding rate Rdata, PUSCH offset per control information which is defined as APUSCHoffset, and rank offset corresponding to the data CH rank indication which is defined as ARANKoffset. R2'

is the lower limit value of control information coding rate R'control A case will be described below where coding rate R'J is greater than lower limit value R'2, and control information coding rate Rcontrol is set as coding rate R'l.
Further, in equation 4, O is the number of control
information bits and Q' is the number of coded symbols of control
information. The number of coded symbols of control
information Q' is represented by equation 5.
[5]

... (Equation 5) where [x] is an integer not greater than x, and min(x,y) is the value of the smaller one of x and y. As is obvious in equation 4, according to the present embodiment, by correcting user data coding rate Rdata using PUSCH offset APUSCHoffset, corresponding to a type of control information and rank offset ARANKoffset, corresponding to a data CH rank indication, it is possible to set the corrected user data coding rate as control information coding rate R'control. In other words, by setting the user data coding rate Rdata> to be adaptively set according to the user CQ1, as a reference value, and by correcting the reference value based on PUSCH offset APUSCHoffset, corresponding to the type of control information, and rank offset ∆RANKoffset,

corresponding to the data CH rank indication, it is possible to set the corrected reference value as control information coding rate
R control-As PUSCH offset APUSCHoffset corresponding to the type of control information, AHARQ-ACK is used when control information is HARQ-ACK, ARI is used when control information is RI, and ACQI is used when control information is CQI, for example. An offset corresponding to the type of control information such as AHARQ-ACK, ARI, and ACQI is reported from a base station via a higher layer (see Non-Patent Literature
1).
FIG.3 shows an example of rank information offset table 1222 stored inside the rank information offset obtaining section 1221. According to the present embodiment, rank information offset table 1222 stores rank offset, ARANKoffset, of a greater value for a data CH rank indication of a greater value. For example, in rank information offset table 1222 in FIG.3, rank offsets ARANKoffset, are set at from a to z in ascending order of data CH rank indications, and ARANKoffset values of from a to z are set to satisfy z > ... > b> a.
As described above, by setting rank offset ARANKoffset of a greater value for the data CH rank indication of a greater value, it is possible to correct control information coding rate R'control, to be obtained based on equation 4, to become higher when the data CH rank indication is greater.
Generally, the influence of interference between streams becomes greater when a rank indication is greater. Therefore,

when a data CH rank indication is large, in adaptive modulation, user data MCS is lowered to ensure reception quality. That is, in adaptive modulation, user data coding rate Rdata is set lower, when a data CH rank indication is greater and the influence of interference between streams is greater.
Therefore, in the case where user data coding rate Rdata is set lower in adaptive modulation, when the control information coding rate is set using only PUSCH offset, APUSCHoffset, per control information, based on equation 3, for example, the control information coding rate is set further lower than user data coding rate Rdata- Accordingly, there is a possibility that control information is encoded at an excessively low coding rate.
In contrast, according to the present embodiment, the control information coding rate is set by equation 4 using rank offset, ∆RANKoffset, of a greater value for a data CH rank indication of a greater value, in addition to an offset per control information. By this means, the control information coding rate is corrected higher when the data CH rank indication is greater, and it is possible to prevent the control information coding rate from being set excessively low. In this way, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to obtain the control information coding rate by correcting the user data coding rate, based on the difference of the influence of interference between streams that a data CH suffers and the influence of interference between streams that a control CH suffers.
As described above, according to the present embodiment, coding rate setting section 122 corrects the value of

the user data coding rate to be adaptively set according to a channel quality indicator of a user, based on the type of control information to be time-multiplexed with user data and the rank indication of a data CH in which user data is transmitted, and sets the corrected value of the coding rate as the control information coding rate. That is, coding rate setting section 122 sets the user data coding rate to be adaptively set according to a channel quality indicator of a user, as a reference value, corrects the reference value based on the type of control information to be time-multiplexed with user data and the rank indication of a data CH in which user data is transmitted, and sets the corrected reference value as the control information coding rate. For exampJe, coding rate setting section 122 sets control information coding rate R'control to be time-multiplexed with user data, based on user data coding rate Rdata, PUSCH offset APUSCHoffset, per control information, and rank offset ARANKoffset, corresponding to a data CH rank indication, based on equation 4.
In this way, according to the present embodiment, the value of the user data coding rate is corrected based on the type of control information and the data CH rank indication, and the corrected value of the coding rate is set as the control information coding rate. By this means, even when the rank indication of a data CH in which user data is transmitted is greater and the user data coding rate is set lower in adaptive modulation, it is possible to prevent the control information coding rate from being set excessively low and suppress the decrease in the efficiency of control information transmission.

Further, by correcting the control information coding rate to become higher when a data CH rank indication is greater, it is possible to correct the value of the user data coding rate, based on the difference of the influence of interference between streams that the data CH suffers and the influence of interference between streams that a control CH suffers, so as to set the user data coding rate as the control information coding rate. As a result of this, even when the user data coding rate is extremely low, it is possible to prevent the control information coding rate from being set excessively low and suppress the decrease in the efficiency of control information transmission.
A case has been described with the above embodiment as an example where rank information offset obtaining section 1221 stores rank information offset table 1222, in which the rank offset is defined separately for each rank indication, for example, from a to z. Rank information offset obtaining section 1221, however, may not store rank information offset table J 222, and may calculate rank offset ∆RANKoffset based on the equation shown as equation 6. [6]
ARANKoffset = (rank indication - 1) X a (a is a constant)
... (Equation 6)
Further, it is not necessary to define the rank offset at a different value for each rank indication, and it is possible to define the same rank offset for a plurality of rank indications. For example, it is possible to divide data channel rank indications into a plurality of groups by comparing the data channel rank

indications with a predetermined threshold value, and define a rank, offset so that the control information coding rate is set higher when a data CH rank indication in each group is greater. As shown in FIG.4, for example, it is possible to define all rank offsets at a(a>0) for the rank indication of 2 or greater. (Embodiment 2) A case has been described with Embodiment 1 where, when a data CH rank indication is transmitted, the control information coding rate is set based on a rank offset corresponding to the data CH rank indication. A case will be described here with the present embodiment where, when a data CH rank indication and a control CH rank indication (the number of a rand for a control CH) are transmitted, the control information coding rate is set based on the rank offset based on the combination of the data CH rank indication and the control CH rank indication.
FIG.5 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of a terminal according to the present embodiment. In a terminal according to the present embodiment in FIG.5, parts that are the same as in FIG.l will be assigned the same reference numerals as in FIG.l and overlapping explanations will be omitted. In FIG.5, terminal 100a is provided with decoding section 116a and coding rate setting section 122a instead of decoding section 116 and coding rate setting section 122 in terminal 100 in FIG.l.
As is the case with Embodiment 1, the control information coding rate can be set either at a base station or at a terminal. A case will be described below where the control information coding rate is set at a terminal.

Decoding section 116a obtains a decoded signal by correcting errors with respect to a demodulated signal output from demodulation section 115. Then, decoding section 116a extracts, from the obtained decoded signal, information including an information data sequence, the number of bits per block KT, the number of subcarriers per subframe Msc, the number of symbols per subcarrier Nsymb, the PUSCH offset, the data CH rank indication, and the control CH rank indication.
Decoding section I 16a outputs the extracted information on Kr, Msc, and Nsymb to coding rate setting section 121, and outputs information on the PUSCH offset, the data CH rank indication and the control CH rank indication to coding rate setting section 1 22a.
Coding rate setting section 122a sets control information coding rate R'control based on information on user data coding rate Rdata, the PUSCH offset, and the combination of the data CH rank indication and the control CH rank indication. The internal configuration of coding rate setting section 122 and the method of setting control information coding rate R'controi will be explained later. Coding rate setting section 122a outputs the set control information coding rate R'control to coding modulation section 124.
FIG.6 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of coding rate setting section 122a according to the present embodiment.
Rank information offset obtaining section 1221a stores rank information offset table 1222a inside, and obtains a rank offset ARANKoffset, corresponding to the combination of the data

CH rank indication and the control CH rank indication, from rank information table 1222a. Rank information offset table 1222a will be explained later. Rank information offset obtaining section 1221a outputs the obtained rank offset ∆RANKoffset, to coding rate calculating section 1223a.
Coding rate calculating section 1223a sets control information coding rate R'control based on user data coding rate Rdata, PUSCH offset ∆PUSCHoffset, and rank offset ∆RANKoffset, corresponding to the combination of the data CH rank indication and the control CH rank indication, based on equation 4.
FIG.7 shows an example of rank information offset table 1222a stored inside the rank information offset obtaining section 122 1a. FIG.7 shows a case where the maximum rank indication is 2. According to the present embodiment, rank information offset table 1222a stores rank offsets ∆RANKoffset, corresponding to the combinations of a data CH rank indication and a control CH rank indication. The relationship between rank offsets ∆RANKoffset and the combinations of a data CH rank indication and a control CH rank indication will be described below.
As shown in case #1 in FIG.7, when both the data CH rank indication and the control CH rank indication are 1, both the data CH and the control CH do not suffer interference between streams. Therefore, when obtaining the control information coding rate by correcting the user data coding rate, it is not necessary to consider the difference of the influence of interference between streams that the data CH suffers and the

influence of interference between streams that the control CH suffers. Accordingly, as shown in case #1, when both the data CH rank indication and the control CH rank indication are 1, rank offset ∆RANKoffset is set at 0. When rank offset ∆RANKoffset is 0f the control information coding rate coincides with the coding rate that is set based on equation 3.
As shown in case #2 in FIG.7, when the data CH rank
indication is 1 and the control CH rank indication is 2, only
control information suffers reception quality deterioration due to
interference between streams. In this case, rank offset
ARANKoffset is set at a (a<0). By setting ARANKoffset smaller than 0, it is possible to set the control information coding rate obtained based on equation 4 lower than the control information coding rate obtained based on equation 3. By this means, it is possible to enhance the capability of error correction of control information.
As shown in case #3 in FIG. 7, when the data CH rank indication is 2 and the control CH rank indication is 1, only user data suffers reception quality deterioration due to interference between streams. In this case, rank offset ARANKoffset is set at b (b>0). By setting ARANKoffset greater than 0, it is possible to set the control information coding rate obtained based on equation 4 higher than the control information coding rate obtained based on equation 3. By this means, it is possible to prevent control information from being encoded at an excessively low coding rate and suppress the decrease in the efficiency of control information transmission.

As shown in case #4 in FJG.7, when the data CH rank indication and the control CH rank indication are 2, both the data CH and the control CH suffer interference between streams. In this case, the influence of interference between streams is considered to be approximately equal between user data and control information. Accordingly, as shown in case #4, when both the data CH rank indication and the control CH rank indication are 2, the value (c), corresponding to the slight difference of the influence of interference between streams that the data CH suffers and the influence of interference between streams that the control CH suffers in the communication status between a base station and a terminal, is set as rank offset ∆RANKoffset. When the influence of interference between streams that a data CH suffers and the influence of interference between streams that a control CH suffers are equal, rank offset ARANKoffset may be set at 0, as is the case with case #1.
FIG.8 shows another example of rank information offset table 1222a stored inside the rank information offset obtaining section 1221a. FIG.8 shows a case where the maximum rank indication is 4. The relationship between rank offset values ARANKoffset and the combinations of a data CH rank indication and a control CH rank indication will be described below. The explanation for cases #1 to 4 in FIG.8 are the same as for cases #1 to 4 in FIG.7, therefore the explanation will be omitted.
As shown in cases # 5 and 9 in FIG.8 and as is the case with case #2 in FIG.7, when the control CH rank indication is greater than the data CH rank indication, control information

reception quality deteriorates more severely than user data
reception quality, due to the difference of the influence of
interference between streams. In this case, rank offset
ARANKoffset is set smaller than 0. By setting ∆RANKoffset smaller than 0, it is possible to set the control information coding rate obtained based on equation 4 lower than the control information coding rate obtained based on equation 3. By this means, it is possible to enhance the capability of error correction of control information. In this case, for example, when the greater absolute value of rank offset ARANKoffset is set as the data CH rank indication is smaller than the control CH rank indication, the control information coding rate becomes lower as the data CH rank indication is smaller than the control CH rank indication. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the contro] information reception quality from being deteriorated.
As shown in cases # 6, 7, and 10-12 in FIG.8 and as is
the case with case #3 in FIG.7, when the data CH rank indication
is greater than the control CH rank indication, the user data
reception quality deteriorates more severely than the control
information reception quality due to the difference of the
influence of interference between streams. In this case, rank
offset ARANKoffset is set greater than 0. By setting
∆RANKoffset greater than 0, it is possible to set the control information coding rate obtained based on equation 4 higher than the control information coding rate obtained based on equation 3. By this means, it is possible to prevent control information from being encoded at an excessively low coding rate and suppress the

decrease in the efficiency of control information transmission. In this case, for example, when the greater absolute value of rank offset ∆RANKoffset is set as the data CH rank indication is greater than the control CH rank indication, the control information coding rate becomes higher as the data CH rank indication is greater than the control CH rank indication. As a result of this, it is possible to prevent control information from being encoded at an excessively low coding rate and suppress the decrease in the efficiency of control information transmission.
As shown in cases # 8 and 13 in FIG.8 and as is the case with case #4 in FIG.7, when the data CH rank indication and the control CH rank indication are equal, the influence of interference between streams that the data CH suffers and the influence of interference between streams that the control CH suffers are considered to be approximately equal. In this case, as shown in case #4, when both the data CH rank indication and the control CH rank indication are equal, the value (g and 1), corresponding to the slight difference of the influence of interference between streams that a data CH suffers and the influence of interference between streams that a control CH suffers in the communication status between a base station and a terminal, is set as rank offset ARANKoffset. When the influence of interference between streams that the data CH and the influence of interference between streams that the control CH suffers are equal, rank offset ARANKoffset may be set at 0, as is the case with case #1.
FIG.9 shows yet another example of rank information

offset table 1222a stored inside rank information offset obtaining section 1221a. In FIG.9, an identical rank offset ARANKoffset is defined for a plurality of combinations of a data CH rank indication and a control CH rank indication at rank information offset obtaining section 1221a. More specifically, an identical rank offset ∆RANKoffset is set for the combination where the data CH rank indication and the control CH rank indication are equal. The relationship between the combinations of a data CH rank indication and a control CH rank indication and rank offset ∆RANKoffset will be described below. FIG.9 shows a case where the maximum rank indication is 4, as is the case with FIG.8.
As shown in case #1 in FIG.9, when both the data CH rank indication and the control CH rank indication are 1, both the data CH and the control CH do not suffer interference between streams. Further, when both the data CH rank indication and the control CH rank indication are equal and are 2 or greater, the influence of interference between streams that the data CH suffers and the influence of interference between streams that the control CH suffers are considered to be approximately equal.
In this case, when the data CH rank indication and the control CH rank indication are equal, rank offset ARANKoffset is set at 0 assuming that the influence of interference between streams is equal between the data CH and the control CH.
As shown in cases #2-6 in FIG.9, when the data CH rank indication is greater than the control CH rank indication, the user data reception quality deteriorates more severely than the control

information reception quality due to the difference of the
influence of interference between streams. In this case, rank
offset ∆RANKoffset is set greater than 0. By setting
∆RANKoffset greater than 0, it is possible to set the control information coding rate obtained based on equation 4 higher than the control information coding rate obtained based on equation 3. By this means, it is possible to prevent control information from being encoded at an excessively low coding rate and suppress the decrease in the efficiency of control information transmission.
In this case, rank offset ARANKoffset of a greater value is set when the ratio of the data CH rank indication to the control CH rank indication (the data CH rank indication /the control CH rank indication) is greater. For example, in FIG.9, when the relationship p > n > m > o > q holds, the control information coding rate becomes higher as the data CH rank indication is greater than the control CH rank indication. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent control information from being encoded at an excessively low coding rate and suppress the decrease in the efficiency of control information transmission.
As described above, according to the present embodiment, coding rate setting section 122a corrects the value of the user data coding rate to be adaptively set according to a channel quality indicator of a user, based on the type of control information to be time-multiplexed with user data and the combination of the data CH rank indication and the control CH rank indication, and sets the corrected value of the coding rate as the control information coding rate. That is, coding rate setting

section 122a sets the user data coding rate to be adaptively set
according to a channel quality indicator of a user as a reference
value, corrects the reference value based on the type of control
information to be time-multiplexed with user data and the
combination of the data CH rank indication and the control CH
rank indication, and sets the corrected reference value as the
control information coding rate. For example, control
information coding rate, R'control. to be time-multiplexed with user data is set based on user data coding rate Rdata, PUSCH offset ∆PUSCHoffset per control information, and rank offset, ∆RANKoffset, corresponding to the combination of the data CH rank indication and the control CH rank indication, based on equation 4.
Further, by correcting the control information coding rate to be higher when the data CH rank indication is greater than the control CH rank indication, it is possible to correct the user data coding rate based on the difference of the influence of interference between streams that a data CH suffers and the influence of interference between streams that a control CH suffers, and set the control information coding rate. As a result of this, even when the user data coding rate is low, it is possible to prevent the control information coding rate from being set excessively low and suppress the decrease in the efficiency of control information transmission.
Although cases have been described above as examples where the control information coding rate is set at a terminal, the present invention is by no means limited to this, and it is equally

possible that a base station sets the control information coding rate and reports the set control information coding rate to a terminal, so that the terminal can obtain the reported control information coding rate.
Further, it is also possible that a base station sets rank offset ∆RANKoffset instead of the control information coding rate, and report the set rank offset ∆RANKoffset to a terminal so that the terminal can obtain the control information coding rate using the reported rank offset ARANKoffset.
Further, it is also possible that a base station reports a rank information offset table to a terminal via a higher layer.
Further, the present invention is not limited to a data CH and a control CH, and is also applicable to other two channels having the different reception qualities required for the present invention.
Although cases have been described with the above embodiment as examples where the present invention is configured by hardware, the present invention can also be realized by software in combination with hardware.
Each function block employed in the description of each of the aforementioned embodiments may typically be implemented as an LSI constituted by an integrated circuit. These may be individual chips or partially or totally contained on a single chip. LSI is adopted here but this may also be referred to as "IC", "system LSI", "super LSI", or "ultra LSI" depending on differing extents of integration.
Further, the method of circuit integration is not limited

to LSI's, and implementation using dedicated circuitry or general purpose processors is also possible. After LSI manufacture, utilization of a programmable field programmable gate array (FPGA) or a reconfigurable processor where connections and settings of circuit cells within an LSI can be reconfigured is also possible.
Further, if integrated circuit technology comes out to
replace LSI's as a result of the advancement of semiconductor
technology or a derivative other technology, it is naturally also
possible to carry out function block integration using this
technology. Application of biotechnology is possible, for
example.
The disclosure of Japanese Patent Application No. 2008-307658. filed on December 2, 2008, including the specification, drawings and abstract, is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
Industrial Applicability
The present invention is useful as a coding rate setting method and a radio communication apparatus used for the radio communication system using adaptive modulation and MIMO technology.
Reference Signs List 100, 100a Terminal
110 Receiving section
111 Radio receiving section

1 12 CP removing section 1 1 3 FFT section
114 Propagation path estimation section
115 Demodulation section
I 16, 1 16a Decoding section
120 Transmission section
121, 122, 122a Coding rate setting section
123, 124 Coding modulation section
125 Channel multiplexing section
126 DFT-s-OFDM section
127 CP adding section
128 Radio transmission section

1221, 1221a Rank information offset obtaining section
1222, 1222a Rank information offset table
1223, 1223a Coding rate calculating section

We Claim :
Claim 1
A radio communication apparatus comprising: a setting section that sets a coding rate of user data to be adaptively set according to a channel quality indicator of a user as a reference value, corrects the reference value based on a type of control information to be time-multiplexed with the user data and a rank indication of a data channel in which the user data is transmitted, and sets the corrected reference value as a coding rate of the control information; and
an encoding section that encodes the control information using the coding rate of the control information.
Claim 2
The radio communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:
a rank indication of a control channel in which the control information is transmitted is 1; and
the setting section corrects the reference value so that the control information coding rate becomes higher when the rank indication of data channel is greater
Claim 3
The radio communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:

a rank indication of a control channel in which the control information is transmitted is 1 ; and
the setting section divides the rank indications of data channel into a plurality of groups by comparing the rank indications of data channel with a predetermined threshold value, and corrects the reference value so that the control information coding rate becomes higher when the rank indication of data channel in each group is greater.
Claim 4
The radio communication apparatus according to claim 1. wherein the setting section corrects the reference value based on a combination of the rank indication of data channel and a rank indication of a control channel in which the control information is transmitted.
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The radio communication apparatus according to claim 4. wherein the setting section corrects the reference value so that the control information coding rate becomes higher when the rank indication of data channel is greater than the rank indication of control channel.
Claim 6
The radio communication apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the setting section corrects the reference value so that the control information coding rate becomes higher when a ratio

of the rank indication of data channel to the rank indication of control channelis greater.
Claim 7
The radio communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the setting section sets control information coding rate R'control, based on a PUSCH offset APUSCHoffset corresponding to the type of the control information, and a rank offset ∆RANKoffSet corresponding to the rank indication of data channel, based 0n equation 1 , [I]

... (Equation 1) where, in equation 1, max(x,y) is the value of the greater one of x and y, O is a number of symbols of control information. R data is the user data coding rate, and Msc is a number of subcarriers per PUSCH subframe.
Claim 8
The radio communication apparatus according to claim
7, wherein:

the rank indication of a control channel in which the control information is transmitted is 1; and
the rank offset ARANKoffset of a greater value is set for the rank indication of data channel of a greater value.
Claim 9
The radio communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:
a rank indication of a control channel in which the control information is transmitted is 1;
the rank indications of data channel are divided into a plurality of groups by comparing the rank indications of data channel with a predetermined threshold value; and
the rank offset ∆RANKoffset of a greater value is set for the rank indication of data channel of a greater value in each group.
Claim 10
The radio communication apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the setting section calculates the control information coding rate R' control, based on the rank offset ∆RANKoffset corresponding to a combination of the rank indication of data channel and a rank indication of a control channel in which the control information is transmitted.
Claim II
The radio communication apparatus according to claim

10, wherein an absolute value of the rank offset ∆RANKoffset becomes greater when a difference between the rank indication of data channel and the rank indication of control channel is greater.
Claim 1 2
The radio communication apparatus accord ing to claim 10, wherein the rank offset ∆RANKoffset is set greater than 0 when the rank indication of data channel is greater than the rank indication of control channel.
Claim 13
The radio communication apparatus according to claim 10. wherein the rank offset ∆RANKoffset is set smaller than 0 when the rank indication of data channel is smaller than the rank indication of control channel.
Claim 14
The radio communication apparatus according to claim 10. wherein the rank offset ARANKoffset becomes greater when a ratio of the rank indication of data channel to the rank indication of control channel is greater.
Claim 15
A coding rate setting method comprising:
setting a coding rate of user data to be adaptively set
according to a channel quality indicator of a user as a reference

value;
correcting the reference value based on a type of control information to be time-multiplexed with the user data and a rank indication of a data channel in which the user data is transmitted; and
setting the corrected reference value as a coding rate of the control information.