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lteUCI3Decode

PUCCH format 3 transmission UCI decoding

Description

ucibits = lteUCI3Decode(cw,n) returns a column vector of decoded UCI bits, ucibits, resulting from decoding the soft bit column vector, cw. Where the output vector ucibits is expected to contain n bits. ucibits is empty if no HARQ-ACK bits are detected.

The decoder uses a maximum likelihood (ML) approach, assuming that cw has been demodulated using ltePUCCH3Decode, whose input had already been equalized to best restore the originally transmitted complex values. Specifically, this function assumes that cw is properly scaled to reflect a QPSK constellation (± sqrt(2)/2 amplitude for real and imaginary parts). If multiple decoded UCI bit vectors have a likelihood equal to the maximum, ucibits is a matrix where each column represents one of the equally likely bit vectors. If a minimum likelihood threshold is not met, ucibits is empty.

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Examples

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This example shows how to encode and decode an ACK using PUCCH format 3 transmission UCI decoding.

Create a Tx ACK vector. Encode the vector using PUCCH format 3. Convert the logical bits into soft data.

txAck = [1;0;0;1];

cw = lteUCI3Encode(txAck);

cw = (double(cw)-0.5)*sqrt(2.0);

Decode the received data using the PUCCH format 3 UCI decoder. Verify that the Rx ACK vector matches the Tx ACK vector.

rxAck = lteUCI3Decode(cw,length(txAck))
rxAck = 4x1 logical array

   1
   0
   0
   1

Input Arguments

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Soft bits to decode, specified as a numeric column vector.

Data Types: int8 | double

Number of bits to return, specified as a positive scalar integer from 1 through 22.

Data Types: double

Output Arguments

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Concatenated HARQ-ACK bits, periodic CSI bits, and Scheduling Request (SR) bit, returned as a logical column vector. ucibits represents the [a0, a1, ... aN-1] bit sequence as described in TS 36.212 [1], Section 5.2.3.1. The number of bits returned, N, is defined by the input argument n.

ucibits is empty if no UCI bits are detected.

Data Types: logical

References

[1] 3GPP TS 36.212. “Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); Multiplexing and channel coding.” 3rd Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Radio Access Network. URL: https://www.3gpp.org.

Version History

Introduced in R2014a