The coded bits are mapped directly to the HS-DPCCH.
An active HS-DPCCH may have slots in which no HARQ-ACK or CQI information is transmitted.
In HSDPA, the UE reports the channel conditions to the BTS via the uplink channel CQI field in the HS-DPCCH. The CQI value can be 0 to 30, with a value of 0 indicating out of range.