Apparatus and method for communication are provided. An apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive control and data signal; a transmitter configured to transmit control information on an uplink channel wherein a number of uplink control channel indexes corresponding to the number of control channel elements as on the downlink control channel is available, the transmission requiring more than one uplink channel index; and a controller. If one control channel index is available, the controller is configured to control the transmission of control information to utilise the uplink control channel index and control the transmission of control information related to a second control channel index based on a separate channel or adjusting transmission properties when transmitting the control information.