Methods and apparatus for transmission of configuration information in a wireless communication network

摘要

Methods and apparatus for transmission of configuration information in a wireless communication network. A method is provided for transmitting a configuration message to a plurality of terminals in a wireless network. The method includes assigning a slot in a transmission to contain the configuration message, and transmitting a marker to identify the slot in the transmission to the plurality of terminals. The method also includes transmitting the configuration message in the slot of the transmission using a high data rate so that air-link resources are conserved.