摘要 |
SYSTEMS AND METHODOLOGIES ARE DESCRIBED THAT FACILITATE ASSIGNING INDICES TO LINK ASSIGNMENT BLOCKS (LABS) COMMUNICATED VIA A DOWNLINK. INDICES IN A FIRST SUBSET ARE ALLOCATED TO SHARED LABS, WHICH ARE DECODED BY A PLURALITY OF ACCESS TERMINALS (116, 122, 204, 206, 302, 800, 904, 1050). INDICES IN A SECOND SUBSET ARE ASSIGNED TO UNSHARED LABS, WHICH ARE EACH INTENDED FOR A PARTICULAR RECIPIENT ACCESS TERMINAL. ASSIGNMENT OF AN INDEX FOR EACH UNSHARED LAB CAN BE BASED UPON A HASH OF AN IDENTIFIER CORRESPONDING TO AN INTENDED RECIPIENT ACCESS TERMINAL AND/OR ACCESS TERMINAL CAPABILITIES. MOREOVER, AN ACCESS TERMINAL CAN DECODE LABs BASED UPON CORRESPONDING INDICES. LABs WITH INDICES IN A FIRST RANGE CAN BE IDENTIFIED AS SHARED LABs AND DECODED. FURTHER, THE ACCESS TERMINAL CAN DETERMINE A SECOND RANGE OF INDICES CORRESPONDING TO UNSHARED LABs TO DECODE; THE SECOND RANGE OF INDICES INCLUDES FEWER THAN ALL INDICES CORRESPONDING TO UNSHARED LABs IN A FRAME SENT BY A BASE STATION (102, 202, 902, 1010). |