摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an improved system that communicates user equipment specific information in a cellular communication system.SOLUTION: A cellular communication system 100 includes a base station 101 and a plurality of user equipment (UE) 103. The base station 101 includes a combine processor 111 which combines user equipment specific information, such as power control commands or synchronization information, for a plurality of user equipment. An encode processor 113 encodes the combined user equipment specific information and a transceiver transmits the combined user equipment specific information in a minimum transmission resource unit of the cellular communication system. The minimum transmission resource unit may be a single channelization code in a single time slot. The UE includes a receiver for receiving the minimum transmission resource unit and a UE data processor which decodes the minimum transmission resource unit and extracts the user equipment specific information for that UE. Further, the invention may provide a more efficient communication of small data blocks. |