METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MINIMIZING THE AMOUNT OF DATA NECESSARY TO SIGNAL CODE AND TIMESLOT ASSIGNMENTS

摘要

A SEQUENCE OF CODES ARE PROVIDED FOR POTENTIAL ASSIGNMENT TO A USER IN A WIRELESS HYBRID TIME DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS (TDMA)/CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS (CDMA) COMMUNICATION SYSTEM. AT LEAST ONE TIMESLOT ONE CODE IS SELECTED. IF MORE THAN ONE CODE IS SELECTED, THE SELECTED CODES ARE CONSECUTIVE IN THE PROVIDED CODES SEQUENCE. FOR AT LEAST ONE OF THE SELECTED TIMESLOTS, AN IDENTIFIER OF A FIRST AND LAST CODE IS SELECTED CONSECUTIVE CODES SIGNALED. THE USER RECEIVES THE SIGNALED IDENTIFIER AND USES THE SELECTED CONSECUTIVE CODES, AS IDENTIFIED, TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNICATION.