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Method and apparatus for providing an efficient control channel structure in a wireless communication system

  • US 9,473,269 B2
  • Filed: 12/01/2003
  • Issued: 10/18/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for processing information in a communication system, comprising:

  • partitioning, at an access point, a control channel used for transmitting control information into a plurality of subchannels;

    selecting, for each of at least two user terminals, one of the subchannels to be used for transmitting the control information from the access point to the respective user terminal, based on one or more selection criteria; and

    transmitting the control information on the control channel from the access point, wherein at least two of the subchannels are operated at different data rates.

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