Patent ID: 9648611
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A subscriber unit for wireless communications, comprising: a receiver and at least one processor configured to monitor a plurality of first time intervals of a plurality of slots, the plurality of slots including a first subset of slots and a second subset of slots arranged such that slots of the first subset of slots alternate with slots of the second subset of slots on a one-by-one basis, wherein each of the plurality of first time intervals is arranged at a same position in each of the plurality of slots and is less than one slot; the receiver and the at least one processor configured to monitor and receive forward control information in the first time intervals of the first subset of slots, wherein the forward control information includes forward traffic channel allocation information for the subscriber unit, and the forward control information in each first time interval of the first subset of slots is received entirely within an associated first time interval of the plurality of first time intervals; and the receiver and the at least one processor configured to receive forward traffic data in a first time interval of a second subset slot in accordance with the forward control information, wherein the forward traffic data corresponds to the forward control information received in a first time interval of a first subset slot that is previous and contiguous to the second subset slot.