Patent ID: 8204008
Filing Date: 2012-06-19
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a wireless communication device, comprising: creating a resource block map by associating respective subscriber station identifications, corresponding to respective subscriber stations, with one or more resource blocks; scheduling indicators in the resource block map for resource blocks assigned more than one respective subscriber stations, each of the indicators being associated with one of the one or more resource blocks, each of the indicators indicating a total number of respective subscriber stations assigned to an associated one of the one or more resource blocks; and transmitting the respective subscriber station identifications in respective downlink control channels of the respective subscriber stations; transmitting the resource block map in a shared resource block mapping channel; creating a multiple input multiple output control packet including multiple input multiple output control information for the one or more resource blocks in the resource block map, wherein a sequence of the multiple input multiple output control information in the multiple input multiple output control packet corresponds to a sequence of the one or more resource blocks in the resource block map sequence or to a predefined index sequence; and transmitting the multiple input multiple output control packet in a shared multiple input multiple output control channel included within the one or more control channel symbols.