Patent ID: 8958361
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for operating a communications controller, the method comprising: defining a positive integer quantity of control channel resource element groups in a data region of a resource block, the resource block having a total number of resource elements, the total number of resource elements consisting of available resource elements and reserved resource elements, wherein some of the reserved resource elements are muted, and wherein the positive integer quantity of control channel resource element groups exclude any resource elements mapped to reference signals; assigning a plurality of available resource elements to fill in each of the positive integer quantity of control channel resource element groups with a same number N available resource elements in each resource element group; blocking unassigned available resource elements from being used as assigned available resource elements in the positive integer quantity of control channel resource element groups, wherein every resource element in the data region of the resource block is either blocked, reserved or assigned; interleaving a plurality of control messages onto the positive integer quantity of control channel resource element groups; and transmitting the positive integer quantity of control channel resource element groups.