Patent ID: 8934441
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of communications, comprising: forming a data packet; assigning a different code to each transmission format of a plurality of transmission formats, wherein, each transmission format of the plurality of transmission formats corresponds to one or more transmission parameters and number of bits in each code assigned to the transmission formats of the plurality of transmission formats is equal to the smallest number of bits required to represent uniquely all transmission formats of the plurality of transmission formats, wherein at least one of a data packet size or a number of slots occupied is derived from the one or more transmission parameters; selecting a transmission format from the plurality of transmission formats for the data packet; generating information having a code assigned to the selected transmission format; transmitting the data packet on a first channel using the selected transmission format; and transmitting the information on a second channel; wherein the first channel and the second channel comprise distinct forward link resources.