Patent ID: 8305957
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and memory storing computer program code; wherein the memory storing the computer program code is configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform actions comprising at least: determining an operating mode of a plurality of controlled electronic devices operating in a wireless communications network, where the operating modes further comprise at least first and second operating modes, the first and second operating modes differing from one another; generating a first control signal for a controlled electronic device, operating in the first operating mode, based at least in part on the operating mode of the controlled electronic device; generating a second control signal for the controlled electronic device, operating in the second operating mode, based at least in part on the operating mode of the controlled electronic device; configuring at least one of the first and the second control signal in a pre-determined manner based at least in part on the operating mode of the controlled electronic device, wherein the pre-determined manner is known to both the apparatus and to the controlled electronic device; and transmitting the at least one of the first and the second control signal to the controlled electronic device, wherein the predetermined manner comprises transmitting control information bits using a predetermined number of control channel bits such that the number of control channel bits is independent of the operating mode of the controlled electronic device.