Patent ID: 8599764
Filing Date: 2013-12-03
Classification: H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method of transmitting overhead information in a communication system, comprising: determining location information for each of a plurality of data channels in super frames operating on a plurality of frequency bands, the location information for each data channel indicating time location, frequency location, or both time and frequency location where the data channel is transmitted; generating composite overhead information, the composite overhead information including the location information for each of the plurality of data channels in a current superframe; generating embedded overhead information for each of the plurality of data channels, the embedded overhead information including location information for each of the plurality of data channels in a future super-frame; transmitting the composite overhead information at the start of the current super-frame in a time division multiplexed (TDM) manner with data for the plurality of data channels; and transmitting the embedded overhead information with a payload for the corresponding data channel in the current super-frame.