Patent ID: 8121081
Filing Date: 2012-02-21
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of signaling to a mobile terminal radio resources that will be used in a wireless communication between the mobile terminal and a base station, wherein the base station provides a plurality of radio resources, the method comprising: splitting the plurality of radio resources into a set of partitions, wherein each partition of the set of partitions comprises a set of virtual blocks, wherein each virtual block of the set of virtual blocks is exclusively mapped to one or more radio resources of the plurality of radio resources, wherein a set of physical resource blocks is assigned to the set of virtual blocks; using an identification format according to which a collection of one or more virtual blocks of the set of virtual blocks is identifiable; allocating at least a first virtual block for communication between the mobile terminal and the base station, the at least first virtual block being identifiable by a first specification according to the identification format; and sending the first specification to the mobile terminal; wherein a block identifier is assigned to each partition of the set of partitions, wherein the at least first virtual block is comprised in a first partition, wherein the first partition is associated with a first block identifier, wherein the first block identifier is further sent to the mobile terminal.