Patent ID: 6778521
Filing Date: 2004-08-17
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A method for transmitting a discrete piece of control information from a base station to at least one mobile station in the cell of a cellular radio system using a first channel and a second channel, comprising the steps of:at a first moment of time, indicating on the first channel the exact location of the discrete piece of control information among all other pieces of information on the second channel, wherein the indicating step is performed on only one channel; and at a second moment of time, later than said first moment, transmitting the discrete piece of control information on the second channel; wherein the first channel is a broadcast control channel and the second channel is a traffic channel of point-to-point type, and the method further comprises the step of between said first moment of time and said second moment of time, transmitting from a mobile station to the base station a request for transmitting the piece of control information.