Patent ID: 9094961
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A receiver for use in a wireless communication system, comprising: a receiver operable to receive a data transmission signal comprising a plurality of resource blocks within a predetermined frequency band; a resource block control processor operable to extract a resource block control element from individual resource blocks within the plurality of resource blocks, wherein a plurality of resource block control elements are embedded in a corresponding plurality of individual resource blocks, wherein each embedded resource block control element comprises predetermined control information for the resource block in which the resource block control element is embedded; and a control channel processor operable to extract a plurality of control channel control elements corresponding to a predetermined set of users, wherein individual control elements comprise a user identifier and an associated resource block allocation identifier, wherein the resource block allocation identifier is used to process the predetermined control information for the resource block associated with the user.