Patent ID: 8248912
Filing Date: 2012-08-21
Classification: H04B,H04J,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A wireless terminal adapted to function in a CDMA communications system, the terminal comprising: a receiver adapted to receive frames having a slot structure in which there is a user identification channel and a shared channel, each slot of the shared channel having been transmitted using a plurality of Walsh codes and containing content for either a plurality of voice users, a plurality of voice users and one high-rate data user, or only one high-rate data user, wherein a slot of the shared channel contains content for a plurality of users which was transmitted in parallel using different Walsh code spaces for different users, wherein the user identification channel is received in parallel with the shared channel using different Walsh code spaces; the wireless terminal being adapted to decode the user identification channel to determine if a current slot of the shared channel contains voice and/or high-rate data content for the wireless terminal.