A mobile station for a wireless communication system comprising: a transceiver subsystem; and a processing subsystem coupled to the transceiver subsystem and configured to: format control data for a plurality of slots in a control frame of a dedicated control channel according to at least two different slot formats, wherein each slot in the control frame comprises a plurality of bits allocated among a plurality of types of control data, and the at least two different slot formats form a repeating pattern within the control frame; and wherein the transceiver subsystem is configured to transmit the control data in the control frame of the dedicated control channel in the at least two different slot formats, and the control data is a combination of control information for an enhanced data channel and control information for a primary data channel, wherein a first one of the at least two different slot formats includes a different number of pilot data bits than a second one of the at least two different slot formats, or a different number of power control data bits than a second one of the at least two different slot formats, or a different number of Transport Format Combination Indicator (TFCI) data bits than a second one of the at least two different slot formats. a transceiver subsystem; and a processing subsystem coupled to the transceiver subsystem and configured to: format control data for a plurality of slots in a control frame of a dedicated control channel according to at least two different slot formats, wherein each slot in the control frame comprises a plurality of bits allocated among a plurality of types of control data, and the at least two different slot formats form a repeating pattern within the control frame; and wherein the transceiver subsystem is configured to transmit the control data in the control frame of the dedicated control channel in the at least two different slot formats, and the control data is a combination of control information for an enhanced data channel and control information for a primary data channel, wherein a first one of the at least two different slot formats includes a different number of pilot data bits than a second one of the at least two different slot formats, or a different number of power control data bits than a second one of the at least two different slot formats, or a different number of Transport Format Combination Indicator (TFCI) data bits than a second one of the at least two different slot formats. format control data for a plurality of slots in a control frame of a dedicated control channel according to at least two different slot formats, wherein each slot in the control frame comprises a plurality of bits allocated among a plurality of types of control data, and the at least two different slot formats form a repeating pattern within the control frame; and wherein the transceiver subsystem is configured to transmit the control data in the control frame of the dedicated control channel in the at least two different slot formats, and the control data is a combination of control information for an enhanced data channel and control information for a primary data channel, wherein a first one of the at least two different slot formats includes a different number of pilot data bits than a second one of the at least two different slot formats, or a different number of power control data bits than a second one of the at least two different slot formats, or a different number of Transport Format Combination Indicator (TFCI) data bits than a second one of the at least two different slot formats. a different number of pilot data bits than a second one of the at least two different slot formats, or a different number of power control data bits than a second one of the at least two different slot formats, or a different number of Transport Format Combination Indicator (TFCI) data bits than a second one of the at least two different slot formats.