A control device comprising: circuitry configured to communicate with a base station of a radio communication system equipped to use a plurality of alternative access schemes, the plurality of alternative access schemes including at least one of a multiple access scheme that uses orthogonal resources and a multiple access scheme that uses non-orthogonal resources, a multiple access scheme that uses non-orthogonal resources being an access scheme in which at least an overlapping part of resources is allocated to terminal devices within a cell, and allocate resources according to a selected access scheme of the plurality of alternative access schemes characterized in that the circuitry is further configured to include information in one or more control channels regarding the orthogonal resources and the non-orthogonal resources to be allocated to the base station and wherein the one or more control channels include at least two different control channels (620, 621; 630, 631; 640, 641; 650, 651): a first control channel (620; 630; 640; 650), which includes information regarding orthogonal resources and a second control channel (621; 631; 641; 651), which includes information regarding non-orthogonal resources; wherein the first control channel (620; 630; 640; 650) and the second control channel (621; 631; 641; 651) are multiplexed using resources orthogonal to each other and/or resources non-orthogonal to each other; wherein the first control channel (620; 630; 640; 650) and a data channel (622; 632; 642; 652) are multiplexed using resources orthogonal to each other, and wherein the second control channel (621; 631; 641; 651) and the data channel (622; 632; 642; 652) are multiplexed using resources orthogonal to each other and/or resources non-orthogonal to each other. circuitry configured to communicate with a base station of a radio communication system equipped to use a plurality of alternative access schemes, the plurality of alternative access schemes including at least one of a multiple access scheme that uses orthogonal resources and a multiple access scheme that uses non-orthogonal resources, a multiple access scheme that uses non-orthogonal resources being an access scheme in which at least an overlapping part of resources is allocated to terminal devices within a cell, and allocate resources according to a selected access scheme of the plurality of alternative access schemes characterized in that the circuitry is further configured to include information in one or more control channels regarding the orthogonal resources and the non-orthogonal resources to be allocated to the base station and wherein the one or more control channels include at least two different control channels (620, 621; 630, 631; 640, 641; 650, 651): a first control channel (620; 630; 640; 650), which includes information regarding orthogonal resources and a second control channel (621; 631; 641; 651), which includes information regarding non-orthogonal resources; wherein the first control channel (620; 630; 640; 650) and the second control channel (621; 631; 641; 651) are multiplexed using resources orthogonal to each other and/or resources non-orthogonal to each other; wherein the first control channel (620; 630; 640; 650) and a data channel (622; 632; 642; 652) are multiplexed using resources orthogonal to each other, and wherein the second control channel (621; 631; 641; 651) and the data channel (622; 632; 642; 652) are multiplexed using resources orthogonal to each other and/or resources non-orthogonal to each other.