Patent ID: 8644226

Claim:
A method of transmitting data packets over a plurality of dynamically allocated resource units, the unit being a minimum unit for data allocation, in at least one or a combination of a time, code or frequency domain on a shared channel of a wireless communication system, comprising the steps of: selecting, from the plurality of dynamically allocated resource units, a number of resource unit candidates to be potentially used for transmission of at least part of the data packets destined for a receiver; transmitting to the receiver information related to the selected resource unit candidates, on which the receiver is to attempt to decode dedicated control information (DCI) destined for the receiver, said information being for use by the receiver for said decoding; and transmitting the at least part of the data packets and the DCI destined for the receiver to the receiver using only a subset of the selected resource unit candidates, the DCI including modulation and coding information of the data packets and the DCI carrying an identifier of the receiver, wherein the receiver attempts to decode all of the selected resource unit candidates to successfully decode, using the identifier of the receiver, the DCI destined for the receiver and transmitted on said subset, wherein the step of transmitting the at least part of the data packets and the DCI includes mapping the DCI at a beginning first part of said subset of the selected resource unit candidates and mapping the at least part of the data packets containing user data at a second part of said subset.