Patent ID: 7526304

Claim:
A method for data transmission in a wireless communication system, the wireless communication system including at least one dedicated physical data channel operative to carry user data transmitted from a user and at least one associated dedicated physical control channel operative to carry control information used for decoding the user data being transmitted via the dedicated physical data channel, the method comprising the steps of: at an initiation of a transmission interval for transmitting the user data via the at least one dedicated physical data channel, causing associated control information to be transmitted via the at least one dedicated control data channel; monitoring the user data transmitted during the transmission interval for the presence of a predetermined stop condition, the stop condition being determined in respect to a period during which a transmission data format for the user data remains substantially unchanged; upon a determination that the predetermined stop condition is present, stopping transmission of the control information associated with the transmitted user data until one of at least one predetermined start conditions is determined to occur in the transmitted user data.