Patent ID: 7050406

Claim:
Apparatus for facilitating effectuation of code division multiple access data services between a network part and a first plurality of communication stations including a first station and at least a second station, upon selected traffic channels said apparatus comprising: a CDM (code division multiplexing) assignment information generator for generating CDM assignment information, the CDM assignment information forming a first multiple assignment information set for use by the first station and at least a second multiple assignment information set for use by the at least the second station; a data frame generator adapted to receive the CDM assignment information generated by said CDM assignment information generator, said data frame generator for generating data frames of selected frame lengths that contain the CDM assignment information, the data frames, once generated, for communication upon a common control channel, the common control channel monitored by the communication stations of the first plurality, thereby providing to the communication stations assignment information identifying traffic channels upon which the code division multiple access services are effectuated with respective one of the first and at least second communication stations of the first plurality.