Patent ID: 7512155

Claim:
A method of digital communication by transmitting multiplexed user data from user data channels and control data from a control channel, comprising the steps of: predefining a first number of frames that are to make up each hyperframe in a sequence of hyperframes and a second number of basic transmission units of said control data to be passed in each said hyperframe; assigning, responsively to said predefined first and second numbers, a third number of said basic transmission units to said control channel in a first data frame of a hyperframe; assigning, responsively to said third number, a fourth number of said basic transmission units to a selected one of said user data channels in said first data frame; assigning respective fifth numbers of said basic transmission units to all others of said user data channels in said first data frame; multiplexing said third number of said basic transmission units of said control channel, said fourth number of said basic transmission units of said user data channels, and said fifth numbers of said basic transmission units of said user data channels to define said first data frame; using new control data from said control channel and new user data from said user data channels, repeating said steps of assigning a third number responsively to said predefined first and second numbers, assigning a fourth number, and multiplexing to define at least one second data frame in said hyperframe, wherein said third number in said first data frame differs from said third number in said second data frame; and transmitting said first data frame and said at least one second data frame to a receiver.