Patent ID: 8488531

Claim:
A method for allocating communication resources for a communication between a transmitter and a receiver in a multi-user cellular communication system, the communication resources being divided into time periods and frequency sub-bands, the method comprising: receiving a channel quality measurement from the receiver; allocating to the receiver a part of the communication resources designated for frequency localized channels for providing multiuser-diversity based on the channel quality measurement, if allocating the part of the communication resources designated for the frequency localized channels is selected, or allocating to the receiver a part of the communication resources designated for frequency distributed channels for providing link-diversity if allocating the part of the communication resources designated for the frequency localized channels is not selected, wherein, in a same time period, the part of the communication resources designated for the frequency localized channels coexist with and distinct from the part of the communication resources designated for the frequency distributed channels; and informing the receiver a type and a channel of the communication resources allocated to the receiver, the type being a type of the frequency localized channels or a type of the frequency distributed channels; wherein a look-up table is used by the receiver to obtain the type of the communication resources allocated to the receiver.