Patent ID: 8363606

Claim:
An apparatus utilized in wireless communications, comprising: a processor configured: to receive an allocation of resources to transmit data and control code symbols, wherein transmission of control code symbols occurs during a primary transmission time interval (TTI) and transmission of data code symbols occurs during a secondary TTI, said primary TTI exceeding said secondary TTI; to determine periodically whether the data and the control code symbols are to be transmitted during a specific time interval common to the primary and secondary TTI; to multiplex the data and the control code symbols when the data and the control code symbols are to be transmitted within the specific time interval; to employ allocated resources for data transmission to convey the multiplexed data and control code symbols; and to employ allocated control resources to transmit the control code symbols without the data code symbols when the data and the control code symbols are not to be transmitted within the specific time interval; and a memory coupled to the processor and configured to store data.