Patent ID: 8437301

Claim:
A method of transmitting control information in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: allocating a first subset of downlink subframes for a first system in a frame; allocating a second subset of downlink subframes for a second system in the frame, wherein the first system and the second system are two different systems; transmitting a frame control header (FCH) in the first subset, the FCH including essential control information for the first system; and transmitting a superframe header (SFH) in the second subset, the SFH carrying essential system parameters and system configuration information for the second system wherein the first subset of downlink subframes includes two separate groups of downlink subframes, wherein a second group of the two separate groups includes a last downlink subframe of the frame, and wherein the second subset of downlink subframes is allocated between the two separate groups included in the first subset.