Patent ID: 8379578

Claim:
A method that facilitates transmitting control information upon a reverse link in a wireless communication system, comprising: generating control information to be communicated upon a reverse link, the control information including at least one of a periodic reverse link control message and non-periodic reverse link control message; selecting a physical control channel type for transmitting the control information as a function of the control information, wherein the control channel type selected includes at least one OFDMA control channel dedicated to a particular mobile device sending the control information when the control channel message is a periodic reverse link control message; and sending the control information over the selected type of physical control channel with the particular mobile device at a transmission rate based on at least one predetermined minimum average rate when the control channel type selected includes at least one OFDMA control channel, wherein the transmission rate of the at least one OFDMA control channel is further controlled via the at least one predetermined minimum average rate.