Patent ID: 7720497

Claim:
An apparatus for channelization of a plurality of communication channels in a spread spectrum communication system, wherein said plurality of channels includes dedicated physical data channels and a high speed dedicated physical control channel and wherein said channelization is by spreading said plurality of communication channels by a set of finite number of spreading codes, the apparatus comprising: a channel spreader for spreading said high speed dedicated physical control channel using one spreading code of said set of finite number of spreading codes and on either a Q-branch or I-branch of said channel spreader; a channel mapping means for selecting either said Q-branch or I-branch of said channel spreader for the spreading of said high speed dedicated physical control channel based on a number of said dedicated physical channels in said plurality of communication channels and for selecting said one spreading code from said set of finite number of spreading codes based on whether said high speed dedicated physical control channel is being spread on said Q-branch or said I-branch of said channel spreader and said number of said dedicated physical channels in said plurality of communication channels.