Patent ID: 6973064

Claim:
A method for minimizing the amount of data necessary to signal code and timeslot assignments to support a communication of a user in a wireless hybrid time division multiple access (TDMA)/code division multiple access (CDMA) communication system comprising at least one transmitter and at least one receiver, whereby the system supports wireless radio frequency (RF) communications utilizing at least one timeslot from a predetermined sequence of timeslots and a predetermined sequence of codes, the method comprising: at the transmitter: selecting at least one timeslot from the predetermined sequence of timeslots; for said at least one selected timeslot, selecting consecutive codes from said predetermined sequence of codes; and signaling an identifier of said at least one selected timeslot and a first and last code of said selected consecutive codes without signaling the codes therebetween; and at the receiver: receiving the signaled identifier; and using said at least one selected timeslot and said selected consecutive codes to support the communication.