Patent ID: 8208434

Claim:
A method of receiving resource allocation at a wireless terminal, the method comprising: receiving a control message providing information of a set of allocated resource elements carrying data intended for the wireless terminal; receiving information of a first set of non-zero power reference signal configuration and a second set of zero power reference signal configuration, where the first set of non-zero power reference signal configuration corresponds to one or more reference symbols corresponding to one or more antenna ports configured for wireless terminal channel measurements, where the second set of zero power reference signal configuration corresponds to one or more resource elements where there is no transmission to the wireless terminal, and where both the first set of non-zero power reference signal configuration and the second set of zero power reference signal configuration are from a common set of pre-defined and allowable reference signal configurations; deriving resource elements that carry the data intended for the wireless terminal excluding the resource elements associated with the first set of non-zero power reference signal configuration and the second set of zero power reference signal configuration; and decoding resource elements that carry data intended for the wireless terminal based on deriving the resource elements that carry the data intended for the wireless terminal.