Patent ID: 8837421

Claim:
A method comprising: configuring a common logical resource space comprised of a plurality of time-frequency resources and code resources, wherein the common logical resource space is split within a physical resource block and is thereby comprised of a first portion for a first type of signaling and a second portion for a second type of signaling, said second portion being at the end of the configured common logical resource space, wherein the first type of signaling comprises at least one of persistent acknowledgement signaling and scheduling request signaling, wherein the second type of signaling comprises dynamic acknowledgement signaling, and wherein the first type of signaling and the second type of signaling share a common, staggered channelization structure; allocating, based on the configured common logical resource space, resources of the common logical resource space for the at least one of persistent acknowledgement signaling and scheduling request signaling; and signaling the space indicative of the first portion to determine a location of the beginning of the second portion, wherein a resource index for the first type of signaling is signaled explicitly via higher layer signaling or radio resource control signaling, and wherein the first portion and the second portion partially overlap.