Patent ID: 8204020

Claim:
A method of mapping a resource unit in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: obtaining a frequency partition (FP) count (FPCT), a size of FPi (FPS) for i>0, and a subband (SB) count of FPi (FPSC) for i>0 (where FPi is an i th FP); obtaining a value K SB,FPi indicating an SB count for FPi and a value K MB,FPi indicating a miniband (MB) count for FPi on the basis of the FPCT, the FPS, and the FPSC; and mapping an SB PRU (PRU SB ) including a plurality of contiguous physical resource units (PRUs) and an MB PRU (PRU MB ) including a plurality of contiguous PRUs to each FP on the basis of the values K SB,FPi and K MB,FPi .