Patent ID: 7286509

Claim:
A method for signaling 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 RF communications utilizing at least one timeslot from a predetermined sequence of timeslots and at least one code from a predetermined sequence of codes, the method comprising: at the transmitter: selecting a plurality of timeslots; for said plurality of selected timeslots, selecting consecutive codes from said predetermined sequence, wherein each selected timeslot is assigned a same set of consecutive codes; and signaling an identifier which identifies said plurality of timeslots, a first code of said consecutive codes, and a last code of said consecutive codes, wherein the identifier for each timeslot is a bit with a bit value of one indicating that the timeslot is used for the communication and a bit value of zero indicating that the timeslot is not used for the communication; and at the receiver: receiving the signaled identifier; and using the identified timeslots and the identified consecutive codes to support the communication.