Patent ID: 8046018

Claim:
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer executable instructions for channelization of a plurality of communication channels in a spread spectrum communication system, wherein said plurality of channels includes dedicated physical data channels and a high speed dedicated physical control channel and wherein said channelization is by spreading said plurality of communication channels by a set of finite number of spreading codes, the stored computer-executable instructions configured to cause a computer to perform steps comprising: spreading said high speed dedicated physical control channel using one spreading code of said set of finite number of spreading codes and on either a Quadrature branch (Q-branch) or In-phase branch (I-branch) of a channel spreader; selecting either said Q-branch or I-branch of said channel spreader for the spreading of said high speed dedicated physical control channel based on a number of said dedicated physical channels in said plurality of communication channels; selecting said one spreading code from said set of finite number of spreading codes based on whether said high speed dedicated physical control channel is being spread on said Q-branch or said I-branch of said channel spreader and said number of said dedicated physical channels in said plurality of communication channels.