Patent ID: 7653028

Claim:
A method of operating a base station for a wireless communication system, the method comprising: at the base station: receiving channel state feedback information from a first mobile station and a second mobile station: configuring for a near-far situation of the first and second mobile stations, including: selecting the first mobile station as a near mobile station and the second mobile station as a far mobile station based on the received channel state feedback information; allocating resources among a plurality of mobile stations including the near and far mobile stations; packetizing data and control information for transmission during a transmission interval into forward-link signals such that a signal intended for the far mobile station is transmitted along with a signal intended for the near mobile station in a single channel and that the near mobile station is able to remove the signal intended for the far mobile station from a received signal based on the control information; and transmitting the forward-link signals to the near and far mobile stations.