Patent ID: 8019006

Claim:
For use in a wireless network, a subscriber station capable of communicating with the wireless network according to a multi-carrier protocol, the subscriber station comprising: a size M1 Fourier Transform (FT) block configured to receive user data input symbols for a user and generate therefrom M1 FT pre-coded outputs, M1 being a first non-negative integer; a size M2 Fourier Transform (FT) block configured to receive control input symbols for the user and generate therefrom M2 FT pre-coded outputs, M2 being a second non-negative integer; and a size N inverse Fourier Transform (TFT) block configured to receive N inputs, the N inputs including at least the M1 FT pre-coded outputs from the size M1 FT block and the M2 FT pre-coded outputs from the size M2 FT block, and generate therefrom N outputs to be transmitted to a base station of the wireless network.