Patent ID: 8005059

Claim:
A method for transmitting a packet to a receiver over a primary and supplemental channel in a wireless communications network, the method comprising the steps of: communicating from radio network node indications of a primary code and a set of N supplemental codes assigned to the receiver over a control channel; determining at the radio network node whether a packet should be transmitted over a supplemental channel; and when the packet should be transmitted over a supplemental channel, transmitting a first portion of the packet and a supplemental channel indicator over a same single packet transmission time interval on the primary channel and transmitting a second portion of the packet over the same single packet transmission time interval on the which corresponds to the supplemental channel indicator, wherein the supplemental channel is configured using an assigned specific supplemental code belonging to the set of N supplemental codes assigned to the receiver; and when the packet should not be transmitted over a supplemental channel, transmitting the packet over the primary channel.