Patent ID: 8190163

Claim:
A method of communicating at least a first set of information and a second set of information, the method comprising: defining a first set of transmission units for use in conveying said first set of information, said first set of transmission units including at least a majority of transmission units of a transmission block, said transmission block including a plurality of transmission units, each transmission resource unit corresponding to a unique combination of resources used for transmission of information, said resources including at least two of time, frequency, phase, and spreading code; defining a second set of said transmission units for use in conveying said second set of information, said second set of transmission units including less transmission units than the first set, at least some of the transmission units in the first and second sets of transmission units being the same, said transmission units in said second set of transmission units being transmission units in said transmission block; and using at least one transmitter to transmit the first and second sets of information using transmission units included in said first and second sets of transmission units; wherein using at least one transmitter to transmit the first and second sets of information includes using transmission units included in said first set of transmission units to transmit a first signal corresponding to the first set of information and using the transmission units in said second set of transmission units to transmit a second signal corresponding to the second set of information; and wherein said second signal is transmitted at a higher power level than said first signal on a per transmission unit basis, said power level at which the transmission units corresponding to the second signal are transmitted being at least 3 dB greater than the power level at which the transmission units corresponding to the first signal are transmitted.