1378738 九、發明說明： [根據35U.S.C. §119主張優先權] 本專利申請案主張優先於2003年1〇月2日提出申請之名 稱爲「控制通道之柔性多工（Flexible muhiplexing 〇f Control Channel)」之臨時申請案第6〇/5〇8,537號，該申請 案受讓給本發明之受讓人並以引用方式明確地倂入本文 中。 [參照同在_請中之專利申請案] 本專利申請案與以下同在申請中的美國專利申請案相 關： 與本發明同時提出申請且代理檔案號碼爲〇3 %丨〇之「用 於將控制資訊多工至一實體資料通道之系統及方法 (Systems and Method for Multiplexing Control Information onto a Physical Data Channel)」，該申請案受讓與本發明之 受讓人並以引用方式明確地併入本文中；及 與本發明同時提出申請且代理檔案號碼爲〇3〇611之「使 用多時槽格式傳遞控制資料之系統及方法（Systems and Method for Communication Control Data Using Multiple Slot Formats)」，该申請案受讓與本發明之受讓人並以引用方式 明確地併入本文中。 【發明所屬之技術領域】 本發明概言之係關於通信系統，更具體而言，係關於藉 由將控制資訊相組纟、然後在一單一控制通道上發射經組 合之資訊來爲多個資料通道提供控制資訊之系統及方法。 96557.doc 1378738 【先前技術】 無線通信系統可用於達成資訊在行動裝置么 間、在行動裝置與資訊词服器之間、在各行動裝^等= „裝置之間所傳輸之資訊可包括音頻(例如語二 m南速資料、控制資訊及各種其他類型之資料。 貝例性電信系統包括一基地台控制器、一或多個 台及-或多個行動台。其中每一基地台皆藉由一通常：作 回程網路之網路輕合至基地台控制器。該回程網路通常勺 3該基地台㈣H與各基地台之㈣實體 行動㈣合至其中一基地卜各行動台與各基地二 的通彳5鏈路包.含無線鏈路。 每一行動台與和其進行通信之基地台之間的無線通信鏈 路皆包括-組用於自該基地台向該行動台傳輸資料之通道 以及-組用於自該行動台向該基地台傳輸資料之通道。其 中’第一組通道（自基地台至行動台）稱作正向鍵路，第二組 通道（自行動台至基地台）稱作反向鏈路。 正向鏈路及反向鏈路二者之通道皆組態用於載送不同類 型之貧訊。舉例而言，其中某些通道載送資料’而其他通 道則載送控制資訊。在-實施例中，反向鏈路包含一主專 用資料通道及-對應的專用控制通道。該控制通道組態用 於載送解碼該主專用資料通道所需之資訊，例如載送—關 於在該資料通道上發射資料時所用資料速率之指示。 合意之情形係在該系統中增加另一資料通道。如同該主 專用貝料通道-般’爲使基地台能夠解碼該附加資料通道 96557.doc 1378738 必須發射用於該附加資料通道之控制資1378738 IX. Description of invention: [Priority according to 35U.SC §119] This patent application claims to be preceded by the flexible muting of the control channel (Flexible muhiplexing 〇f Control Channel) </ RTI> </ RTI> <RTIgt; </ RTI> <RTIgt; </ RTI> <RTIgt; </ RTI> </ RTI> <RTIgt; [Reference to the patent application in the same application] The present patent application is related to the following U.S. patent application in the same application: the application filed at the same time as the present invention and the agent file number is 〇3%丨〇" Systems and Method for Multiplexing Control Information onto a Physical Data Channel, the application of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety by reference. And the "Systems and Method for Communication Control Data Using Multiple Slot Formats", which is filed at the same time as the present invention and has a proxy file number of 〇3〇611. The assignee and the assignee of the present invention are expressly incorporated herein by reference. TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates generally to communication systems, and more particularly to a plurality of materials by grouping control information and then transmitting the combined information on a single control channel. The channel provides a system and method for controlling information. 96557.doc 1378738 [Prior Art] Wireless communication system can be used to achieve information between mobile devices, between mobile devices and information vocabularies, between mobile devices, etc. (For example, the language, the control information and various other types of information. The shell-like telecommunications system includes a base station controller, one or more stations and/or multiple mobile stations. Each base station borrows From a normal: the network for the backhaul network is lightly coupled to the base station controller. The backhaul network usually consists of the base station (4) H and each base station (4) entity action (4) combined with one of the base stations and each Base 2's wanted 5 link packet. Contains a wireless link. The wireless communication link between each mobile station and the base station with which it communicates includes a group for transmitting data from the base station to the mobile station. The channel and the group are used to transmit data from the mobile station to the base station. The first group of channels (from the base station to the mobile station) are called forward links, and the second group of channels (from the mobile station to Base station Both the forward link and the reverse link are configured to carry different types of poor traffic. For example, some of the channels carry data 'and other channels carry control information. In an embodiment, the reverse link comprises a main dedicated data channel and a corresponding dedicated control channel. The control channel is configured to carry information needed to decode the main dedicated data channel, such as carrying - about An indication of the rate of data used to transmit data on the data channel. It is desirable to add another data channel to the system. As with the main dedicated channel, the base station is capable of decoding the additional data channel 96657.doc 1378738 Must control the control resources for this additional data channel
附加資料通道之所需控制資訊。 上所發射之資料，兑 訊。通常，該控制I 加控制通道上發射。 【發明内容】 本文所揭示實施例藉由使用一單一控制通道來發射用於 多個資料通道之控制資訊來滿足上述需要。 一種於一 W-CDMA通信系統中實施之方法。 一實施例包括 。該方法包括： 在行動台中將用於一第一資料通道之資料速率資訊與一用 於一第二資料通道之資料速率資訊相組合，編碼該組合資 料速率，然後經由一單一控制通道將經編碼之組合資料速 率H 自該行動台發射至一基地台。該方法進一步包括： 在該基地台t接收經編碼之組合資料速率資訊，解碼該經 編碼之組合資料速率資訊以産生該經組合之資料速率資 sfl ’然後萃取用於第一及第二資料通道之資料速率資訊， 並使用該資訊來解碼第一及第二資料通道。 一替代實施例包括一種於一用於無線通信系統之行動台 中貫施之方法。該方法包括：在一行動台内將用於一第一 資料通道之資料速率資訊與用於一第二資料通道之資料速 率資訊相組合’編碍該組合資料速率資訊，然後經由一單 一控制通道自該行動台向該基地台發射經編碼之組合資料 速率資訊。 96557.doc 1378738 另一替代實施例包括一種於一用於無線通信系統之基地 台中實施之方法。該方法包括：在該基地台中接收經編碼 之組合資料速率資訊，解碼該經編碼之组合資料速率資訊 以産生組合資料速率資訊，然後萃取用於第一及第二資料 通道之資料速率資訊，並使用該資訊來解碼該第一及第二 資料通道》 再一替代實施例包括一行動台，該行動台包括一收發器 子系統及一耦合至該收發器子系統之處理子系統，其中該 處理子系統組態用於·將用於一第一資料通道之資料速率 資訊與用於一第二資料通道之資料速率資訊相組合，編碼 β玄組合資料速率資訊，然後經由一單一控制通道發射經編 碼之組合資料速率資訊。 再一替代實施例包括一基地台，該基地台包括一收發器 子系統及一耦合至該收發器子系統之處理子系統，其中該 處理子系統組態用於：經由一單一控制通道接收經編碼之 組合貧料速率資訊，解碼該經編碼之組合資料速率資訊以 産生組合資料速率資訊，然後自該組合資料速率資訊中萃 取出用於一第一資料通道之資料速率資訊及用於一第二資 料通道之資料速率資訊。 再一替代實施例包括一種包含一行動台及一基地台之無 線通信系統。該行動台組態用於：將用於一第一資料通道 之資料速率資訊與用於一第二資料通道之資料速率相組 & 編喝該組合資料速率資訊，然後經由一單一控制通道 發射該經編碼之組合資料速率資訊。該基地台組態用以： 96557.doc -9- 1378738 經由該單一控制通道來接收經編碼之組合資料速率資訊， 解碼該經編碼之組合資料速率資訊以産生組合資料速率資 δίΐ ’然後自該組合資料速率資訊中萃取出用於該第一資料 通道之資料速率資訊及用於該第二資料通道之資料速率資 訊。 本發明亦可具有衆多其他替代實施例。 【實施方式】 下文將闡述本發明之一或多個實施例。應注意，下文所 述之該等及任何其他實施例僅爲實例性實施例，其旨在闡 釋而非限定本發明。 如本文所述，本發明之各實施例包括用於使用一單一控 制通道來傳輸用於多個資料通道之控制資料的系統及方 法。在一實施例中，一種方法於一 W_CDMA通信系統中實 施。S亥方法包括：在一行動台中將用於一第—資料通道之 資料速率資訊與用於一第二資料通道之資料速率資訊相組 合’編碼該組合資料速率資訊，然後經由一單一控制通道 自該行動台向一基地台發射經編碼之組合資料速率資訊。 S玄方法進一步包括：在該基地台中接收經編碼之組合資料 速率資訊，解碼該經編碼之組合資料速率資訊以産生組合 資料速率資訊，然後萃取用於該第一及第二資料通道之資 料速率資訊，並使用該資訊來解碼該第一及第二資料通道。 本發明之一實施例係於一根據一 W-CDMA(寬頻分碼多 向進接）標準設計之無線通信系統中實施。因此，爲有助於 理解本發明，對此一系統之基本結構及運作加以闡述將有 96557.doc 1378738 所助盈。應注意’儘管下文之說明主要著重於一遵循該標 準之系統，然而亦可在遵循其他標準之系統中實施其他實 方¢( Ί列。 參見圖1 ’該圖闡釋一本發明實施例之無線通信系統之結 構。系統100包括一基地台控制器i i 〇，一藉由一回程網路 13〇輕合至基地台控制器110之基地台12〇，及一行動台 14〇。系統1〇〇亦可包括其他基地台及行動台，但爲清晰起 見，該圖中未圖示。 用於指代該系統中各組件之術語可能會因實施例而異。 舉例而言’可將基地台控制器110稱作無線電網路控制器 (RNC)，將基地台120稱作「節點_B」，將行動台14〇稱作使 用者設備（UE)。由於本發明之不同實施例可實施於不同類 型之無線通信系統中（例如根據不同標準或根據同一標準 之不同版本設計之线）’因而應廣義地理解本發明所提及 之不同組件，且當使用適用於一具體類型系統之術語來指 代具體組件時’不應認爲此意味著本發明之各實施例皆 限定爲彼具體類型之系統。 亦應注意，儘管本文中對該實施例及其它實 係著重於一其中一行動台可相對一基地台移動之系統，费 而，其他實施例亦可實施於能夠在其他類型之裝置之間缝 成無線通信之系統中。其中—梦罟去v* τ 衮置未必係一「基地台」，另 裝置亦未必係「行動」裝罟。田+ 灯切」衮置。因此，本文中所提及之行 動台及基地台應視爲包括任何 17 ]相互通信之無線收發器裝 置。 96557.doc 1378738 在只各中，儘官基地台120與行動台14〇之具體設計可能 週異’然而二者皆用作一藉由正向鏈路及反向鏈路進行通 信之無線收發器。因此，基地台12()與行動台刚具有相同 之總體結構。該結構顯示於圖2中。 ，見圖2’該圖顯示—詩闡釋—本發明實施例之無線收 發器系統中各基本結構組件之功能性方塊圖。如該圖所 不，該系統包括一發射子系統222及一接收子系統224，二 者皆分別鶴合至-天線226。㈣子系統222及接收子系統 2/4可-同稱作—收發器子系統。發射子系統加及接收子 系統224可藉由天線226來存取正向鏈路及/或反向鏈路。 發射子系統222及接收子系統224亦皆耦合至處理器 228’該處理器組態用以控制發射子系統222及接收子系 統224。記憶體230耦合至處理器228以爲該處理器提供工作 空間及局部储存器。處理器228及記憶體23()可一同稱作一 處理子系統。-資料源232耦合至處理器228,以便提供資 料供該系統發射。資料源232可（舉例而言）包括—麥克風或 來自’網路裝置之輸入。該資料由處王里器22 8處理後轉接 至發射子系統222 ’然後由發射子系統222藉由天線咖來發 射資料。接收子系統224藉由天線226接收到資料後，將資 料轉接至處理器228以供處理，然後再轉接至資料輸出端 234 ’以供提供給使用者。資料輸出端234可包含諸如揚聲 器、視覺顯示器或輸出至一網路裝置之輸出端等裝置。 熟習本發明所屬技術者應瞭解，圖2所示結構僅爲閣釋 性，其他實施例亦可使用其他構造。舉例而言，處理器⑵ 96557.doc 1378738 可爲通用微處理器、數位信號處理器（Dsp)或專用處理器， 且可執行收發器中其他組件之某些或所有功能，或收發器 所需之任何其他處理。因此，下文所述申請專利範圍之範 疇並非僅限於本文所述之具體構造。 行動台140通常不處於靜止狀態（儘管在某些情況下其可 能靜止）。相反地，行動台14〇可能會相對於基地台12〇移 動。行動台140之位置變化通常會使行動台]4〇與基地台】 之間無線鏈路之通道狀態發生變化。通道狀態亦可能會受 到諸如大氣條件、行動台14〇與基地台12〇之間其他物體之 移動、來自其他發射機之干擾等的影響。 由於無線通信鏈路之通道狀態出現變化，因而行動台14〇 向基地台120發射資料之資料速率亦可能會隨之變化。行動 台140發射資料所用之資料速率之該等變化係爲提供一夠 高之訊號雜訊比SNR(或訊號對干擾加雜訊比，smR)、以 使基地台120以-可接受之錯誤率接收到資料所必須。通道 狀態愈佳，行動台可使用之資料速率即愈高；而通道狀態 愈差，行動台所必須使用之資料速率即愈低。 在某些實施例中，可將一個或多個通道之資料速率及對 應之貧料格式稱作一值_ / 稱作傳輸格式（TF)或傳輸格式組合 (TFC)。爲清晰起見，在下文中可將各單獨之傳輸格式及傳 輸格式組合簡單地稱作資料速率。 在-實施例中’將無線通信系統中之行動台組態爲在三 個通道上向基地台發射資訊。該等通道中之第-通道係一 專用資料通道。該資料通道可載送各種類型之資料，包括 96557.doc 1378738 諸如6吾音資料、串流視訊或類似資料等高優先權資料及其 遞送對延遲並不敏感之較低優先權資料。在本文中，該專 用資料通道可稱作主資料通道，該第二通道係一控制通 道6玄控制通道用於載送該基地台爲將主資料通道上所發 射之資料正確解媽所需之控制資訊。該控制f訊可（舉例而 。）包括引不（pilot)通道資訊、功率控制資訊及資料速率資 訊。該f不同類型之資訊亦可表徵爲實體控制通道中的不 同邏輯通道。 在習知之WCDMA系統中即具有主資料通道及控制通 道。通常，對於在主資料通道上發射之每一訊框，皆存在 一於控制通道上發射之對應訊框。控制通道訊框中所包含 之資Λ在由基地台接收到並解碼後，用於解碼資料通道訊 框中之資訊。控制通道訊框既可與對應之資料通道訊框同 步發射，亦可在對應之資料通道訊框發射之前發射。 在本實施例中，除主資料通道及控制通道外，亦自行動 台向基地台發射一第三通道（一增強之專用資料通道）。在本 實施例中，該增強之資料通道用於爲對延遲不敏感之高速 服務發射資料。在替代實施例十，亦可發射其他類型之資 料。儘管需要將用於該增強資料通道之控制資訊發射至甚 地台，以使基地台可將經由該增強資料通道接收到的資料 解碼，然而’該控制資訊並非在一與上述控制通道相獨立 之控制通道中發射。而是將用於該增強資料通道之控制資 訊與一主資料通道之控制資訊相組合，然後在—個控制通 道上將經組合之控制資訊自行動台發射至基地台。下文將 96557.doc 14 詳細說明實現此種發射之方式。 在本實施例中，所有三個；s 4, —固通道（主專用資料通道，專用控 制通道及增強之專用資料诵洁 付通道）皆使用相同之訊框格式。該 格式顯示於圖3中。圖3顯示 示，每一訊框皆跨越十毫秒 個時槽。 兩個訊框3 00及3 1 0。如該圖所 °每一訊框皆進一步分解成i 5 如上所述，在本實施例中，該控制通道用於發射控制資 訊’包括引示資料、功率控制資料及資料速率資訊。參I傷 圖4該圖顯示用於闡釋每一時槽内該資訊之結構之圖 式圖4、·’曰示單一時槽400。時槽4〇〇内包含引示資料41〇、 功率控制資料420及資料速率資訊43〇。時槽4〇〇由十個位元 且成°亥等十個位元中有六個位元用於傳送引示資料4丨〇， 同時有^個位元用作功率控制資料兩個位元用於資料 速率資訊430。該資料速率資訊在圖中顯示.TFCI、或傳輸 格式組合指示符。 儘管在每一時槽中，TFCI資訊430僅包含兩個位元，然而 擊 可供用於傳輸每一訊框之TFCI值之位元多於兩個。其原因 在於所選的由行動台在主資料通道及增強資料通道上發 射資料時所使用之傳輸格式係逐一訊框地進行更新。換言 之’儘官每一資料通道皆可爲每一後續訊框選擇一不同之 傳輸格式’然而傳輸格式在該訊框期間保持不變。因此， 該訊框中之所有30個TFCI位元（兩個位元乘以十五個時槽） —而非僅單個時槽中之兩個TFCI位元一皆可供用於傳輸所 選TFCI值。 96557.doc 1378738 儘管在-訊框中有30個位元專用於自行動 射TFCI資訊，然而，實 。向基地。發 位元。此乃因該傳輪所傳輸之傳輸格式資訊少於糊 編碼作紫匕/担 將在發射之前進行編碼。該 編碼作業曰在提高資料傳輸之可靠性以 元之數量。下文將對該處理進行概述。"大㈤發射位 參見圖5’孩圖顯示一用於闡釋根據一本發明 =率資訊實施編碼之過程之流程圖。在該圖中，對資: Π:")實施編碼_)。在本實例中，編= 仃 ，4方案。該編碼作業由如下組成：以一熟 呢祕通信領域者衆所習知之方式 咨刺_ φ m展頸碼覆蓋原始 .1 ’ 5 。對由十個資料位元組成之原始資料速率資 ㈣施料會產生32個位元之已編碼速率資訊^ 上文結合圖4所述之控制資料格式僅提供3q個位元用^ 料速率貪訊，因而必須執行 、- 在-實施例中，速率匹……丰匹配(塊52°)。 _最㈣Si功…將已編碼資料「穿孔」 因此，自該等十個位元之原始資料速率資訊中會産生％ 之經編碼之資料速率資訊。然後，可藉由如下方式 ㈣等3G個位元之已編碼資料速率資訊自行動台發射至L 地台·在該訊框之第一味描由恭&工2 土 之黛1主Μ 兩個位元，在該訊框 之第一時槽中發射下面兩個位元，依此類推， 個位元皆已得到發射。 有30 在-習知系統中，所有十個位元之原始資料速率資訊* 可供用來傳送主專用資料通道所使用之資料速率。然而Υ 96557.doc -16- 1378738 通常並不需要使用十個位 來軚識用於主資料通道之資料 逮丰。通常情況是：僅有相& 兮-q, 另相對少里之可能的資料速率用於 《料通道。例如，可能僅 有四個、八個或16個可能的資 枓逮率可供主專用通道之實 I# 只際貝科逮率選用。若僅有四個 可此之資料速率，則彳害t 袖 、而兩個位元即可標識出在此四（22) 個可能之資料速率中選擇 個責枓連率。同樣，若僅有 八（2 )個或16(24)個可能 、料速率’則分別僅需三個或四 個位元即可標識出所選速傘 μ 、迷旱。因此，在該等實例中，在可 供用來傳送資料速率資訊 _ χ 豕寺十個位兀中有六至八個位 疋未得到使用。 在本實施财，該等未用於標識主資料通道資料速率之 位凡則用於標識增強資料通道之資料速率。在上述實例 中’由於使用四個位元來傳送主資料通道之資料速率，因 :在該等十個位元中有六個可供用於標識增強資料通道之 貝料速率。該等六個位元可用於標識在“(26)個可能之速率 中選擇哪一資料速率。 因此’在本實施例中，一行動台爲主資料通道及增強資 料通道選擇合適之f料速率，並在料十個可用位元中组 合對應於料值之詞速率指㈣，然後以假若該等位元 僅包含主資料通道之資料速率f訊之相同方式來處理該等 十個位7〇。當基地台接收到一控制資料訊框日夺，會解碼該 二貝Λ且萃取出對應於主資料通道及增強資料通道中每一 資料通道之資料速率資訊，並使用該等資料速率資訊來解 碼對應的資料通道。 96557.doc -17· 本實施例所使用之方法顯示於圖6中。圖6係一 -單-控制通道傳輸用於兩個資料通道之控制資訊之‘ 之流程圖。該圖所示之方法包括一位於該圖左側之 分及一位於該圖右側之第二部分。該第-部分大體對庫二 该方法中由行動台所執行之部分。該第二部分大體對應於 該方法中由基地台所執行之部分。應注意，除該圖所：之 整個方法外，亦可將該方法之第一部分及第二部分 爲替代實施例。 視Additional control information for the data channel. The information transmitted on the exchange. Typically, this control I is transmitted on the control channel. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The embodiments disclosed herein address the above needs by transmitting control information for multiple data channels using a single control channel. A method implemented in a W-CDMA communication system. An embodiment includes . The method includes: combining data rate information for a first data channel with data rate information for a second data channel in a mobile station, encoding the combined data rate, and then encoding the data through a single control channel The combined data rate H is transmitted from the mobile station to a base station. The method further includes: receiving, at the base station t, the encoded combined data rate information, decoding the encoded combined data rate information to generate the combined data rate resource sfl 'and then extracting for the first and second data channels Data rate information, and use this information to decode the first and second data channels. An alternate embodiment includes a method for use in a mobile station for a wireless communication system. The method comprises: combining data rate information for a first data channel with data rate information for a second data channel in a mobile station to block the combined data rate information and then via a single control channel The encoded combined data rate information is transmitted from the mobile station to the base station. 96557.doc 1378738 Another alternate embodiment includes a method implemented in a base station for a wireless communication system. The method includes: receiving encoded combined data rate information in the base station, decoding the encoded combined data rate information to generate combined data rate information, and then extracting data rate information for the first and second data channels, and Using the information to decode the first and second data channels. Yet another alternative embodiment includes a mobile station that includes a transceiver subsystem and a processing subsystem coupled to the transceiver subsystem, wherein the processing The subsystem is configured to combine the data rate information for a first data channel with the data rate information for a second data channel, encode the β meta-combined data rate information, and then transmit the data via a single control channel. The combined data rate information of the code. Yet another alternative embodiment includes a base station including a transceiver subsystem and a processing subsystem coupled to the transceiver subsystem, wherein the processing subsystem is configured to: receive via a single control channel Coding the combined poor rate information, decoding the encoded combined data rate information to generate combined data rate information, and extracting data rate information for a first data channel from the combined data rate information and for Data rate information of the two data channels. Still another alternative embodiment includes a wireless communication system including a mobile station and a base station. The mobile station is configured to: combine data rate information for a first data channel with a data rate for a second data channel & compose the combined data rate information, and then transmit the data through a single control channel The encoded combined data rate information. The base station is configured to: 96557.doc -9- 1378738 receive the encoded combined data rate information via the single control channel, and decode the encoded combined data rate information to generate a combined data rate δίΐ 'and then from The combined data rate information extracts data rate information for the first data channel and data rate information for the second data channel. The invention is also capable of numerous other alternative embodiments. [Embodiment] One or more embodiments of the present invention will be described below. It is to be noted that the following and any other embodiments are merely exemplary embodiments, which are intended to illustrate and not to limit the invention. As described herein, various embodiments of the present invention include systems and methods for transmitting control data for a plurality of data channels using a single control channel. In one embodiment, a method is implemented in a W_CDMA communication system. The method of sho includes: combining data rate information for a first data channel with data rate information for a second data channel in a mobile station to encode the combined data rate information, and then self-single through a single control channel The mobile station transmits the encoded combined data rate information to a base station. The S-method further includes receiving encoded combined data rate information in the base station, decoding the encoded combined data rate information to generate combined data rate information, and extracting data rates for the first and second data channels. Information and use the information to decode the first and second data channels. One embodiment of the present invention is implemented in a wireless communication system designed in accordance with a W-CDMA (Broadband Coded Multidirectional Advance) standard. Therefore, in order to facilitate the understanding of the present invention, the basic structure and operation of this system will be explained by the benefit of 96557.doc 1378738. It should be noted that although the following description focuses primarily on a system that follows this standard, other implementations can be implemented in systems that follow other standards. (See Figure 1 'This diagram illustrates a wireless embodiment of the present invention. The structure of the communication system. The system 100 includes a base station controller ii 〇, a base station 12 〇 that is lightly coupled to the base station controller 110 by a backhaul network 13 , and a mobile station 14 〇. Other base stations and mobile stations may also be included, but are not shown in the figure for clarity. Terms used to refer to components in the system may vary from embodiment to embodiment. For example, 'the base station can be The controller 110 is referred to as a Radio Network Controller (RNC), the base station 120 is referred to as "Node_B", and the Mobile Station 14 is referred to as a User Equipment (UE). As various embodiments of the present invention may be implemented in Different types of wireless communication systems (eg, lines designed according to different standards or according to different versions of the same standard) 'Therefore, the different components mentioned in the present invention should be broadly understood, and when using a system suitable for a specific type of system When referring to a specific component, 'this should not be taken as meaning that the embodiments of the present invention are limited to the specific type of system. It should also be noted that although this embodiment and other embodiments focus on one of the actions herein The system can be moved relative to a base station, and other embodiments can be implemented in a system capable of sewing wireless communication between other types of devices. Among them, the nightmare v* τ device may not be a " "Base station", the installation is not necessarily "action". The field + light cut is set. Therefore, the mobile station and base station mentioned in this article should be regarded as including any 17] wireless transceiver device that communicates with each other. 96557.doc 1378738 In each case, the specific design of the base station 120 and the mobile station 14 may be different. However, both are used as a wireless communication for communication via the forward link and the reverse link. Therefore, the base station 12() has exactly the same overall structure as the mobile station. The structure is shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 2' Fig. 2 shows the poem explanation - each of the wireless transceiver systems of the embodiment of the present invention Basic structural component Functional block diagram. As shown in the figure, the system includes a transmitting subsystem 222 and a receiving subsystem 224, both of which are respectively coupled to the antenna 226. (4) The subsystem 222 and the receiving subsystem 2/4 can be - Also known as a transceiver subsystem, the transmit subsystem plus receive subsystem 224 can access the forward link and/or the reverse link via antenna 226. Both transmit subsystem 222 and receive subsystem 224 are coupled. The processor 228' is configured to control the transmit subsystem 222 and the receive subsystem 224. The memory 230 is coupled to the processor 228 to provide a workspace and local storage for the processor. The processor 228 and the memory 23 () may be referred to collectively as a processing subsystem. - Data source 232 is coupled to processor 228 to provide data for transmission by the system. Data source 232 can, for example, include a microphone or input from a 'network device. The data is processed by the remote unit 22 8 and transferred to the transmitting subsystem 222 ' and then transmitted by the transmitting subsystem 222 via the antenna coffee. Receiving subsystem 224 receives the data via antenna 226, transfers the data to processor 228 for processing, and then transfers to data output 234' for presentation to the user. Data output 234 can include devices such as speakers, visual displays, or outputs to an output of a network device. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the structure shown in Figure 2 is merely illustrative, and other configurations may use other configurations. For example, the processor (2) 96557.doc 1378738 can be a general purpose microprocessor, a digital signal processor (Dsp), or a dedicated processor, and can perform some or all of the other components of the transceiver, or transceivers required Any other processing. Therefore, the scope of the claims described below is not limited to the specific constructions described herein. The mobile station 140 is typically not in a stationary state (although in some cases it may be stationary). Conversely, the mobile station 14 may move relative to the base station 12〇. The change in the position of the mobile station 140 usually changes the channel state of the wireless link between the mobile station and the base station. Channel conditions may also be affected by, for example, atmospheric conditions, movement of other objects between the mobile station 14〇 and the base station 12〇, interference from other transmitters, and the like. As the channel status of the wireless communication link changes, the data rate at which the mobile station 14 transmits data to the base station 120 may also change. The change in the data rate used by the mobile station 140 to transmit data is to provide a sufficiently high signal to noise ratio SNR (or signal to interference plus noise ratio, smR) to enable the base station 120 to accept an error rate. Required to receive the data. The better the channel state, the higher the data rate that the mobile station can use; and the worse the channel state, the lower the data rate that the mobile station must use. In some embodiments, the data rate of one or more channels and the corresponding poor material format may be referred to as a value _ / referred to as a transport format (TF) or transport format combination (TFC). For the sake of clarity, the individual transport formats and transport format combinations may hereinafter be referred to simply as data rates. In an embodiment, the mobile station in the wireless communication system is configured to transmit information to the base station on three channels. The first channel in the channels is a dedicated data channel. This data channel can carry a variety of types of information, including 96557.doc 1378738 High priority data such as 6 Mys, Streaming Video or similar and its delivery of lower priority data that is not sensitive to delay. In this paper, the dedicated data channel can be referred to as a main data channel, and the second channel is a control channel 6 and the control channel is used to carry the base station to correctly decode the data transmitted on the main data channel. Control information. The control information (for example) includes pilot channel information, power control information, and data rate information. The different types of information of the f can also be characterized as different logical channels in the physical control channel. In the conventional WCDMA system, there is a main data channel and a control channel. Typically, for each frame transmitted on the primary data channel, there is a corresponding frame transmitted on the control channel. The information contained in the control channel frame is used to decode the information in the data channel frame after being received and decoded by the base station. The control channel frame can be transmitted synchronously with the corresponding data channel frame or before the corresponding data channel frame is transmitted. In this embodiment, in addition to the main data channel and the control channel, a third channel (an enhanced dedicated data channel) is also transmitted from the mobile station to the base station. In this embodiment, the enhanced data channel is used to transmit data for high speed services that are insensitive to delay. In alternative embodiment 10, other types of materials may also be transmitted. Although the control information for the enhanced data channel needs to be transmitted to the remote station so that the base station can decode the data received via the enhanced data channel, the control information is not independent of the above control channel. Launch in the control channel. Instead, the control information for the enhanced data channel is combined with the control information of a master data channel, and the combined control information is transmitted from the mobile station to the base station on a control channel. The manner in which such a launch is achieved is detailed below in the 96557.doc 14 section. In this embodiment, all three; s 4, solid channels (main dedicated data channels, dedicated control channels, and enhanced dedicated data cleaning channels) use the same frame format. This format is shown in Figure 3. Figure 3 shows that each frame spans ten milliseconds of time slots. Two frames 3 00 and 3 1 0. As shown in the figure, each frame is further decomposed into i 5 . As described above, in the present embodiment, the control channel is used to transmit control information, including pilot data, power control data, and data rate information. Fig. 4 shows a diagram for explaining the structure of the information in each time slot. Fig. 4, ′′ shows a single time slot 400. The time slot 4 includes the index data 41, the power control data 420, and the data rate information 43. The time slot 4〇〇 is composed of ten bits and six bits of ten bits such as °H are used to transmit the index data 4丨〇, and there are ^ bits for the power control data two bits. Used for data rate information 430. The data rate information is shown in the figure as .TFCI, or a transport format combination indicator. Although the TFCI information 430 contains only two bits in each time slot, more than two bits are available for transmitting the TFCI value for each frame. The reason for this is that the selected transport format used by the mobile station to transmit data on the primary data channel and the enhanced data channel is updated frame by frame. In other words, each data channel can select a different transmission format for each subsequent frame. However, the transmission format remains unchanged during the frame. Therefore, all 30 TFCI bits in the frame (two bits multiplied by fifteen time slots) - instead of only two TFCI bits in a single time slot - are available for transmission of the selected TFCI value . 96557.doc 1378738 Although there are 30 bits in the frame - dedicated to self-action TFCI information, however, it is true. To the base. The issuer. This is because the transmission format information transmitted by the transmission wheel is less than the paste code and will be encoded before transmission. This coding operation is currently improving the reliability of data transmission in a quantity. This process is outlined below. "Big (5) Emission Bits Referring to Figure 5', there is shown a flow chart for explaining the process of performing encoding according to an invention = rate information. In the figure, the code: Π: ") implements the code _). In this example, edit = 仃, 4 scheme. The coding operation consists of the following: in a way that is familiar to those in the field of communication, the _ φ m neck covering covers the original .1 ’ 5 . For the original data rate (4) consisting of ten data bits, the encoded rate information of 32 bits will be generated. ^ The control data format described above with reference to Figure 4 only provides 3q bits of data rate. Therefore, it must be performed, in the embodiment, the rate is matched... (block 52°). _Most (4) Si work... "coded" the encoded data. Therefore, % of the encoded data rate information will be generated from the original data rate information of the ten bits. Then, the encoded data rate information of 3G bits can be transmitted from the mobile station to the L platform by the following method (4). The first taste in the frame is written by Christine & 2 One bit, the next two bits are transmitted in the first slot of the frame, and so on, all the bits have been transmitted. There are 30 in the conventional system, all ten bits of raw data rate information* can be used to transfer the data rate used by the main dedicated data channel. However, Υ 96557.doc -16- 1378738 usually does not need to use ten bits to know the information used for the main data channel. The usual case is: only phase & 兮-q, and a relatively small amount of possible data rate for the material channel. For example, there may be only four, eight, or 16 possible asset capture rates available for the primary dedicated channel. If there are only four data rates that can be used, then the t-sleeve and the two bits can identify the contiguous rate of the four (22) possible data rates. Similarly, if there are only eight (2) or 16 (24) possible material rates, then only three or four bits are needed to identify the selected speed umbrella μ and drought. Therefore, in these examples, six to eight of the ten bits available for transmission of data rate information _ 豕 豕 疋 are not used. In this implementation, the data rate that is not used to identify the primary data channel is used to identify the data rate of the enhanced data channel. In the above example, 'four bits are used to transfer the data rate of the main data channel, because: six of the ten bits are available for identifying the feed rate of the enhanced data channel. The six bits can be used to identify which data rate is selected among the "(26) possible rates. Therefore, in this embodiment, a mobile station selects an appropriate material rate for the primary data channel and the enhanced data channel. And combining the word rate index (4) corresponding to the material value among the ten available bits, and then processing the ten bits in the same manner if the bits only contain the data rate of the main data channel. When the base station receives a control data frame, it decodes the data and extracts the data rate information corresponding to each data channel in the main data channel and the enhanced data channel, and uses the data rate information to Decoding the corresponding data channel. 96557.doc -17· The method used in this embodiment is shown in Fig. 6. Fig. 6 is a flow chart of the control information of the one-single-control channel for the transmission of two data channels. The method illustrated in the figure includes a portion located on the left side of the figure and a second portion located on the right side of the figure. The first portion is substantially the portion of the method that is executed by the mobile station in the method. The second portion generally corresponds to. The method should be noted that the portion of the base station performs, in addition to this figure: outside the overall process, the method may first portion and the second portion of an alternate embodiment of view.
如圖6所示’該方法首先選擇用於該第-即主專用資料通 道之資料速率資訊（塊6〇5)，以及選擇用於該第二即增 用資料通道之資料速率資訊（塊61〇)。可以任何適當之方式 爲每一資料通道選擇資料速率，例如使用彼等在無線通信 技術中習知之方法。#爲每_通道選定―資料速率後，亦 選定一對應之資料速㈣示符。如上所述，若—資料速率 係自2"個可能之資料速率中選出，則所選速率可由一 值來表示。As shown in FIG. 6 , the method first selects data rate information for the first-only primary dedicated data channel (block 6〇5), and selects data rate information for the second or additional data channel (block 61). 〇). The data rate can be selected for each data channel in any suitable manner, such as by using methods conventional in wireless communication technology. #After selecting the data rate for each channel, a corresponding data speed (four) indicator is also selected. As noted above, if the data rate is selected from 2" possible data rates, the selected rate can be represented by a value.
然後將用於該等兩㈣料通道之㈣速率資訊（例如資 料速率指示符）相組合（塊615)。在—實施例中，僅藉由使該 等兩個貝料速率指示符中之一附加至另一來使其相組合。 因此’若該第—資料通道之資料速率指示符由一四位元值 :且成’且$第二f料通道之f料速率指示符由—六位元值 成則4等十個資料速率位元中前四個位元可包含該第 _。貝料速率指示符’而該等十個資料速率位元中後六個位 儿可包含該第二資料速率指示符。在替代實施例中，該等 96557.doc -18· 1378738 兩個資料通道之資料速率指示符可以一不同方式相組合 (多工）。 當將兩個資料通道之資料速率資訊相組合以後，編碼經 組合之資訊（塊620)。在一實施例中，該組合資料速率資訊 之該等十個位元係以與主資料通道之資料速率資訊之十個 位元之通常編碼方式相同之方式進行編碼。在上述實施例 中’該編碼作業由如下組成：使用展頻碼（如使用一 1/3編碼 方案）覆蓋該等資料位元’然後對資料實施速率匹配（例如穿 孑L )以産生可於控制訊框中發射之位元數量（例如3〇個）。 J後於控制通道上的一訊框内發射經編碼之資料速率 資。孔（塊625)。在上述貫施例中，此由如下作業組成：在控 才之母時槽内皆發射該經編碼之資料速率資訊中之 :個位7G。因此’在時槽时發射該經編碼資料速率資訊之 别兩個位儿，在時槽i中發射接下來的兩個位元，依此類推。 控制資料訊框在由行動A旅、，〜 〇發射以後，經由專用控制通道 傳輸至基地台並由其从 之控制資訊訊St)收將所接收 僅包括第-資料通道之控制資::==以與宛如 資訊。在其他實施例中，亦可、甘式來解碼該控制 訊。 °以其他方式來解碼該控制資 田《亥控制資科經解碼後， 之控制資訊。因此， Α 〇即可得到該等十個位元 料通道中每-資料通道：資料出用於第-及第二f 當初係僅藉由將苴中^ ，速率資訊（塊640)。若行動台 ，、中1料速率指示符附加至另一資料速 96557.doc -19- 1378738 率心不付來組合該等資料速率指示符，則基地台將藉由將 该等十個位元剖析成分別用於第一及第二資料通道之資料 速率指示符來萃取出該等指示符。若行動台係以一種更複 雜之方式將該等資料速率指示符多工於—起，則基地台會 使用對應之解多工方法來萃取該等指示符。 ，當自控制資訊中萃取出用於第—及第二資料通道之資料 速率指示符後’基地^會使用該等資料速㈣*符來確定 發射第-及第二資料通道時所用之資料速率，然後使用各 自之資料速率資訊來解碼第一資料通道及第二資料通道 (塊 645、650)。 、應注意，亦可在上文所述實施例十做出衆多種改動，此 並不背離下文申請專利範圍中所詳述的本發明之範疇。舉 例而言，儘管前述實施例涉及將用於兩個資料通道之資料 速率資訊相組合於一單一控制通道上，然而，在其他實施 例中亦可將用於兩個以上資料通道之資料速率資訊相組 合。亦可將用於η個資料通道之資料速率資訊組合於爪個控 制通道中，其中η大於m。在另一實施例中，則可將除資料 速率資訊以外的用於不同資料通道之資訊（如訊框格式化 資訊）組合於一個或多個控制通道上。 在另一變體中’可將可供用於發射資料速率資訊之位元 以不同於上文所述之方式分配給不同之資料通道。例如， 不是將四個位元分配至一個通道並將六個位元分配至另一 通道’而是可按二個/八個位元、三個/七個位元、五個/五 個位元等進行分配。亦可使用替代訊框及/或時槽格式以使 96557.doc -20· 1378738 可供用於發射資料速率資訊之位元多於或少於十個^可使 用更高層發信來不時地改變該等不同資料速率指示符之間 之位元分配。 儘管在上文中未詳述，然而，應注意，可藉由提供在上 述行動台及基地台之各處理子系統中執行的適當程式而在 行動台及基地台中達成上述功能度。該等程式指令通常包 含於一可由各自之處理子系統讀取之儲存媒體中。實例性 儲存媒體可包括RAM記憶體、快閃記憶體、R〇M記憶體、 EPROM記憶體、EEPR0M記憶體、暫存器、硬磁碟、可抽 換磁碟、CD-ROM、或此項技術中所習知的任何其他形式 之儲存㈣。此_包含有用於達成上述功能度之程式指令 之儲存媒體構成一本發明之替代實施例。 熟習此項技術者應理解，可使用各種不同技術和技法中· 之任一技術和技法來表示資訊和信號。舉例而言，整個上 述說明中可能提及之資料、指令、命令、資訊、信號、位 元:符號和碼片可由電壓、電流、電磁波、磁場或磁粒子、 光場或光粒子、或其任一組合來表示。 熟習此項技術者應進一步瞭解，結合本文所揭示實施例 而闡述的各種闡釋性邏輯塊、模組、電路及方法步驟可構 建爲電子硬體、電腦軟體或二者之組合。爲清晰地顯示硬 名/、車人肚之互換性，上文係基於功能度來概述各種闡釋性 鄉方鬼模組、電路及步驟。將此種功能度構建爲硬 虹二或構建爲軟體係取決於具體應用及施加於整個系統上 十勺束亦應/主意，在替代實施例中，亦可將該等闡 96557.doc 1378738 釋性組件、方塊、模组、雷玖B 土 n ⑭❹電路及步驟重新排序或以其他方 式重新組合。熟習此項技術者可針對每一具體應用以不同 之方式來達成所述功能度，但不應將此種實施方案之決定 視爲背離本發明之範_。 結合本文所揭示實施例所述之各種闡釋性邏輯塊、模組 及電路可使用如下來構建或實施：通用處理器，數位，號 處理器卿）’應用專用積體電路（ASIC)，現場可程式化間 P(FPGA)或其他可程式化邏輯裝置，離散閘或電晶體邏 輯，離散硬體組件，或設計用於執行本文所述功能的其任 一組合。通用處理器可爲-微處理器，但另一選擇爲，處 理盗亦可爲任何習知處理器、控制器、微控制器或狀態機。 處理器亦可構建爲計算裝置之組合，例如一歸與一微處 理器之組合、複數個微處理器、一或多個微處理器結合一 DSP核心、或任何其他此種構造。 上文對所揭示實施例之說明旨在使任—熟習此項技術者 皆能夠製作或利用本發明。熟習此項技術者將易於得出對 該等實施例的各種修改形式，且本文所界定之一般原理亦 可應用於其他實施例，此並不背離本發明之精神或範嘴。 因此’本發明並非意欲限定爲本文所示之實施例，而是應 賦予其與本文所揭示之原理及新賴特徵相一致之最廣闊範 疇。 【圖式簡單說明】 在上文之詳細說明中已參考附圖揭示了本發明之各種態 樣及特徵，附圖中： 96557.doc -22· 1378738 圖1係一闡釋一本發明實施例無線通信系統之高階結才籌 之圖式； 圖2係一闡釋一本發明實施例無線收發器系統中各基本 結構組件之功能性方塊圖； 圖3係一闡釋根據本發明一實施例在一對資料通道及_ 控制通道上所發射之資料訊框結構之圖式； 圖4係一闡釋根據本發明一實施例的一控制訊框之每— 時槽内之控制資訊結構之圖式； 圖5係一闡釋根據本發明一實施例對資料速率資訊實施 編碼之過程之流程圖；及 圖6係一闡釋根據本發明一實施例藉由一單一控制通道 傳輸供兩個資料通道用控制資訊之過程之流程圖。 儘官本發明亦可具有各種修改形式及替代形式，然而在 圖式及伴隨的詳細說明中僅係以實例形式來顯示本發明之 特定實施例。然而，應瞭解，該等圖式及詳細說明並非意 欲將本發明限定爲所闡述之具體實施例。 【主要元件符號說明】 110 基地台控制器（無線電網路控制 120 基地台（節點B) 130 網路 140 行動台（使用者設備） 222 發射子系統 224 接收子系統 226 天線 96557.doc •23- 1378738 228 230 232 234 300 310 400 410 420 430 處理器 記憶體 資料源 資料輸出端 訊框η 訊框η+1 時槽 引示資料 功率控制資料 資料速率資訊 96557.docThe (iv) rate information (e. g., the data rate indicator) for the two (four) material channels is then combined (block 615). In an embodiment, the two bead rate indicators are only combined by one of them. Therefore, if the data rate indicator of the first data channel is from a four-bit value: and the data rate indicator of the second material channel is from the six-bit value, then four data rates are obtained. The first four bits in the bit can contain the first _. The billet rate indicator' and the last six of the ten data rate bits may include the second data rate indicator. In an alternate embodiment, the data rate indicators of the two data channels of the 96557.doc -18 - 1378738 can be combined in a different manner (multiplexed). After combining the data rate information for the two data channels, the combined information is encoded (block 620). In one embodiment, the ten bits of the combined data rate information are encoded in the same manner as the normal encoding of ten bits of the data rate information of the primary data channel. In the above embodiment, the encoding operation consists of overlaying the data bits using a spreading code (eg, using a 1/3 encoding scheme) and then performing rate matching on the data (eg, 孑L) to produce The number of bits transmitted in the control frame (for example, 3). After J, the encoded data rate is transmitted in a frame on the control channel. Hole (block 625). In the above embodiment, this consists of: transmitting the encoded data rate information in the slot of the controller: 7 bits. Thus, the other two bits of the encoded data rate information are transmitted during the time slot, the next two bits are transmitted in time slot i, and so on. After the control data frame is transmitted by the mobile A brigade, ~ 〇, it is transmitted to the base station via the dedicated control channel and controlled by it. The receiving information includes only the control data of the first data channel::= = It is like information. In other embodiments, the control can also be decoded. ° Demonstrate the control information in the other way. Therefore, Α 〇 can get each of the ten bit channels in the data channel: the data is used for the first and second f. The data is only used by the velocity information (block 640). If the mobile station, the medium rate indicator is attached to another data rate 96557.doc -19- 1378738, if the rate indicator is not combined, the base station will use the ten bits. The indicators are extracted into data rate indicators for the first and second data channels, respectively, to extract the indicators. If the mobile station multiplexes the data rate indicators in a more complex manner, the base station will extract the indicators using the corresponding demultiplexing method. When the data rate indicator for the first and second data channels is extracted from the control information, the base will use the data rate (four)* to determine the data rate used to transmit the first and second data channels. And then use the respective data rate information to decode the first data channel and the second data channel (blocks 645, 650). It should be noted that various modifications can be made in the above-described embodiment 10 without departing from the scope of the invention as detailed in the following claims. For example, although the foregoing embodiments relate to combining data rate information for two data channels on a single control channel, in other embodiments data rate information for more than two data channels may be used. Combination. The data rate information for the n data channels can also be combined into the claw control channels, where η is greater than m. In another embodiment, information for different data channels (such as frame formatted information) other than the data rate information may be combined on one or more control channels. In another variation, the bits available for transmitting data rate information may be assigned to different data channels in a manner different from that described above. For example, instead of assigning four bits to one channel and allocating six bits to another channel', instead of two/eight bits, three/seven bits, five/five bits Yuan etc. are allocated. An alternate frame and/or time slot format can also be used to make 96557.doc -20· 1378738 available for transmitting data rate information with more or less bits than ^. Use higher layer signaling to change from time to time. A bit allocation between the different data rate indicators. Although not described in detail above, it should be noted that the above functionality can be achieved in the mobile station and the base station by providing appropriate programs for execution in the various processing subsystems of the mobile station and the base station. The program instructions are typically included in a storage medium readable by the respective processing subsystem. Exemplary storage media may include RAM memory, flash memory, R〇M memory, EPROM memory, EEPROM memory, scratchpad, hard disk, removable disk, CD-ROM, or this item. Any other form of storage known in the art (4). This storage medium, which contains program instructions for achieving the above described functionality, constitutes an alternative embodiment of the present invention. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that any of a variety of techniques and techniques can be used to represent information and signals. For example, the information, instructions, commands, information, signals, bits, symbols, and chips that may be mentioned throughout the above description may be voltage, current, electromagnetic waves, magnetic or magnetic particles, light fields or light particles, or any A combination to represent. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the various illustrative logic blocks, modules, circuits, and method steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be constructed as an electronic hardware, a computer software, or a combination of both. In order to clearly show the interchangeability of hard names/cars, the above is a summary of various interpretive folk modules, circuits and steps based on functionality. Constructing such functionality as hard-red or as a soft system depends on the specific application and the ten-split bundle applied to the entire system. In an alternative embodiment, the interpretation can also be explained by 96561.doc 1378738 Sex components, blocks, modules, Thunder B, and circuits are reordered or otherwise recombined. Those skilled in the art can achieve the functionality in a different manner for each particular application, but the determination of such an embodiment should not be considered as a departure from the scope of the invention. The various illustrative logic blocks, modules, and circuits described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be constructed or implemented as follows: general purpose processor, digital processor, processor (ASIC), application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), on-site Stylized P (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combination designed to perform the functions described herein. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor, but alternatively, the thief may be any conventional processor, controller, microcontroller or state machine. The processor can also be constructed as a combination of computing devices, e.g., a combination of a microprocessor and a microprocessor, a plurality of microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in conjunction with a DSP core, or any other such configuration. The above description of the disclosed embodiments is intended to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the invention. A variety of modifications to the embodiments are readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the general principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Therefore, the present invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein, but rather to the broadest scope of the principles and novel features disclosed herein. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS In the above detailed description, various aspects and features of the present invention have been disclosed with reference to the accompanying drawings in which: FIG. 1 </ RTI> </ RTI> </ RTI> </ RTI> </ RTI> </ RTI> </ RTI> FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram illustrating the basic structural components of a wireless transceiver system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a pair in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a control information structure in each time slot of a control frame according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a data frame structure of a control frame; A flowchart illustrating a process of encoding data rate information in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention; and FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a process of transmitting control information for two data channels by a single control channel in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. Flow chart. The present invention may be embodied in a variety of modifications and alternative forms, and the specific embodiments of the present invention are shown by way of example only. It should be understood, however, that the drawings are not intended to be limited [Main Component Symbol Description] 110 Base Station Controller (Radio Network Control 120 Base Station (Node B) 130 Network 140 Mobile Station (User Equipment) 222 Transmit Subsystem 224 Receive Subsystem 226 Antenna 96657.doc • 23- 1378738 228 230 232 234 300 310 400 410 420 430 processor memory data source data output frame η frame η+1 time slot index data power control data rate information 96657.doc