December 30, 2008

The present invention relates to Walsh Code Allocation (WCA) field in the Packet Data Control Channel. One of the embodiments of the WCA field is use of the WCA field as Last Walsh Code Index (LWCI) field in the message format of the PDCCH. The LWCI field indicates the corresponding last code index or the corresponding number of Walsh codes in a Walsh Code Index (WCI) Table/List/Set. In alternative embodiments, the WCA indicates a general set of Walsh codes or a specific set of Walsh codes in the WCI table. The WCA fields may or may not be used with one of power ranking and sequential decoding, but is preferable used. The WCA field has various advantages including but not limited to efficient use of system resources.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a Continuation Application of prior U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/259,292 filed Sep. 30, 2002, which claims priority under 35 U.S.C. .sctn.119 to Korean Application Nos. 60962/2001 filed Sep. 29, 2001, 60963/2001 filed Sep. 29, 2001, 60964/2001 filed Sep. 29, 2001, 63248/2001 filed Oct. 13, 2001, 63261/2001 filed Oct. 13, 2001, 64014/2001 filed Oct. 17, 2001, and 68403/2001 filed Nov. 3, 2001, whose entire disclosures therein are incorporated herein by reference.

Sep 29, 2001 [KR] 10-2001-60962 Sep 29, 2001 [KR] 10-2001-60963 Sep 29, 2001 [KR] 10-2001-60964 Oct 13, 2001 [KR] 10-2001-63248 Oct 13, 2001 [KR] 10-2001-63261 Oct 17, 2001 [KR] 10-2001-64014 Nov 03, 2001 [KR] 10-2001-68403

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