Procedure and apparatus to improve the efficiency of traffic communication through a downlink (DL) channel

摘要

A method for communication through a downlink channel comprising: determining (910) an assignment for one of a plurality of symbol durations in a format usable for bit transmission; determining (920) if at least one bit of an upper layer control channel (614) is available if the assignment is associated with the upper layer control channel (614); if available, occupy (930) the one of the plurality of symbol durations with the at least one bit of the upper layer control channel (614), characterized in that if at least one bit of the layer control channel upper (614) is not available, the method further comprises occupying (940) the one of the plurality of symbol durations with at least one bit of one or more upper layer traffic channels (612) or another layer control channel superior (614); and disable (950) the transmission of format information associated with the format.