A METHOD IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL THAT COMMUNICATES IN AN ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY-DIVISION MULTIPLEXING (OFDM) WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK

摘要

A method in a wireless communication terminal that communicates in an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) wireless communication network is disclosed. The method is characterized by: receiving, at the wireless communication terminal, a resource assignment in a control channel on a common frequency channel during a time interval; determining whether the resource assignment is a frequency selective (FS) frequency resource or a frequency non- selective (ENS) frequency resource as indicated in a resource assignment type field in the resource assignment, the resource assignment of the FS frequency resource including at least two contiguous sub-channels, the resource assignment of the FNS frequency resource including a resource sub-channel assignment identifying a starting sub-channel assigned to the wireless communication terminal, a number of sub-channels assigned to the wireless communication terminal, and a sub-channel skip factor for the wireless communication terminal wherein at least two of the sub- channels assigned are non-contiguous in frequency, wherein each sub-channel includes at least two contiguous sub-carriers and at least two contiguous symbols; and communicating data on the sub-channels assigned to the wireless communication terminal.