APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT PROVIDING DYNAMIC SHARING OF RESOURCES BETWEEN UPLINK AND DOWNLINK ALLOCATIONS FOR SEPARATELY CODED USERS

摘要

Apparatus, methods and computer program products operate an electronic device to generate downlink allocation information and uplink allocation to be signaled to other electronic devices operative in a wireless communications system; and to operate radio apparatus to signal the downlink allocation information and uplink allocation information in a control channel, wherein the downlink allocation information is signaled in a downlink allocation portion of the control channel and the uplink allocation information is signaled in an uplink allocation portion of the control channel. In a variant, apparatus, methods and computer program products operate an electronic device to receive downlink and uplink allocation information signaled in a control channel by a wireless communications system, wherein the control channel is divided into a downlink allocation portion used for downlink allocation information and an uplink allocation portion used for uplink allocation information; to receive control channel division information indicating which portion of the control channel corresponds to the downlink allocation portion and which portion corresponds to the uplink allocation portion; and to search for downlink allocation information in the downlink allocation portion and uplink allocation information in the uplink allocation portion.