Transmission of information in a wireless communication system

A method for transmission of information in a wireless communication system, comprising:

• receiving a downlink message by a wireless device from a base station, wherein said downlink message includes a plurality of control channel elements;
• determining a location of a first control channel element of said plurality of control channel elements;
• determining a plurality of indices using the location of said first control channel element;
• determining a plurality of orthogonal resources using said plurality of indices;
• generating a plurality of orthogonal signals by applying said plurality of orthogonal resources to an uplink message;
• and
• transmitting said plurality of orthogonal signals from said wireless device to said base station.

A method of configuring the transmission of information in a wireless communication system, comprising:

• sending a first uplink message from a wireless device to a base station using a single antenna transmission mode, wherein said first uplink message includes a request for said base station to configure a transmit diversity mode of said wireless device;
• receiving a first downlink message including a confirmation of said first uplink message by said wireless device from said base station;
• in response to said first downlink message, sending a second uplink message including information from said wireless device to said base station, said information indicating a number of transmit antennas of said wireless device;
• in response to said second uplink message, receiving a second downlink message by said wireless device from said base station, wherein said second downlink message is used to configure said transmit diversity mode for said wireless device;
• and
• sending a third uplink message from said wireless device to said base station using said configured transmit diversity mode.