Shared signaling for multiple user equipment

A method of generating a composite signaling message part for transmission over more than one shared control channel in a wireless communication system, comprising:

• forming a composite signaling message part to include at least two segments, each segment including data providing information on a dedicated control channel that is dedicated to a different user equipment (UE).

A method of transmitting at least one composite signaling message part over more than one shared control channel, comprising:

• transmitting a different portion of a composite signaling message part over at least one same time slot in each of the shared control channels, the part including at least two segments, each segment including data identifying a different user equipment (UE).

A method transmitting at least one composite signaling message part over more than one shared control channel, comprising:

• transmitting a different portion of a composite signaling message part over at least one same time slot in each of the shared control channels, the part of the signaling message including data for at least two user equipments (UEs), the data for each UE providing information on a dedicated control channel that is dedicated to the UE.

A method of controlling power of more than one shared control channel jointly carrying a signaling message, the signaling message including data for more than one user equipment (UE), comprising:

• assigning a portion of the signaling message to each shared control channel such that each shared control channel carries more data associated with one of the UEs than the other UEs;
• controlling a power of each shared control channel based on the UE associated with the assigned portion.

A method of generating a signaling message for transmission over more than one shared control channel in a wireless communication system, comprising:

• forming a first part of a signaling message, the first part of the signaling message for transmission in first parts of the shared control channels, the first part of the signaling message including start information for more the one user equipment (UE), the start information for each UE identifying a first physical channel in a sequence of dedicated physical channels dedicated to the UE;
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• forming a second part of the signaling message, the second part of the signaling message for transmission in second parts of the shared control channels, the second part of the signaling message including end information for more than one UE, the end information for each UE identifying a last physical channel in the sequence of dedicated physical channels to the UE.