Apparatus, method and computer program product providing per-UE signaling technique for separately coded users

A computer program product comprising a computer readable memory medium tangibly embodying a computer program, the computer program configured to operate an electronic device in a wireless communications network, wherein when the computer program is executed, the electronic device is arranged to determine an operating mode of a controlled electronic device operating in the wireless communications network;

• to generate a control signal in dependence on the operating mode of the controlled electronic device;
• to configure the control signal in a pre-determined manner in dependence on the operating mode of the controlled electronic device, wherein the pre-determined manner is known to both the electronic device and to the controlled electronic device;
• and to operate a radio apparatus to transmit the control signal to the controlled electronic device.

A computer program product comprising a computer readable memory medium tangibly embodying a computer program, the computer program configured to operate an electronic device in a wireless communications network, wherein when the computer program is executed, the electronic device is arranged to receive a control signal from a controlling electronic device operative in the wireless communications network, the control signal configured by the controlling electronic device in a predetermined manner known to both the controlling electronic device and the electronic device in dependence on an operating mode of the electronic device;

• and to decode the control signal using knowledge of the predetermined manner in which the control signal was configured by the controlling electronic device.

A method performed by an electronic device operative in a wireless communications network, the method comprising:

• receiving a control signal from a controlling electronic device operative in the wireless communications network, the control signal configured by the controlling electronic device in a predetermined manner known to both the controlling electronic device and the electronic device in dependence on an operating mode of the electronic device;
• and
• decoding the control signal using knowledge of the predetermined manner in which the control signal was configured by the controlling electronic device.