Software parameterizable control blocks for use in physical layer processing

A method for a physical layer transport composite processing for use in processing wireless communications, the method comprising:

• providing a plurality of interconnected processing blocks interconnected by a system bus, the plurality of interconnected blocks including a transport channel processing block for processing data on a transport channel basis, a composite channel processing block for processing data on a composite channel basis and a chip rate processing block for processing data associated with a wireless interface, at least two of the processing blocks capable of processing data for a plurality of wireless formats;
• programming a first set of parameters into said plurality of interconnected processing blocks for a particular wireless format;
• and
• operating the interconnected processing blocks to process data in the particular wireless format.

A physical layer transport composite processor for use in processing wireless communications, comprising:

• a plurality of interconnected processing blocks interconnected by a system bus, the plurality of interconnected blocks including a transport channel processing block for processing data on a transport channel basis, a composite channel processing block for processing data on a composite channel basis and a chip rate processing block for processing data associated with a wireless interface, at least two of the processing blocks capable of processing data for a plurality of wireless formats;
• a first set of parameters programmed into said plurality of interconnected processing blocks for a particular wireless format;
• and
• said interconnected processing blocks are operated to process data in the particular wireless format.