Systems and methods to define control channels using reserved resource blocks

A wireless communications apparatus, comprising:

• at least one processor configured to:
• define a portion of wireless communications resources for data communications based at least in part on a legacy network specification;
• reserve a subset of the portion of wireless communications resources for communicating control data;
• and
• transmit control data over the subset;
• and
• a memory coupled to the at least one processor.

An apparatus that facilitates defining new control channels over legacy wireless networks, comprising:

• means for grouping a portion of wireless communication resources for data communication according to a legacy network specification;
• means for allocating a subset of the reserved portion of wireless communication resources for communicating control data;
• and
• means for transmitting control data over the subset of resources.

A computer program product, comprising:

• a computer-readable medium comprising:
• code for causing at least one computer to reserve a portion of wireless communication resources for general data communications according to a legacy network specification;
• code for causing the at least one computer to allocate a subset of the portion of wireless communication resources for communicating control data according to a disparate network specification;
• and
• code for causing the at least one computer to transmit control data over the subset of the portion of wireless communication resources.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a legacy specification component that allocates a portion of wireless communication resources for general data communication according to a legacy network specification;
• a new control data component that defines a subset of the portion of wireless communication resources for transmitting control data;
• and
• a transmitter component that transmits control data over the subset.