Digital control channels having logical channels for multiple access radiocommunication

A method of communicating information to a remote station comprising the steps of:

• grouping the information into a plurality of time slots;
• grouping the time slots into a plurality of superframes;
• and
• sending, in each slot in each superframe, superframe phase information for identifying a position of the slot in the superframe, wherein the superframe phase information is twelve bits in length encoded from eight bit phase information.

A method of communicating information to a remote station comprising the steps of:

• grouping the information into a plurality of time slots;
• grouping the time slots into a plurality of superframes;
• and
• sending, in each slot in each superframe, a count for identifying a position of the slot in the superframe, wherein the count is encoded according to a predetermined error correcting code, polarities of a plurality of cyclic redundancy check bits produced by encoding the count are inverted, and the bits having inverted polarities are included in the respective slot.

A method of communicating overhead information to a remote station comprising the steps of:

• grouping the overhead information into a plurality of time slots on a radio carrier signal;
• grouping other information into another plurality of time slots;
• successively transmitting the time slots having overhead information and the time slots having other information;
• and
• indicating in each time slot the respective time slot's temporal position with respect to a start of the next transmission of time slots having overhead information, wherein a time interval between successive transmissions of the time slots having overhead information is at least an order of magnitude greater than a duration of each time slot.

A method of communicating overhead information to a remote station comprising the steps of:

• grouping the overhead information into a plurality of time slots on a radio carrier signal;
• grouping other information into another plurality of time slots;
• successively transmitting the time slots having overhead information and the time slots having other information;
• and
• indicating in each time slot the respective time slot's temporal position with respect to a start of the next transmission of time slots having overhead information, wherein the time slots including the overhead information comprise a logical channel for broadcast control information and the time slots including the other information comprises special messages that are included in other time slots comprising a logical special message channel.

A base station comprising:

• a processor for;
• (a) grouping the information into a plurality of successive time slots on a radio carrier signal;
• (b) grouping the time slots into a plurality of successive superframes;
• and
• (c) grouping the successive superframes into a plurality of successive hyperframes, wherein at least two successive superframes are grouped into each hyperframe;
• wherein each superframe includes at least one time slot comprising a logical channel for broadcast control information and at least one time slot comprising a logical paging channel, wherein the logical channel for broadcast control information also includes a logical special message channel;
• and
• a transceiver for transmitting said hyperframes as a control channel.

A base station comprising:

• a processor for:
• (a) grouping information into a plurality of time slots;
• and
• (b) grouping the time slots into a plurality of superframes;
• and
• a transceiver for sending, in each slot in each superframe, a count for identifying a position of the slot in the superframe, wherein the count is encoded according to a predetermined error correcting code, polarities of a plurality of cyclic redundancy check bits produced by encoding the count are inverted, and the bits having inverted polarities are included in the respective slot.

A base station comprising:

• a processor for:
• (a) grouping overhead information into a plurality of time slots on a radio carrier signal;
• and
• (b) grouping other information into another plurality of time slots;
• and
• a transceiver for successively transmitting the time slots having overhead information and the time slots having other information, wherein in each time slot the respective time slot's temporal position is indicated with respect to a start of the next transmission of time slots having overhead information, wherein a time interval between successive transmissions of the time slots having overhead information is at least an order of magnitude greater than a duration of each time slot.

A base station comprising:

• a processor for:
• (a) grouping overhead information into a plurality of time slots on a radio carrier signal;
• and
• (b) grouping other information into another plurality of time slots;
• and
• a transceiver for successively transmitting the time slots having overhead information and the time slots having other information, wherein in each time slot the respective time slot's temporal position is indicated with respect to a start of the next transmission of time slots having overhead information, wherein the time slots including the overhead information comprise a logical channel for broadcast control information and the time slots including the other information comprises special messages that are included in other time slots comprising a logical special message channel.