Beacon-based control channels

A wireless communications apparatus, comprising:

• at least one processor configured to:
• receive a plurality of tones comprising a reserved control segment;
• differentiate a beacon code sequence from one or more disparately received beacon code sequences based at least in part on one or more error control coding schemes used to encode the beacon code sequence and the disparately received beacon code sequences;
• infer at least one beacon code sequence transmitted over the reserved control segment;
• and
• determine control information represented by the inferred beacon code sequence;
• and
• a memory coupled to the at least one processor.

A wireless communications apparatus for communicating control information in wireless networks, comprising:

• means for receiving a plurality of tones comprising a reserved control segment;
• means for differentiating a beacon code sequence from one or more disparately received beacon code sequences based at least in part on one or more error control coding schemes used to encode the beacon code sequence and the disparately received beacon code sequences;
• means for decoding a portion of the reserved control segment to determine at least one beacon code sequence transmitted over the reserved control segment;
• and
• means for interpreting control information represented by the beacon code sequence.

A computer program product, comprising:

• a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:
• code for causing at least one computer to receive a plurality of tones comprising a reserved control segment;
• code for causing the at least one computer to differentiate a beacon code sequence from one or more disparately received beacon code sequences based at least in part on one or more error control coding schemes used to encode the beacon code sequence and the disparately received beacon code sequences;
• code for causing the at least one computer to infer at least one beacon code sequence transmitted over the reserved control segment;
• and
• code for causing the at least one computer to determine control information represented by the inferred beacon code sequence.

A method for transmitting control information in wireless networks, comprising:

• defining a reserved control segment as a portion of bandwidth for transmitting control information as one or more beacon symbols;
• encoding the control information as a plurality of beacon symbols forming a beacon codeword utilizing an error control code to provide redundancy, wherein the error control code is scrambled based on an associated identifier to allow for unique identification of the beacon codeword;
• and
• transmitting the beacon codeword over the reserved control segment.

A wireless communications apparatus, comprising:

• at least one processor configured to:
• define a reserved control segment as a portion of bandwidth for transmitting one or more beacon symbols representing control information;
• encode the control information as a plurality of beacon symbols forming a beacon codeword utilizing an error control code to provide redundancy, wherein the error control code is scrambled based on an associated identifier to allow for unique identification of the beacon codeword;
• and
• transmit the beacon codeword over the reserved control segment;
• and
• a memory coupled to the at least one processor.

A wireless communications apparatus that facilitates transmitting control information in wireless networks, comprising:

• means for defining a reserved control segment as a portion of bandwidth for transmitting control information as one or more beacon symbols;
• means for encoding the control information as a plurality of beacon symbols forming a beacon codeword utilizing an error control code to provide redundancy, wherein the error control code is scrambled based on an associated identifier to allow for unique identification of the beacon codeword;
• and
• means for transmitting the beacon codeword over the reserved control segment.

A computer program product, comprising:

• a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:
• code for causing at least one computer to define a reserved control segment as a portion of bandwidth for transmitting control information as one or more beacon symbols;
• code for causing the at least one computer to encode the control information as a plurality of beacon symbols forming a beacon codeword utilizing an error control code to provide redundancy, wherein the error control code is scrambled based on an associated identifier to allow for unique identification of the beacon codeword;
• and
• code for causing the at least one computer to transmit the beacon codeword over the reserved control segment.