Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving scheduling assignments in a communication system

Abstract

A method and apparatus for receiving a Scheduling Assignment (SA) by a User Equipment (UE) in a communication system in which a base station transmits the SA being a first type or a second type, the SA including a set of Information Elements (IEs), and a first IE. The method includes receiving the SA; identifying that each bit included in the set of IEs of the SA and at least one bit included in the first IE of the SA are set with a predetermined value; and performing an action corresponding to the SA of the second type, if each bit included in the set of IEs of the SA and the at least one bit included in the first IE of the SA are set with the predetermined value.

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