Method and apparatus for assigning resources in a wireless system with multiple regions

A mobile station comprising:

• a processor;
• a computer readable medium storing programming for execution by the processor, the programming including instructions to:
• receive at least one region boundary indicating a division of radio resources into at least two regions;
• receive a radio resource assignment in a downlink partial usage of subcarriers (PUSC) region of a frame, the frame comprising at least the downlink PUSC, a downlink full usage of subcarriers (FUSC), and a control channel region, at least one data burst being allocated in each of the downlink PUSC and the downlink FUSC;
• and
• receive a data packet on a physical time-frequency resource in the downlink PUSC region of the frame, wherein the radio resource assignment assigns the physical time-frequency resource in the downlink PUSC region of the frame to carry the data packet to the mobile station, and wherein the data packet and the radio resource assignment are received in the same downlink PUSC region of the same frame and the radio resource assignment excludes identifiers (IDs) that identify the downlink PUSC region carrying the data packet, and wherein the radio resource assignment comprises a multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) parameter identifier.

A mobile station for processing a control channel, the mobile station comprising:

• a processor;
• a computer readable medium storing programming for execution by the processor, the programming including instructions to:
• receive a radio resource assignment in a downlink full usage of subcarriers (FUSC) region of a frame, the frame comprising at least the downlink FUSC, a downlink partial usage of subcarriers (PUSC), and a control channel region, at least one data burst being allocated in each of the downlink PUSC and the downlink FUSC;
• and
• receive a data packet on a physical time-frequency resource in the downlink FUSC region of the frame, the data packet and the radio resource assignment being received in the same downlink FUSC region of the same frame and the radio resource assignment excludes identifiers (IDs) that identify the downlink FUSC region carrying the data packet, wherein the radio resource assignment comprises a multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) parameter identifier, and wherein the radio resource assignment assigns the physical time-frequency resource in the downlink FUSC region of the frame to carry the data packet to the mobile station.

A method of receiving resource assignments in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

• receiving at least one region boundary indicating a division of radio resources into at least two regions;
• receiving, by a mobile station, a radio resource assignment in a downlink full usage of subcarriers (FUSC) region of a frame, the frame comprising at least the downlink FUSC, a downlink partial usage of subcarriers (PUSC), and a control channel region, at least one data burst being allocated in each of the downlink PUSC and the downlink FUSC;
• and
• receiving, by the mobile station, a data packet on a physical time-frequency resource in the downlink FUSC region of the frame, wherein the radio resource assignment assigns the physical time-frequency resource in the downlink FUSC region of the frame to carry the data packet to the mobile station, and wherein the data packet and the radio resource assignment are received in the same downlink FUSC region of the same frame and the radio resource assignment excludes identifiers (IDs) that identify the downlink FUSC region carrying the data packet, and wherein the radio resource assignment comprises a multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) parameter identifier.