FIELD: radio engineering, communication.
SUBSTANCE: channel designated for transmission of a packet can be selected from among multiple usable channels, based on which a bit at a predefined location in the packet can be set to a logical value indicative of the selected channel. Furthermore, extraction of the logical value from the predefined location and identification of the corresponding channel can be performed by a recipient of the packet without requiring parsing of the message. In one example described herein, a dedicated control channel (DCCH) can be identified by setting a logical channel identifier (LCID) bit in a packet transmitted over the DCCH. In another example, a common control channel (CCCH) can be identified by embedding a Boolean constant into a message structure contained in a packet transmitted over the CCCH.
EFFECT: easier classification and identification of a channel associated with data transmission in a wireless communication system.
50 cl, 13 dwg, 1 tbl
