Abstract: The present invention relates to Walsh Code Allocation (WCA) field in the Packet Data Control Channel. One of the embodiments of the WCA field is use of the WCA field as Last Walsh Code Index (LWCI) field in the message format of the PDCCH. The LWCI field indicates the corresponding last code index or the corresponding number of Walsh codes in a Walsh Code Index (WCI) Table/List/Set. In alternative embodiments, the WCA indicates a general set of Walsh codes or a specific set of Walsh codes in the WCI table. The WCA fields may or may not be used with one of power ranking and sequential decoding, but is preferable used. The WCA field has various advantages including but not limited to efficient use of system resources.

Abstract: Method for transmitting a power control bit and for detecting a power control rate, in which a transmission pattern of power control bits is varied with a power control rate, for making blind detection of the power control rate varied from time to time possible, wherein, when change of the power control rate is required, a base station (or a mobile station) generates the transmission pattern of the power control bits varied with the power control rate to be changed, and transmits to the mobile station (or base station), and the mobile station (or the base station) determines the changed power control rate from the received transmission pattern of the power control bits, thereby permitting stable detection of the power control rate varied from time to time.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a concatenated convolutional encoder and decoder for the next generation mobile communication system requiring a high performance channel coding, in particular to a concatenated convolutional encoder and decoder of a mobile communication system which is capable of providing a dual mode encoder and decoder for supporting both a parallel concatenated convolutional code and a serially concatenated convolutional code and improving the performance of the system by using punctured and thrown away sequence in a convolutional encoder. The present invention can show stable performance regardless of SNR, accordingly the credibility of the system can increase.