1. A base station serving a network, the base station comprising:
a receiver, transmitter, and baseband processor for facilitating wireless communications with mobile stations; and
a control system associated with the receiver, transmitter and baseband processor and adapted to:
determine control information for a subset of a plurality of frame entities to be transmitted to the mobile stations; and
generate and transmit the plurality of frame entities, wherein each frame entity of said plurality of frame entities comprises a control segment and a traffic segment, wherein each frame entity of the subset of the frame entities also comprises a broadcast pointer channel and a control information segment, wherein the control information segment includes a first portion of control information, wherein the broadcast pointer channel identifies a type of the first portion of control information from a plurality of types of control information, such that:
the type of the first portion of control information provided in different ones of the subset of frame entities is variable and identified in the broadcast pointer channel; and
each type of control information among the plurality of types is required for a respective distinct function of communication of the mobile stations with the base station;
wherein the broadcast pointer channel is usable in part by each of the mobile stations to determine whether to decode the first portion of control information in the control information segment;
wherein one or more of the plurality of frame entities do not belong to the subset of frame entities, wherein each of the one or more frame entities does not include the broadcast pointer channel.
2. The base station of claim 1, wherein the control segment for each of the plurality of frame entities comprises:
first information regarding an allocation of resources in the traffic segment; and
a flag, wherein a value of the flag indicates either a presence of the broadcast pointer channel in the frame entity or an absence of the broadcast pointer channel in the frame entity.
3. The base station of claim 2, wherein the control information segment is absent from each of said one or more frame entities.
4. The base station of claim 1, wherein the plurality of types of control information includes: a static type of control information, a semi-static type of control information and a dynamic type of control information, wherein the control information segment of at least a first frame entity of said subset comprises the static type of control information, wherein the control information segment of at least a second frame entity of said subset comprises the semi-static type of control information, and wherein the control information segment of at least a third frame entity of said subset comprises the dynamic type of control information.
5. The base station of claim 1 wherein the plurality of frame entities are sub-frames.
6. The base station of claim 5 wherein the sub-frames are part of a superframe structure that is defined by the IEEE 802.16m standard.
7. The base station of claim 1, wherein each of said plurality of frame entities includes a plurality of subframes, wherein the broadcast pointer channel is usable by each of the mobile stations to determine whether to decode a remaining part of a subframe after the broadcast pointer channel.
8. The base station of claim 1, wherein the control information segment includes one or more portions of control information, wherein the one or more portions include said first portion, wherein the one or more portions correspond respectively to one or more types from said plurality of types of control information, wherein the broadcast point channel identifies the one or more types of the one or more respective portions, wherein, for at least one of the frame entities of the subset, the broadcast pointer channel identifies two or more types of two or more respective portions of control information present in the control information segment.
9. The base station of claim 8, wherein the broadcast pointer channel includes a plurality of flags corresponding respectively to the plurality of types of control information, wherein each of the flags indicates either presence or absence of the corresponding type of control information in the control information segment.
10. The base station of claim 9, wherein, for each of the one or more portions of control information present in the control information segment, the broadcast pointer channels indicates a corresponding relative location of that portion.
11. A method for operating a base station to facilitate wireless communication with mobile stations, the method comprising:
determining control information for a subset of a plurality of frame entities to be transmitted to the mobile stations; and
generating and transmitting the plurality of frame entities, wherein each frame entity of said plurality of frame entities comprises a control segment and a traffic segment, wherein each frame entity of the subset of the frame entities also comprises a broadcast pointer channel and a control information segment, wherein the control information segment includes a first portion of control information, wherein the broadcast pointer channel identifies a type of the first portion of control information from a plurality of types of control information, such that:
the type of the first portion of control information provided in different ones of the subset of frame entities is variable and identified in the broadcast pointer channel; and
each type of control information among the plurality of types is required for a respective distinct function of communication of the mobile stations with the base station;
wherein the broadcast pointer channel is usable in part by each of the mobile stations to determine whether to decode the first portion of control information in the control information segment;
wherein one or more of the plurality of frame entities do not belong to the subset of frame entities, wherein each of the one or more frame entities does not include the broadcast pointer channel.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the control segment for each of the plurality of frame entities comprises:
first information regarding an allocation of resources in the traffic segment; and
a flag, wherein a value of the flag indicates either a presence of the broadcast pointer channel in the frame entity or an absence of the broadcast pointer channel in the frame entity.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein the control information segment is absent from each of said one or more frame entities.
14. The method of claim 11, wherein the plurality of types of control information includes: a static type of control information, a semi-static type of control information and a dynamic type of control information, wherein the control information segment of at least a first frame entity of said subset comprises the static type of control information, wherein the control information segment of at least a second frame entity of said subset comprises the semi-static type of control information, and wherein the control information segment of at least a third frame entity of said subset comprises the dynamic type of control information.
15. The method of claim 11, wherein each of said plurality of frame entities includes a plurality of subframes, wherein the broadcast pointer channel is usable by each of the mobile stations to determine whether to decode a remaining part of a subframe after the broadcast pointer channel.
16. The method of claim 11, wherein the control information segment includes one or more portions of control information, wherein the one or more portions include said first portion, wherein the one or more portions correspond respectively to one or more types from said plurality of types of control information, wherein the broadcast point channel identifies the one or more types of the one or more respective portions, wherein, for at least one of the frame entities of the subset, the broadcast pointer channel identifies two or more types of two or more respective portions of control information present in the control information segment.
17. A non-transitory memory medium for operating a base station to facilitate wireless communication with mobile stations, wherein the memory medium stores program instructions, wherein the program instructions, when executed by a processor, cause the base station to implement:
determining control information for a subset of a plurality of frame entities to be transmitted to the mobile stations; and
generating and transmitting the plurality of frame entities, wherein each frame entity of said plurality of frame entities comprises a control segment and a traffic segment, wherein each frame entity of the subset of the frame entities also comprises a broadcast pointer channel and a control information segment, wherein the control information segment includes a first portion of control information, wherein the broadcast pointer channel identifies a type of the first portion of control information from a plurality of types of control information, such that:
the type of the first portion of control information provided in different ones of the subset of frame entities is variable and identified in the broadcast pointer channel; and
each type of control information among the plurality of types is required for a respective distinct function of communication of the mobile stations with the base station;
wherein the broadcast pointer channel is usable in part by each of the mobile stations to determine whether to decode the first portion of control information in the control information segment;
wherein one or more of the plurality of frame entities do not belong to the subset of frame entities, wherein each of the one or more frame entities does not include the broadcast pointer channel.
18. The memory medium of claim 17, wherein the control segment for each of the plurality of frame entities comprises:
first information regarding an allocation of resources in the traffic segment; and
a flag, wherein a value of the flag indicates either a presence of the broadcast pointer channel in the frame entity or an absence of the broadcast pointer channel in the frame entity.
19. The memory medium of claim 17, wherein the plurality of types of control information includes: a static type of control information, a semi-static type of control information and a dynamic type of control information, wherein the control information segment of at least a first frame entity of said subset comprises the static type of control information, wherein the control information segment of at least a second frame entity of said subset comprises the semi-static type of control information, and wherein the control information segment of at least a third frame entity of said subset comprises the dynamic type of control information.
20. The memory medium of claim 17, wherein each of said plurality of frame entities includes a plurality of subframes, wherein the broadcast pointer channel is usable by each of the mobile stations to determine whether to decode a remaining part of a subframe after the broadcast pointer channel.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
What is claimed is:
1. A health supplement composition comprising a solid material separated from a soy molasses material wherein said solid material contains at least two isoflavones, where at least one of said isoflavones in said solid material is glycitein, and wherein said solid material is a health supplement.
2. The health supplement composition of claim 1 wherein at least one of said isoflavones in said solid material is an isoflavone glucoside.
3. The health supplement composition of claim 2 wherein said isoflavone glucoside is genistin.
4. The health supplement composition of claim 2 wherein said isoflavone glucoside is daidzin.
5. The health supplement composition of claim 2 wherein said isoflavone glucoside is glycitin.
6. The health supplement composition of claim 1 wherein said solid material contains at least two isoflavone glucosides.
7. The health supplement composition of claim 6 wherein said solid material contains genistin and daidzin.
8. The health supplement composition of claim 6 wherein said solid material contains genistin and glycitin.
9. The health supplement composition of claim 6 wherein said solid material contains daidzin and glycitin.
10. The health supplement composition of claim 1 wherein at least one of said isoflavones other than glycitein in said solid material is an aglucone isoflavone.
11. The health supplement composition of claim 10 wherein said aglucone isoflavone is genistein.
12. The health supplement composition of claim 10 wherein said aglucone isoflavone is daidzein.
13. The health supplement composition of claim 1 wherein at least two of said isoflavones in said solid material are genistein and daidzein.
14. A health supplement composition comprising a solid material separated from a soy molasses material wherein said solid material contains at least two isoflavones, where at least one of said isoflavones in said solid material is glycitin, and wherein said solid material is a health supplement.
15. The health supplement composition of claim 14 wherein at least one of said isoflavones other than glycitin in said solid material is an isoflavone glucoside.
16. The health supplement composition of claim 15 wherein said isoflavone glucoside is genistin.
17. The health supplement composition of claim 15 wherein said isoflavone glucoside is daidzin.
18. The health supplement composition of claim 14 wherein said solid material contains genistin and daidzin.
19. The health supplement composition of claim 14 wherein at least one of said isoflavones in said solid material is an aglucone isoflavone.
20. The health supplement composition of claim 19 wherein said aglucone isoflavone is genistein.
21. The health supplement composition of claim 19 wherein said aglucone isoflavone is daidzein.
22. The health supplement composition of claim 19 wherein said aglucone isoflavone is glycitein.
23. The health supplement composition of claim 14 wherein at least two of said isoflavones in said solid material are aglucone isoflavones.
24. The health supplement composition of claim 23 wherein said aglucone isoflavones are genistein and daidzein.
25. The health supplement composition of claim 23 wherein said aglucone isoflavones are genistein and glycitein.
26. The health supplement composition of claim 23 wherein said aglucone isoflavones are daidzein and glycitein.