Reception method and apparatus

1. A method comprising the steps of:

monitoring at least a portion of a wideband frequency domain channel comprised of a plurality of sub-carriers;

receiving control information identifying at least one specific sub-carrier as carrying relevant data;

dynamically adjusting receiver bandwidth during operation as a function, at least in part, of the control information identifying the at least one specific sub-carrier to facilitate reception of the relevant data while excluding reception of at least one sub-carrier that is not carrying the relevant data.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein monitoring at least a portion of a wideband frequency domain channel includes monitoring a plurality of sub-carriers.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein monitoring a predetermined sub-carrier includes monitoring at least one predetermined sub-carrier comprised of a plurality of logical channels, wherein at least one of the plurality of logical channels facilitates the conveyance of dynamic channel allocation procedure signaling.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein receiving control information identifying at least one specific sub-carrier as carrying relevant data includes receiving dynamic channel allocation procedure signaling that identifies the at least one specific sub-carrier that will bear the relevant data.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein receiving dynamic channel allocation procedure signaling that identifies the at least one specific sub-carrier that will bear the relevant data includes receiving dynamic channel allocation procedure signaling that identifies at least one logical channel as supported by the at least one specific sub-carrier that will bear the relevant data.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein dynamically adjusting receiver bandwidth during operation includes dynamically adjusting at least one of:

receiver bandwidth center frequency; and

receiver filter bandwidth.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein dynamically adjusting receiver bandwidth during operation includes dynamically adjusting both:

receiver bandwidth center frequency; and

receiver filter bandwidth.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving control information identifying at least one specific sub-carrier as carrying relevant data includes receiving control information identifying at least one temporal logical channel of the at least one specific sub-carrier as carrying the relevant data.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving control information identifying at least one specific sub-carrier as carrying relevant data includes receiving control information identifying at least one coded logical channel of the at least one specific sub-carrier as carrying the relevant data.

10. A method for improving performance in a mobile station, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving a signal that identifies at least one specific sub-carrier of a carrier, which specific sub-carrier comprises less than all candidate bandwidth as corresponds to the carrier;

setting a carrier selectivity filter bandwidth based on the at least one specific sub-carrier; and

setting a carrier selectivity filter center frequency based on the at least one specific sub-carrier.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein receiving a signal that identifies at least one specific sub-carrier of a carrier includes receiving a signal that identifies a plurality of the sub-carriers to provide allocated sub-carriers.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein setting a carrier selectivity filter bandwidth based on the at least one specific sub-carrier includes setting a carrier selectivity filter bandwidth that will substantially include the allocated sub-carriers while substantially excluding at least one non-allocated sub-carrier.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein setting a carrier selectivity filter center frequency includes setting the carrier selectivity filter center frequency at an approximate center frequency of the allocated sub-carriers.

14. The method of claim 12 wherein setting a carrier selectivity filter bandwidth includes setting a bandwidth that is less than the candidate bandwidth as corresponds to the carrier.

15. A mobile station usable in a wireless communication system that facilitates communications using a wideband frequency domain channel having a corresponding full-channel bandwidth that is comprised of a plurality of sub-carriers, wherein at least some of the sub-carriers are further sub-divided into logical channels, the mobile station comprising:

a full-channel bandwidth capable receiver;

an adjustable receiver filter operably coupled to the receiver;

a filter controller having a control output operably coupled to the adjustable receiver filter and an assigned sub-carriers information input operably coupled to the receiver, such that the filter controller dynamically adjusts the receiver filter to substantially match bandwidth requirements that correspond to sub-carriers as assigned to the mobile station while substantially excluding reception of at least one sub-carrier to thereby dynamically limit the receiver to less than full-channel bandwidth reception when possible.

16. The mobile station of claim 15 wherein the filter controller includes filter adjustment means for adjusting at least one of:

bandwidth; and

center frequency;

of the adjustable receiver filter to include sub-carriers as assigned to the mobile station and to exclude, at least in part, other sub-carriers that comprise the wideband frequency domain channel.

17. The mobile station of claim 16 wherein the logical channels comprise temporally-based logical channels, and wherein the assigned sub-carriers information is provided on a periodic basis, such that the filter adjustment means at least considers dynamically adjusting the receiver filter as a function of periodicity of the periodic basis.