Encoding information in beacon signals

1. A method that facilitates receiving information from a base station, comprising:

receiving a high-energy beacon signal included in a waveform, wherein the waveform is a function of a first value and a second value and the high-energy beacon signal is received on at least one resource that has a resource location based on the first value and the second value;

determining a bandwidth subset, of a plurality of bandwidth subsets, on which the high-energy beacon signal was received;

determining a degree of freedom, of a plurality of degrees of freedom, on which the high-energy beacon signal was received;

interpreting the first value as a first information stream based on the determined degree of freedom; and

interpreting the second value as a second information stream based on the determined bandwidth subset.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first information stream represents a first subset of broadcast information and the second information stream represents a second subset of broadcast information.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the waveform occupies a small degree of freedom.

4. The method of claim 1 , interpreting the first value as a first information stream, comprising:

determining a sequence of bits {Y i } representing the first information stream {c i }, wherein {Y i } represents a single bit; and

decoding each of a plurality of information bits in the first information stream {c i } based on the determined sequence of bits {Y i }.

5. The method of claim 1 , interpreting the second value as a second information stream comprising:

receiving a signal that is a function of {X i } included in {b 1 }; and

decoding the information bit {b 1 }.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein interpreting the first value comprises decoding a sequence of {Y i } bits and interpreting the second value comprises decoding a signal {X i }.

7. The method of claim 6 , the signal {X i } has a periodicity that is independent of a periodicity of the sequence of {Y i } bits.

8. The method of claim 1 , the combination of the first value and the second value comprises a waveform that occupies a space that is larger than a space of the first information stream and a space of the second information stream.

9. The method of claim 1 , the high-energy beacon signal is received at substantially a same time as other signals.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein a first periodicity of the first information stream is used to obtain the first information stream or a second periodicity of the second information stream is used to obtain the second information stream.

11. A wireless communications apparatus that selectively decodes information received in a beacon signal, comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:

receive a waveform that includes a high-energy beacon signal, wherein the waveform is a function of a composite value representing a first value and a second value and the high-energy beacon signal is received on at least one resource that has a resource location based on the first value and the second value;

determine a bandwidth subset, of a plurality of bandwidth subsets, on which the high-energy beacon signal was received;

determine a degree of freedom, of a plurality of degrees of freedom, on which the high-energy beacon signal was received;

independently decode the first value to obtain a first subset of information based on the determined degree of freedom: and

independently decode the second value to obtain a second subset of information based on the determined bandwidth subset.

12. The wireless communications apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the second value provides a timing sequence that repeats at a different interval than a timing sequence of the first value.

13. The wireless communications apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to identify the beacon signal as being received at an energy greater than other received signals.

14. A wireless communications apparatus that enables deciphering two independent information streams that represent a waveform, comprising:

means for receiving the waveform that includes a high-energy beacon signal, wherein the waveform is a function of a first value and a second value and the high-energy beacon signal is received on at least one resource that has a resource location based on the first value and the second value;

means for determining a bandwidth subset, of a plurality of bandwidth subsets, on which the high-energy beacon signal was received;

means for determining a degree of freedom, of a plurality of degrees of freedom, on which the high-energy beacon signal was received; and

means for breaking the waveform into independent information stream values, wherein the means for breaking is configured to:

decipher the first value as a first information stream based on the determined degree of freedom: and

decipher the second value as a second information stream based on the determined bandwidth subset.

15. The wireless communications apparatus of claim 14 , further comprising means for interpreting a periodicity of the first value that is different from a periodicity of the second value.

16. The wireless communications apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the means for receiving the waveform is configured to receive other signals at substantially a same time as receiving the waveform.

17. The wireless communications apparatus of claim 14 , further comprising means for deciphering the first information stream as a signal {X i } included in {b i } and means for deciphering the second information stream as a sequence of {Y i } included in {c i }, where {Y i } represents a single bit.

18. The wireless communications apparatus of claim 17 , wherein {X i } indicates a chosen block of a broadcast message and {Y i } indicates a location within the chosen block.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer executable code for wireless communication, comprising code for:

receiving a waveform that includes a high-energy beacon signal, wherein the waveform is a function of a first value and a second value: and the high-energy beacon signal is received on at least one resource that has a resource location based on the first value and the second value;

determining a bandwidth subset, of a plurality of bandwidth subsets, on which the high-energy beacon signal was received;

determining a degree of freedom, of a plurality of degrees of freedom, on which the high-energy beacon signal was received;

determining the first value from the waveform to derive a first information stream based on the determined degree of freedom; and

determining the second value from the waveform to derive a second information stream based on the determined bandwidth subset.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 19 , further comprising code for receiving the high-energy beacon signal at an energy greater than other received beacon signals.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the first value represents a first subset of broadcast information and the second value represents a second subset of broadcast information.

22. In a wireless communication system, an apparatus comprising:

a processor configured to:

receive a waveform that includes a combination of two independent values, wherein the waveform includes a high-energy beacon signal that is received on at least one resource that has a resource location based on the two independent values;

determining a bandwidth subset, of a plurality of bandwidth subsets, on which the high-energy beacon signal was received;

determining a degree of freedom, of a plurality of degrees of freedom, on which the high-energy beacon signal was received;

decode a first independent value from the combination of the two independent values to obtain a first information stream based on the determined degree of freedom; and

decode a second independent value from the combination of the two independent values to obtain a second information stream based on the determined bandwidth subset.