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A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for conveying information regarding the antenna configuration and/or the transmission diversity scheme to a recipient, such as a mobile device. In particular, information regarding the antenna configuration and/or the transmission diversi

A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for conveying information regarding the antenna configuration and/or the transmission diversity scheme to a recipient, such as a mobile device. In particular, information regarding the antenna configuration and/or the transmission diversity scheme can be conveyed by masking, such as cyclic redundancy check masking, to provide information regarding the antenna configuration and/or the transmission diversity scheme. In this regard, a set of masks can be determined based upon hamming distances between the masks and bit diversities between the masks and where each of the masks within the set is associated with an antenna configuration and a transmission diversity scheme.

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1. A method comprising: selecting a bit mask associated with an antenna configuration and a transmission diversity scheme, the bit mask being selected from a set of bit masks, the set of bit masks including a first bit mask associated with a single antenna configuration, a second bit mask associated

1. A method comprising: selecting a bit mask associated with an antenna configuration and a transmission diversity scheme, the bit mask being selected from a set of bit masks, the set of bit masks including a first bit mask associated with a single antenna configuration, a second bit mask associated with a two antenna configuration, and a third bit mask associated with a four antenna configuration, wherein a hamming distance between the first bit mask and the second bit mask is larger than the hamming distance between the first bit mask and the third bit mask and also larger than the hamming distance between the second bit mask and the third bit mask; andapplying, with a processor, the bit mask associated with the antenna configuration and the transmission diversity scheme to cyclic redundancy check bits. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein applying the bit mask includes applying the bit mask to the cyclic redundancy check bits included within a physical broadcast channel (PBCH). 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first bit mask is 0000000000000000, the second bit mask is 1111111111111111, and the third bit mask is 0101010101010101. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first bit mask is an all zero mask and the second bit mask is an all one mask; and wherein each digit of the third bit mask has an opposite bit value from an adjacent digit. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein applying the bit mask includes applying the bit mask to de-mask the cyclic redundancy check bits; and wherein the method further comprises performing a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) on information bits associated with the de-masked cyclic redundancy check bits, and determining whether a correct mask was selected based on the CRC. 6. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a plurality of bits including a masked set of cyclic redundancy check bits and information bits associated with the cyclic redundancy check bits; and wherein applying the bit mask includes applying the bit mask to de-mask the received, masked set of cyclic redundancy check bits; and wherein the method further comprises performing a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) on the information bits associated with the cyclic redundancy check bits, and determining whether a correct mask was selected based on the CRC. 7. The method of claim 1, further comprising channel coding the cyclic redundancy check bits and information bits associated with the cyclic redundancy check bits after applying the bit mask to the cyclic redundancy check bits. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein applying the bit mask to the cyclic redundancy check bits comprises applying the bit mask to the cyclic redundancy check bits without application of the bit mask to corresponding information bits upon which the cyclic redundancy check bits are based. 9. A apparatus comprising a processor and a memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to: select a bit mask associated with an antenna configuration and a transmission diversity scheme, the bit mask being selected from a set of bit masks, the set of bit masks including a first bit mask associated with a single antenna configuration, a second bit mask associated with a two antenna configuration, and a third bit mask associated with a four antenna configuration, wherein a hamming distance between the first bit mask and the second bit mask is larger than the hamming distance between the first bit mask and the third bit mask and also larger than the hamming distance between the second bit mask and the third bit mask; andapply the bit mask associated with the antenna configuration and the transmission diversity scheme to cyclic redundancy check bits. 10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the apparatus being caused to apply the bit mask includes being caused to apply the bit mask to the cyclic redundancy check bits included within a physical broadcast channel (PBCH). 11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the first bit mask is 0000000000000000, the second bit mask is 1111111111111111, and the third bit mask is 0101010101010101. 12. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the first bit mask is an all zero mask and the second bit mask is an all one mask; and wherein each digit of the third bit mask has an opposite bit value from an adjacent digit. 13. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the apparatus being caused to apply the bit mask includes being caused to apply the bit mask to de-mask the cyclic redundancy check bits; and wherein the apparatus is further caused to perform a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) on information bits associated with the de-masked cyclic redundancy check bits, and determine whether a correct mask was selected based on the CRC. 14. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the apparatus is further caused to receive a plurality of bits including a masked set of cyclic redundancy check bits and information bits associated with the cyclic redundancy check bits, and wherein the apparatus being caused to apply the bit mask includes being caused to apply the bit mask to de-mask the received, masked set of cyclic redundancy check bits; and wherein the apparatus is further caused to perform a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) on the information bits associated with the cyclic redundancy check bits, and determine whether a correct mask was selected based on the CRC. 15. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the apparatus is further caused to channel code the cyclic redundancy check bits and information bits associated with the cyclic redundancy check bits after applying the bit mask to the cyclic redundancy check bits. 16. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the apparatus being caused to apply the bit mask to the cyclic redundancy check bits includes being caused to apply the bit mask to the cyclic redundancy check bits without application of the bit mask to corresponding information bits upon which the cyclic redundancy check bits are based. 17. A non-transitory computer program product comprising a computer-readable medium bearing computer program code embodied therein for use with a computer, the computer program code comprising: code for selecting a bit mask associated with an antenna configuration and a transmission diversity scheme, the bit mask being selected from a set of bit masks, the set of bit masks including a first bit mask associated with a single antenna configuration, a second bit mask associated with a two antenna configuration, and a third bit mask associated with a four antenna configuration, wherein a hamming distance between the first bit mask and the second bit mask is larger than the hamming distance between the first bit mask and the third bit mask and also larger than the hamming distance between the second bit mask and the third bit mask; andcode for applying the bit mask associated with the antenna configuration and the transmission diversity scheme to cyclic redundancy check bits. 18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the first bit mask is 0000000000000000, the second bit mask is 1111111111111111, and the third bit mask is 0101010101010101. 19. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the computer program code further comprises code for channel coding the cyclic redundancy check bits and information bits associated with the cyclic redundancy check bits after applying the bit mask to the cyclic redundancy check bits. 20. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the code for applying the bit mask to the cyclic redundancy check bits includes code for applying the bit mask to the cyclic redundancy check bits without application of the bit mask to corresponding information bits upon which the cyclic redundancy check bits are based.