Embodiments allow an eNBs and a target UE to both calculate which resource block groups (RBGs) to use to transmit data. Because the RBGs that will contain information of interest can be pre-calculated, there is no need to receive and store all RBGs in the transmitted signal before decoding the signal and identifying which RBGs are of interest to the recipient. This allows receivers to buffer and/or store only those RBGs that will contain received information and discard others. The amount of information that needs to be stored and/or buffered thus is less and can result in receivers with less memory and, hence, lower cost. In order to calculate which RBGs are to be used to transmit and/or receive information, a logical RBG index is first calculated and the logical RBG index is mapped to a physical RBG index.