Patent ID: 11923970
Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 8:
9. An apparatus for switching communication link waveforms in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:
one or more memories; and
one or more processors coupled to the one or more memories, the one or more processors configured to:
configure a wireless device to use a determined communication link waveform for data communication from the apparatus to the wireless device, the determined communication link waveform comprising either a multiple carrier (MC) waveform or a single carrier (SC) waveform;
obtaining an implicit indication from the second device of a communication link waveform preference, the implicit indication based on a channel quality indicator (CQI) received from the second device; and
provide an indication to the second device to switch to a selected communication link waveform based on a determination to dynamically switch the determined communication link waveform to the selected communication link waveform and further based on the communication link waveform preference, the selected communication link waveform comprising the other of the MC waveform or the SC waveform.