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

Claim 19:
20. A method for switching communication link waveforms in a second device in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
obtaining from a first device a configuration to use a determined communication link waveform for data communication, the determined communication link waveform comprising either a multiple carrier (MC) waveform or a single carrier (SC) waveform;
sending a channel quality indicator (CQI) to the first device, wherein the CQI provides an implicit indication of a communication link waveform preference;
obtaining an indication from the first device to switch to a selected communication link waveform, wherein the indication is 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.