Patent ID: 9374148
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of wireless communication, comprising: communicating in a plurality of subframes, the subframes comprising a first type of subframe and a second type of subframe; selecting, from a first set of transmission modes, a first transmission mode for the first type of subframe, wherein the first set of transmission modes is determined based at least in part on the first type of subframe, and wherein the first set of transmission modes comprises all transmission modes in which a user equipment specific reference signal is transmitted; selecting, from a second set of transmission modes, a second transmission mode for the second type of subframe, wherein the second set of transmission modes is determined based at least in part on the second type of subframe, and wherein the first set of transmission modes is a subset of the second set of transmission modes; and constructing different channel feedback for a subframe of the plurality of subframes depending on whether the subframe is of the first type of subframe or of the second type of subframe; wherein the communicating in the plurality of subframes comprises using the first transmission mode to communicate in subframes of the first type of subframe and using the second transmission mode to communicate in subframes of the second type of subframe.