Patent ID: 9602181
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04W

Claim:
1. A method performed at a transmitting node of a wireless network to provide transmission control information to a receiving node, the method comprising: from the transmitting node, providing feedback restriction information to the receiving node over a control channel, the feedback restriction information specifying restrictions on a feedback report to be provided from the receiving node, the feedback restriction information comprising one or more feedback restriction fields, and a corresponding feedback restriction value specifying restrictions on one or more feedback parameters of the feedback report; at the transmitting node, receiving the feedback report from the receiving node, the feedback report comprising the one or more feedback parameters, each feedback parameter indicating a channel characteristic of a wireless channel between the transmitting node and the receiving node or indicating a transmission characteristic preferred by the receiving node of data transmission from the transmitting node to the receiving node; and from the transmitting node, providing the transmission control information to the receiving node based on the feedback parameters, the transmission control information specifying one or more transmission characteristics that will be applied by the transmitting node in transmitting data to the receiving node, wherein the transmission control information is provided to the receiving node over the same control channel used in providing the feedback restriction information.