Patent ID: 8452296
Filing Date: 2013-05-28
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: at a wireless communications system base station, receiving from a mobile station a wireless transmission comprising a suggested frequency selective transmitter-receiver configuration, wherein the suggested frequency selective transmitter-receiver configuration is indicative of a plurality of precoder matrix indicators (PMIs) for a plurality of frequency sub-bands; and in response to receiving the wireless transmission, indicating to the mobile station to use either the suggested frequency selective transmitter-receiver configuration or a default transmitter-receiver configuration, wherein the default transmitter-receiver configuration is indicative of a single precoder matrix indicator (PMI); wherein the base station indicates to the mobile station to use a particular default transmitter-receiver configuration from among a plurality of default transmitter-receiver configurations; and wherein the plurality of default transmitter-receiver configurations comprises a configuration that corresponds to an average of at least two transmitter-receiver configurations received from the mobile station.