Patent ID: 8149772
Filing Date: 2012-04-03
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for reporting channel quality information transmitted from a communication terminal, the channel quality information being used as a reference when a base station apparatus determines resource assignment, the method comprising: at the communication terminal: receiving allowable delay information comprising a size of an allowable delay for user data of the communication terminal and which is transmitted from the base station apparatus; generating the channel quality information based on the allowable delay information; reporting the channel quality information to the base station apparatus; and during a communication in which a delay is allowable, reducing an amount of the channel quality information reported to the base station apparatus based on the allowable delay information, compared to an amount of the channel quality information reported during a communication in which the delay is not allowable, wherein the method further comprises, during the communication in which the delay is not allowable, reporting the channel quality information for each resource of all resources, and, during the communication in which the delay is allowable, reporting the channel quality information for each of a plurality of resource groups dividing all the resources.