Patent ID: 8279827
Filing Date: 2012-10-02
Classification: H04B,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for transmitting channel quality reports periodically from a secondary station to a primary station, wherein transmission of a control channel is carried out discontinuously with a predetermined periodic transmission phase, said method comprising: (a) scheduling transmission of a transmission sequence of channel quality reports of at least a first type and a second type according to a predetermined pattern, (b) estimating a number of channel quality reports of the second type scheduled during transmission phases of a predetermined time window, (c) amending the transmission sequence by replacing at least one channel quality report scheduled to be of the first type with a channel quality report of the second type if the number of second type channel quality reports scheduled during the transmission phases of the predetermined time window is below a predetermined threshold, (d) transmitting the amended sequence to the primary station.