Patent ID: 8359041
Filing Date: 2013-01-22
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for operating a mobile station in a cell of a wireless communications system, the method comprising: receiving an indication from a base station, wherein the indication comprises information related to a set of candidate transmission formats and a size of the set, and wherein the size of the set is based on loading conditions in the cell; computing, by the mobile station, an amount of feedback information to transmit back to the base station based on the information in the indication, wherein the amount of feedback information corresponds to a number of feedback information bits to transmit in an uplink channel of the wireless communications system; locating a feedback resource assigned to the mobile station based on the amount of feedback information and an identity of the mobile station; computing feedback information related to a preferred transmission format, wherein the preferred transmission format is selected from the set of candidate transmission formats; and