A method for transmitting a channel quality indicator-only feedback payload, comprising: receiving a channel quality indicator scheduling message from a base station (102, 202), wherein the channel quality indicator scheduling message was transmitted using downlink control information format 4; generating a channel quality indicator-only feedback payload; and transmitting the channel quality indicator-only feedback payload on a physical uplink shared channel, wherein the channel quality indicator-only feedback payload is transmitted using: quadrature phase shift keying modulation when a rank of uplink transmission is equal to 1, and when a first modulation and coding scheme index in the channel quality indicator scheduling message is set to 29, or 16 quadrature amplitude modulation when a rank of uplink transmission is equal to 1, and when a first modulation and coding scheme index in the channel quality indicator scheduling message is set to 31, or quadrature phase shift keying modulation on all layers when a rank of uplink transmission is greater than 1, and when a first modulation and coding scheme index in the channel quality indicator scheduling message is set to 29, and when a second modulation and coding scheme index in the channel quality indicator scheduling message is set to 29; and wherein the channel quality indicator-only feedback payload is transmitted using a requested number of physical resource blocks in the channel quality indicator scheduling message, wherein the requested number of physical resource blocks is set within a physical resource block maximum which is a value greater than four only when an aperiodic channel quality indicator report mode is configured, when multi-carrier aperiodic channel quality indicator reporting is supported, and/or when a system bandwidth configuration is greater than 5 megahertz. receiving a channel quality indicator scheduling message from a base station (102, 202), wherein the channel quality indicator scheduling message was transmitted using downlink control information format 4; generating a channel quality indicator-only feedback payload; and transmitting the channel quality indicator-only feedback payload on a physical uplink shared channel, wherein the channel quality indicator-only feedback payload is transmitted using: quadrature phase shift keying modulation when a rank of uplink transmission is equal to 1, and when a first modulation and coding scheme index in the channel quality indicator scheduling message is set to 29, or 16 quadrature amplitude modulation when a rank of uplink transmission is equal to 1, and when a first modulation and coding scheme index in the channel quality indicator scheduling message is set to 31, or quadrature phase shift keying modulation on all layers when a rank of uplink transmission is greater than 1, and when a first modulation and coding scheme index in the channel quality indicator scheduling message is set to 29, and when a second modulation and coding scheme index in the channel quality indicator scheduling message is set to 29; and wherein the channel quality indicator-only feedback payload is transmitted using a requested number of physical resource blocks in the channel quality indicator scheduling message, wherein the requested number of physical resource blocks is set within a physical resource block maximum which is a value greater than four only when an aperiodic channel quality indicator report mode is configured, when multi-carrier aperiodic channel quality indicator reporting is supported, and/or when a system bandwidth configuration is greater than 5 megahertz. quadrature phase shift keying modulation when a rank of uplink transmission is equal to 1, and when a first modulation and coding scheme index in the channel quality indicator scheduling message is set to 29, or 16 quadrature amplitude modulation when a rank of uplink transmission is equal to 1, and when a first modulation and coding scheme index in the channel quality indicator scheduling message is set to 31, or quadrature phase shift keying modulation on all layers when a rank of uplink transmission is greater than 1, and when a first modulation and coding scheme index in the channel quality indicator scheduling message is set to 29, and when a second modulation and coding scheme index in the channel quality indicator scheduling message is set to 29; and wherein the channel quality indicator-only feedback payload is transmitted using a requested number of physical resource blocks in the channel quality indicator scheduling message, wherein the requested number of physical resource blocks is set within a physical resource block maximum which is a value greater than four only when an aperiodic channel quality indicator report mode is configured, when multi-carrier aperiodic channel quality indicator reporting is supported, and/or when a system bandwidth configuration is greater than 5 megahertz.