An apparatus (10, 10a) operable to control a transmission format on a communication link between a remote unit and a central unit of a base station transceiver of a mobile communication system, the apparatus (10, 10a) comprising: a control module (12, 12a) operable to determine information related to a property of data to be communicated between the remote unit and the central unit, wherein the control module (12, 12a) is further operable to determine information related to a transmission format based on the information related to the property of the data; wherein the control module (12, 12a) is operable to determine information related to a first or a second modulation order of the data as information related to the property of the data, wherein the first modulation order is lower than the second modulation order, and wherein the control module (12, 12a) is operable to determine information related to a first transmission format when information related to the first modulation order is determined, and wherein the control module (12, 12a) is operable to determine information related to a second transmission format when information related to the second modulation is determined, wherein the information related to the first transmission format indicates a lower resolution for I/Q samples communicated between the remote unit and the central unit than the information related to the second transmission format; wherein the control module (12, 12a) is operable to determine, as information related to the data property, whether the data to be communicated between the remote unit and the central unit corresponds to payload data or control data, and wherein the control module (12, 12a) is operable to determine information related to the resolution of the I/Q samples of the corresponding transmission formats based on whether the data corresponds to payload data or control data; an interface (14, 14a) operable to provide the information related to the transmission format; and further comprising a processing module (18, 18a), which is coupled to the interface (14, 14a), the processing module (18, 18a) is operable to communicate the data between the remote unit and the central unit based on the information of the transmission format. a control module (12, 12a) operable to determine information related to a property of data to be communicated between the remote unit and the central unit, wherein the control module (12, 12a) is further operable to determine information related to a transmission format based on the information related to the property of the data; wherein the control module (12, 12a) is operable to determine information related to a first or a second modulation order of the data as information related to the property of the data, wherein the first modulation order is lower than the second modulation order, and wherein the control module (12, 12a) is operable to determine information related to a first transmission format when information related to the first modulation order is determined, and wherein the control module (12, 12a) is operable to determine information related to a second transmission format when information related to the second modulation is determined, wherein the information related to the first transmission format indicates a lower resolution for I/Q samples communicated between the remote unit and the central unit than the information related to the second transmission format; wherein the control module (12, 12a) is operable to determine, as information related to the data property, whether the data to be communicated between the remote unit and the central unit corresponds to payload data or control data, and wherein the control module (12, 12a) is operable to determine information related to the resolution of the I/Q samples of the corresponding transmission formats based on whether the data corresponds to payload data or control data; an interface (14, 14a) operable to provide the information related to the transmission format; and further comprising a processing module (18, 18a), which is coupled to the interface (14, 14a), the processing module (18, 18a) is operable to communicate the data between the remote unit and the central unit based on the information of the transmission format.