Method of operating a base station (104a-c, 204, 304) of a cooperative communication network (100, 200, 300), the method comprising at the base station the steps of - receiving channel state related information (108a-c) and operating parameters from a user equipment (112a-b, 212, 312) of the communication network (100, 200, 300), the channel state related information (108a-c) being based on a measurement (Me) performed by the user equipment (112a-b, 212, 312), the channel state related information (108a-c) being a prediction time provided by the user equipment (112a-b, 212, 312) on the basis of the measurement (Me); - using a communication channel between the base station (104a-c, 204, 304) and the user equipment (112a-b, 212, 312) depending on the received channel state related information (108a-c) and a time information (PreT, PreT1, PreT2, MeT, MeT1-4, PreM, PreH, PreMS) indicating a predetermined time interval, which is associated with a measurement time (MeT, MeT1-4) at which the measurement (Me) has been performed, the time information comprising a prediction horizon (PreH) indicating the accuracy of the channel state related information (108a-c) at a certain time after the measurement, wherein the time information (PreT, PreT1, PreT2, MeT, MeT1-4, PreM, PreH, PreMS) is at least partly set by the base station depending on the operating parameters of the user equipment (112a-b, 212, 312); - receiving from the user equipment (112a-b, 212, 312) a message relating to a current mean prediction horizon (PreH) of the user equipment (112a-b, 212, 312) and based on the received message, the base station (104a-c, 204, 304) optimising the regular reporting of channel state information; the method being characterised by the step of using the communication channel at a later point of time different from said measurement time only if the later point of time is within said predetermined time interval from the measurement time. - receiving channel state related information (108a-c) and operating parameters from a user equipment (112a-b, 212, 312) of the communication network (100, 200, 300), the channel state related information (108a-c) being based on a measurement (Me) performed by the user equipment (112a-b, 212, 312), the channel state related information (108a-c) being a prediction time provided by the user equipment (112a-b, 212, 312) on the basis of the measurement (Me); - using a communication channel between the base station (104a-c, 204, 304) and the user equipment (112a-b, 212, 312) depending on the received channel state related information (108a-c) and a time information (PreT, PreT1, PreT2, MeT, MeT1-4, PreM, PreH, PreMS) indicating a predetermined time interval, which is associated with a measurement time (MeT, MeT1-4) at which the measurement (Me) has been performed, the time information comprising a prediction horizon (PreH) indicating the accuracy of the channel state related information (108a-c) at a certain time after the measurement, wherein the time information (PreT, PreT1, PreT2, MeT, MeT1-4, PreM, PreH, PreMS) is at least partly set by the base station depending on the operating parameters of the user equipment (112a-b, 212, 312); - receiving from the user equipment (112a-b, 212, 312) a message relating to a current mean prediction horizon (PreH) of the user equipment (112a-b, 212, 312) and based on the received message, the base station (104a-c, 204, 304) optimising the regular reporting of channel state information;