A method, performed by an access terminal, that effectuates multichannel feedback in a multichannel wireless communication environment, comprising: defining a carrier set for carriers utilizing a first set of configuration parameters from a band having carriers with the first set of configuration parameters and carriers with a second set of configuration parameters; grouping a plurality of carriers into the carrier set, based on the plurality of carriers having the first set of parameters, wherein the grouping comprises: identifying a frequency band within which each carrier of the plurality of carriers is received at an access terminal; ascertaining whether each carrier of the plurality of carriers employed a multiple input multiple output, MIMO, transmission paradigm or utilized a single input multiple output, SIMO, transmission paradigm during conveyance to an access terminal; and allocating each carrier of the plurality of carriers to the carrier set based at least in part on the transmission paradigm and the frequency band within which each carrier of the plurality of carriers is received from a base station; selecting a subset of the plurality of carriers as representative of the carrier set; measuring a channel quality of the selected subset of the plurality of carriers; and transmitting a channel quality indicator, CQI, for the carrier set, the CQI determined at least in part from the measured channel quality of the subset of the plurality of carriers. defining a carrier set for carriers utilizing a first set of configuration parameters from a band having carriers with the first set of configuration parameters and carriers with a second set of configuration parameters; grouping a plurality of carriers into the carrier set, based on the plurality of carriers having the first set of parameters, wherein the grouping comprises: identifying a frequency band within which each carrier of the plurality of carriers is received at an access terminal; ascertaining whether each carrier of the plurality of carriers employed a multiple input multiple output, MIMO, transmission paradigm or utilized a single input multiple output, SIMO, transmission paradigm during conveyance to an access terminal; and allocating each carrier of the plurality of carriers to the carrier set based at least in part on the transmission paradigm and the frequency band within which each carrier of the plurality of carriers is received from a base station; identifying a frequency band within which each carrier of the plurality of carriers is received at an access terminal; ascertaining whether each carrier of the plurality of carriers employed a multiple input multiple output, MIMO, transmission paradigm or utilized a single input multiple output, SIMO, transmission paradigm during conveyance to an access terminal; and allocating each carrier of the plurality of carriers to the carrier set based at least in part on the transmission paradigm and the frequency band within which each carrier of the plurality of carriers is received from a base station; selecting a subset of the plurality of carriers as representative of the carrier set; measuring a channel quality of the selected subset of the plurality of carriers; and transmitting a channel quality indicator, CQI, for the carrier set, the CQI determined at least in part from the measured channel quality of the subset of the plurality of carriers. <EOS>