A method for the measurement and reporting of channel quality, modulation and channel coding information, wherein the method is performed by a user equipment, UE in a 3GPP Long Term Evolution, LTE, wireless communication system comprising a base station, the method comprising: performing measurement of a downlink channel; reporting to the base station, information on a channel quality indicator, CQI, based on the measurement and a CQI table among a plurality of CQI tables, wherein each of the plurality of CQI tables indicates modulations and code rates for reporting the CQI, the plurality of CQI tables comprises a first CQI table which supports 256 quadrature amplitude modulation, QAM, and a second CQI table which does not support 256 QAM, and a number of CQI indexes in the first CQI table is equal to a number of CQI indexes in the second CQI table, receiving, from: the base station, downlink control information, DCI, including information on a modulation and coding scheme, MCS; receiving, from the base station downlink data; and processing the received data based on the information on the MCS and an MCS table among a plurality of MCS tables, wherein each of the plurality of MCS tables indicates modulation orders and code rates, the plurality of MCS tables comprises a first MCS table which supports 256 QAM and a second MCS table which does not support 256 QAM, and a number of MCS indexes in the first MCS table is equal to a number of MCS indexes in the second MCS table, characterised in that a CQI item of 64QAM with a highest coding rate in the second CQI table is not in the first CQI table, and wherein there is a corresponding relationship between CQI items of the CQI table and MCS items of the MCS table, and an MCS item of 64QAM with a highest coding rate in the second MCS table is not in the first MCS table, wherein the first MCS table corresponds to the first CQI table. performing measurement of a downlink channel; reporting to the base station, information on a channel quality indicator, CQI, based on the measurement and a CQI table among a plurality of CQI tables, wherein each of the plurality of CQI tables indicates modulations and code rates for reporting the CQI, the plurality of CQI tables comprises a first CQI table which supports 256 quadrature amplitude modulation, QAM, and a second CQI table which does not support 256 QAM, and a number of CQI indexes in the first CQI table is equal to a number of CQI indexes in the second CQI table, receiving, from: the base station, downlink control information, DCI, including information on a modulation and coding scheme, MCS; receiving, from the base station downlink data; and processing the received data based on the information on the MCS and an MCS table among a plurality of MCS tables, wherein each of the plurality of MCS tables indicates modulation orders and code rates, the plurality of MCS tables comprises a first MCS table which supports 256 QAM and a second MCS table which does not support 256 QAM, and a number of MCS indexes in the first MCS table is equal to a number of MCS indexes in the second MCS table, characterised in that a CQI item of 64QAM with a highest coding rate in the second CQI table is not in the first CQI table, and wherein there is a corresponding relationship between CQI items of the CQI table and MCS items of the MCS table, and an MCS item of 64QAM with a highest coding rate in the second MCS table is not in the first MCS table, wherein the first MCS table corresponds to the first CQI table. <EOS>