Patent ID: 7310499

Claim:
A method of adjusting one or more communications with a receiving unit in a wireless communication network, the method comprising the steps of: receiving feedback information relating to the receiving unit, the feedback information relating to radio conditions between the wireless communication network and the receiving unit; determining a feedback information offset for the receiving unit by a feedback information processor located separately from the receiving unit, wherein the step of determining the feedback information offset comprises the further steps of: increasing the feedback information offset whenever the feedback information includes a negative acknowledgement (“NACK”); and decreasing the feedback information offset whenever the feedback information includes an acknowledgement (“ACK”), wherein the step of decreasing the feedback information offset comprises the further steps of: leaving the feedback information offset unchanged whenever the feedback information includes an acknowledgement (“ACK”) and the feedback information is not related to an initial transmission; leaving the feedback information offset unchanged whenever the feedback information includes an acknowledgment (“ACK”), the feedback information is related to an initial transmission and a BLER is not greater than a desired value; and decreasing the feedback information offset whenever the feedback information includes and acknowledgement (“ACK”) and the BLER is greater than the desired values; and adjusting the one or more communications providing a downlink with the receiving unit based on the feedback information and the feedback information offset.