Patent ID: 8711723

Claim:
A method comprising: periodically receiving a subband channel quality indicator (CQI) report and a wideband CQI report from one or more wireless devices; recording a subframe report period for the subband CQI report received; dynamically determining which one of the subband CQI report and the wideband CQI report provides a best performance for scheduling a current downlink transmission; wherein the dynamically determining further comprises: determining a current age of the subband report based on an elapsed time between the subframe report period recorded and a most current subframe reporting period; comparing the current age with a threshold age to determine whether a corresponding report is valid; in response to a determination that the current age does not exceed the threshold age, scheduling the current downlink transmission by using one of: (a) a subband CQI value from the most current reporting subframe; and (b) a computed subband CQI value which is based on a previous CQI value and a wideband CQI value; and in response to a determination that the current age exceeds the threshold age, scheduling the current downlink transmission utilizing the wideband CQI report.