Patent ID: 7924800

Claim:
A method of setting Reverse Link Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) Reporting Modes in an access terminal in a wireless communication system, comprising: a processor-implemented act of executing processor executable instructions stored on a machine readable storage medium to implement the following: determining a value for CQIReportingMode; and setting a reverse link CQI reporting mode of the access terminal based on CQIReportingMode value that indicates a reverse link CQI reporting mode to implement selected from a group consisting of a Single Code Word CQI Reporting Mode, a Multiple Code Word CQI Reporting Mode, and a Single Input and Single Output (SISO) CQI Reporting Mode, wherein: the reverse link CQI reporting mode of the access terminal is set to be Single Code Word CQI Reporting Mode if the CQIReportingMode value indicates Single Code Word CQI Reporting Mode; the reverse link CQI reporting mode of the access terminal is set to be Multiple Code Word CQI Reporting Mode if the CQIReportingMode value indicates Multiple Code Word CQI Reporting Mode; and the reverse link CQI reporting mode of the access terminal is set to be Single Input and Single Output (SISO) CQI Reporting Mode if the CQIReportingMode value indicates Single Input and Single Output (SISO) Reporting Mode.