Patent ID: 7995642

Claim:
A method for transmitting data, the method comprising: receiving, from a first transceiver, a reference signal; in response to the received reference signal, generating a feedback message at a second transceiver in response to the reference signal received from the first transceiver; assigning, by the second transceiver, an identifier for the feedback message, and storing the feedback message in association with the identifier in the second transceiver, the identifier including information associated with a format; transmitting, via the second transceiver, the feedback message with the identifier to the first transceiver, wherein the feedback message is configured to be used by the first transceiver to use the assigned format for data to be transmitted to the second transceiver; and receiving data and a control message, from the first transceiver, using the assigned transmission format, with the control message comprising the identifier of the feedback message based on which transmission format is determined.