Patent ID: 8797945

Claim:
A system for a hybrid scheme of mode decision in a network having a plurality of mobile stations (MS) communicably coupled to a base station (BS), the system comprising: a mode decision module associated with the BS, the mode decision module comprising one or more processors configured to: select a first mode configuration for use during transmission of a first communication from the base station; and receive first feedback information comprising a first mode recommendation and first channel information from at least one of the plurality of mobile stations; wherein the mode decision module includes: a state identification sub-module comprising one or more processors to identity a first system state of the first communication based at least in part on the first channel information; and a state transition sub-module comprising one or more processors to determine whether to transition from a prior system state to the first system state based on one or more transition conditions, and transition from the prior system state to the first system state, wherein the one or more processors of the mode decision module are further configured to: determine whether to use the first mode recommendation based at least in part on the first system state and satisfaction of at least one of the one or more transition conditions; and responsive to the determination, configure a second communication using a second mode configuration selected between a BS-derived mode based upon system-level information and an MS-mode recommendation based upon channel information so as to adaptively change the system state as channel condition or network condition change over time.