Patent ID: 8406332

Claim:
A method for transmitting information in a multiple-input multiple-output (“MIMO”) wireless communication system, comprising: updating channel quality information (“CQI”) values of a plurality of wireless devices, wherein updating said CQI values consider the effects of interference from transmissions to those wireless devices associated with a pre-assigned companion codeword set; pairing said plurality of wireless devices using at least said CQI values, a precoding matrix index (“PMI”) value and said pre-assigned companion codeword set, wherein said pre-assigned companion codeword set, a pre-assigned companion codeword associated with said pre-assigned companion codeword set and said PMI value are updated for each of said plurality of wireless devices; precoding the information for each of said plurality of wireless devices using said PMI value, said pre-assigned companion codeword or both; and transmitting said precoded information to each of said plurality of wireless devices.