Patent ID: 8553614

Claim:
A method of transmitting a channel quality indicator (CQI) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: transmitting a request for approving a CQI transmission scheme to a base station; receiving an approving signal for the request; generating CQIs according to the CQI transmission scheme; and transmitting the generated CQI to the base station; wherein the CQI transmission scheme comprises: obtaining a CQI of each of N sub-bands at a first transmission cycle; selecting a first sub-band having the best CQI and M−1 sub-bands having CQIs lower than the best CQI in the N sub-bands at the first transmission cycle; transmitting the best CQI of the first sub-band and difference values between the best CQI and the CQI of each of the M−1 sub-bands at the first transmission cycle; and transmitting only a difference value between the best CQI of the first sub-band and a CQI of the first sub-band at a second transmission cycle; wherein the CQI of each of the M−1 sub-bands at the second transmission cycle are determined by using the difference value between the best CQI of the first sub-band and the CQI of the first sub-band at the second transmission cycle.