Patent ID: 7933238

Claim:
A method for indicating to a communication unit a plurality of modulation and coding schemes (MCSs) to be utilized for communication, the method comprising the steps of: determining a first MCS for first resource blocks to be sent to a first remote unit or base station; determining a second MCS, differing from the first MCS, for a second resource block to be sent to the remote unit or base station; transmitting a message indicating the first and the second MCS and also indicating the first resource blocks and the second resource block; transmitting a first PDU to the remote unit or base station at a first time using the first MCS and the first resource blocks; and transmitting a second PDU to the remote unit or base station at the first time using the second MCS and the second resource block; transmitting a single HARQ channel indicator for the first PDU sent on the first resource blocks and the second PDU sent on the second resource block.