Patent ID: 8111764

Claim:
A method for transmitting channel quality information (CQI) in a wireless communication system, overall band of the wireless communication system divided by a plurality of sub-bands, the method comprising: selecting a first sub-band having the highest CQI among the plurality of sub-bands; transmitting CQI of the first sub-band; transmitting CQI of a second sub-band, the second sub-band having the CQI lower than the first sub-band, wherein the number of CQI levels of the second sub-band is less than that of CQI levels of the first sub-band; and transmitting CQI of a third sub-band, the third sub-band having the CQI lower than the second sub-band, wherein the number of CQI levels of the third sub-band is less than that of CQI levels of the second sub-band.