Patent ID: 8611288

Claim:
A system, comprising: a first wireless device configured to (i) determine parameters corresponding to a communication channel, wherein the parameters are associated with an estimated quality of the communication channel, (ii) determine, based on the parameters, a preferred modulation and coding scheme (MCS) for transmission via the communication channel, and (iii) transmit the parameters and the preferred MCS via the communication channel; and a second wireless device configured to (i) receive the parameters and the preferred MCS determined by the first wireless device via the communication channel, and (ii) based on the preferred MCS determined by the first wireless device, select an MCS for transmission of data to the first wireless device via the communication channel, wherein the MCS selected by the second wireless device includes multiple bits indicating (i) one of SC modulation and OFDM modulation and (ii) one of a plurality of data rates.