Patent ID: 7804802

Claim:
In a wireless network comprising at least a first and a second wireless communication devices, a method for determining at least one characteristic for communication between said at least first and second devices based on information derived by affecting an exponential effective signal to interference ratio mapping (EESM) upon one or more signals transmitted by said first wireless communication device and received by said second wireless communication device, comprising: transmitting one or more signals from said first wireless communication device, towards said second wireless communication device; at said second wireless communication device, receiving at least one of said one or more signals; calculating, at said second wireless communication device, said EESM of said at least one of said one or more signals and determining the value of at least one pre-defined parameter associated with said EESM; communicating at least one of said values thus determined to said first wireless communication device; based on said at least one of the values communicated, determining the at least one characteristic for holding communication between said first and second wireless communication devices; transmitting a message from said first wireless communication device to said second wireless communication device indicating a mode of operation for carrying out communication between said first and second wireless communication devices; wherein the communication of said values to the first wireless communication device is preceded by communicating to said first wireless communication device one or more thresholds, each of said one or more thresholds defining one or more minimum conditions required for operation according to a different code that may be applied for the communication between said first and second wireless communication devices; and wherein the values communicated comprise characteristics of one or more curves defining a relationship between the EESM value and a adjustment factor, β.