Patent ID: 8112049

Claim:
A method of operating a first radio communication device in a wireless communication system, comprising: receiving recommended precoder information and channel quality information from a second radio communication device; wherein the recommended precoder information is associated with a recommended precoder and the channel quality information is associated with the recommended precoder, selecting the recommended precoder or a different, first alternate precoder for a transmission to the second radio communication device; determining a first channel quality adjustment if the recommended precoder is selected and a different, second channel quality adjustment if the first alternate precoder is selected; adjusting the channel quality information to use for transmission based on the determined channel quality adjustment; allocating transmission resources based on the adjusted channel quality information; precoding a signal to be transmitted to the second radio communications device in accordance with the selected precoder; and performing transmission of the precoded signal to the second radio communication device using the transmission resources allocated based on the adjusted channel quality information, wherein the first alternate precoder is selected for transmission to the second radio communication device.