Patent ID: 8687527

Claim:
A method for link adaptation for an LTE/LTE-A uplink with a turbo SIC receiver, said method comprising the steps of: determining a precoding matrix index PMI and rank index RI selection for an LTE/LTE-A uplink when precoding of said uplink is enabled, responsive to channel state information of a subcarrier in said uplink; determining a decoding order for codewords in said uplink i) when said precoding of said uplink is not enabled and ii) if needed when said precoding of said uplink is enabled; performing modulation and coding scheme MCS assignment for said uplink based on a hard decision successive interference cancellation SIC rule without intra-codeword CW cancelation or a partial hard decision SIC rule with intra-CW cancellation, responsive to said determined PMI and RI selection; and influencing data transmission in said uplink for detection by a turbo successive interference cancellation SIC receiver, responsive to said MCS assignment.