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Methods and apparatus for reporting and/or using control information

  • US 10,159,006 B2
  • Filed: 07/29/2015
  • Issued: 12/18/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of operating a base station in a communications system including a wireless terminal that communicates control information reports, the method comprising:

  • receiving a first report of a particular type according to a first reporting format from said wireless terminal operating in a first mode of operation, said first reporting format communicating a signal-to-noise-ratio value without a preferred link indicator; and

    receiving a second report of the same particular type according to a second reporting format from said wireless terminal operating in a second mode of operation, said second reporting format being different from said first reporting format, said second reporting format communicating both a signal-to-noise ratio value and a preferred link indicator value,wherein said first reporting format and said second reporting format each encode information into the same number of information bits.

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