Channel quality feedback signal for wireless networks

An apparatus comprising:

• a wireless transceiver;
• and
• a controller;
• the apparatus being configured to:
• broadcast, in a downlink direction to one or more mobile stations in a wireless network, a message that includes a channel quality threshold;
• and
• receive a signal from at least one of the one or more mobile stations, the signal being received in an uplink direction on one or more resource blocks that have a channel quality, as measured by one of the one or more mobile station in a downlink direction, that is greater than or equal to the channel quality threshold.

A method comprising:

• broadcasting, in a downlink direction to one or more mobile stations in a wireless network, a message that includes a channel quality threshold;
• transmitting, from a base station in a downlink direction, one or more signals on each of a plurality of resource blocks;
• and
• receiving a signal from at least one of the one or more mobile stations, the signal being received on a subset of resource blocks in an uplink direction that have a channel quality, as measured by one of the one or more mobile stations in the downlink direction, that is greater than or equal to the channel quality threshold.

A method comprising:

• receiving a message at a mobile station from a base station in a wireless network, a message that includes a channel quality threshold;
• measuring a channel quality for each of a plurality of resource blocks in a downlink direction;
• selecting, based on the measuring, one or more resource blocks of the plurality of resource blocks that have a channel quality that is greater than or equal to the channel quality threshold;
• transmitting a signal in an uplink direction to the base station on the selected one or more resource blocks.

An apparatus comprising:

• a wireless transceiver;
• and
• a controller;
• the apparatus being configured to:
• receive a message at a mobile station from a base station in a wireless network, a message that includes a channel quality threshold;
• measure a channel quality for each of a plurality of resource blocks in a downlink direction;
• the controller being configured to select, based on the measuring, one or more resource blocks of the plurality of resource blocks that have a channel quality that is greater than or equal to the channel quality threshold;
• and
• the apparatus being configured to transmit a signal in an uplink direction to the base station on the selected one or more resource blocks.

A method comprising:

• establishing an association between the base station and at least one mobile station (MS) via a communications channel, wherein the communications channel is divided into resource blocks;
• broadcasting a channel quality threshold message that includes a channel quality threshold;
• receiving at least one reporting message, respectively from the at least one mobile station(s), indicating which resource blocks have a measured channel quality that is greater than or equal to the channel quality threshold;
• and
• allocating, in a time division multiplexing mode, resource blocks for communication with the mobile station(s) based, at least in part, upon the reporting message(s).

A method comprising:

• establishing an association between the mobile station and a base station via a communications channel, wherein the communications channel is divided into resource blocks;
• receiving, from the base station, a broadcast channel quality threshold message including a channel quality threshold;
• measuring a channel quality for each of a plurality of the resource blocks;
• and
• if at least one resource block includes a channel quality that is greater than or equal to the channel quality threshold, transmitting a reporting message, to the base station, indicating which resource block(s) include a channel quality that is greater than or equal to the channel quality threshold.