Methods and Network Nodes for Managing Transmission of at Least One Channel Quality Report

A method in a radio network node for managing transmission of at least one channel quality report from a user equipment, wherein the method comprises:

• sending, to the user equipment, a first message comprising information about at least one resource for use by the user equipment when transmitting the at least one channel quality report;
• sending, to the user equipment, a second message for activating, in the user equipment, the transmission of the at least one channel quality report;
• and
• receiving, from the user equipment, a first channel quality report of the at least one channel quality report, wherein the first channel quality report is received on the at least one resource on an uplink control channel.

A radio network node configured to manage transmission of at least one channel quality report from a user equipment, wherein the radio network node comprises a processing circuit configured to:

• send, to the user equipment, a first message comprising information about at least one resource for use by the user equipment when transmitting the at least one channel quality report;
• send, to the user equipment, a second message for activating, in the user equipment, the transmission of the at least one channel quality report;
• and
• receive, from the user equipment, a first channel quality report of the at least one channel quality report, wherein the first channel quality report is received on the at least one resource on an uplink control channel.

A method in a user equipment for handling transmission of at least one channel quality report from the user equipment to a radio network node, wherein the method comprises:

• receiving, from the radio network node, a first message comprising information about at least one resource for use by the user equipment when transmitting the at least one channel quality report;
• receiving, from the radio network node, a second message for activating, in the user equipment, the transmission of the at least one channel quality report;
• and
• sending, to the radio network node, a first channel quality report of the at least one channel quality report, wherein the first channel quality report is received on the at least one resource on an uplink control channel.

A user equipment configured to handle transmission of at least one channel quality report from the user equipment to a radio network node, wherein the user equipment comprises a processing circuit configured to:

• receive, from the radio network node, a first message comprising information about at least one resource for use by the user equipment when transmitting the at least one channel quality report;
• receive, from the radio network node, a second message for activating, in the user equipment, the transmission of the at least one channel quality report;
• and
• send, to the radio network node, a first channel quality report of the at least one channel quality report, wherein the first channel quality report is received on the at least one resource on an uplink control channel.