Frequency selective scheduling

A method for enabling frequency selective scheduling of a wireless device in a communication network, the method being performed by the wireless device, comprising the steps of:

• receiving a first packet from a wireless network node, wherein said first packet has been sent over the entire available bandwidth of the communication network and comprises information identifying which wireless devices are addressed by the first packet, and which downlink sub-carriers are used for data transmission to said addressed wireless devices;
• and
• transmitting a second packet to the wireless network node on uplink sub-carriers, wherein said uplink sub-carriers are allocated to enable channel quality indications to be determined over said entire bandwidth for said wireless device.

A wireless network node for frequency selective scheduling of wireless devices in a communication network, the wireless network node comprising a processing unit configured to:

• transmit a first packet to at least one wireless device over the entire available bandwidth of the communication network, wherein said first packet comprises information identifying which wireless devices are addressed by the first packet, and which downlink sub-carriers are used for data transmission to said addressed wireless devices;
• and
• receive a second packet on uplink sub-carriers allocated to at least said addressed wireless devices and therefrom determine channel quality indications for said uplink sub-carriers, wherein said uplink sub-carriers are allocated to enable said channel quality indications to be determined over said entire bandwidth for at least each one of said addressed wireless devices.

A wireless device for enabling frequency selective scheduling of a wireless device in a communication network, the wireless device comprising a processing unit configured to:

• receive a first packet from a wireless network node, wherein said first packet has been sent over the entire available bandwidth of the communication network and comprises information identifying which wireless devices are addressed by the first packet, and which downlink sub-carriers are used for data transmission to said addressed wireless devices;
• and
• transmit a second packet to the wireless network node on uplink sub-carriers, wherein said uplink sub-carriers are allocated to enable channel quality indications to be determined over said entire bandwidth for said wireless device.

A nontransitory computer readable storage medium comprising a computer program for frequency selective scheduling of wireless devices in a communication network, the computer program comprising computer program code which, when run on a processing unit of the wireless network node causes the processing unit to:

• transmit a first packet to wireless devices over the entire available bandwidth of the communication network, wherein said packet comprises information identifying which wireless devices are addressed by the packet, and which downlink sub-carriers are used for data transmission to said addressed wireless devices;
• and
• receive a second packet on uplink sub-carriers allocated to at least said addressed wireless devices and therefrom determine channel quality indications for said uplink sub-carriers, wherein said uplink sub-carriers are allocated to enable said channel quality indications to be determined over said entire bandwidth for at least each one of said addressed wireless devices.

A nontransitory computer readable storage medium comprising a computer program for enabling frequency selective scheduling of a wireless device in a communication network, the computer program comprising computer program code which, when run on a processing unit of the wireless device causes the processing unit to:

• receive a first packet from a wireless network node, wherein said first packet has been sent over the entire available bandwidth of the communication network and comprises information identifying which wireless devices are addressed by the first packet, and which downlink sub-carriers are used for data transmission to said addressed wireless devices;
• and
• transmit a second packet to the wireless network node on uplink sub-carriers, wherein said uplink sub-carriers are allocated to enable channel quality indications to be determined over said entire bandwidth for said wireless device.

(canceled)