Pdsch throughput improvement by pucch irm/mrc auto switching

A base station configured to improve Physical Downlink Shared Channel, PDSCH, throughput by switching between Maximum Ratio Combining, MRC, and Interference Rejection Combining, IRC, demodulation based on interference, the base station comprising a radio interface and processing circuitry configured to:

• receive a Physical Uplink Control Channel, PUCCH, transmission from a wireless communication device over a wireless channel from the wireless communication device to the base station;
• determine a level of interference present on the wireless channel from the wireless communication device to the base station;
• demodulate the PUCCH transmission using an MRC decoding technique if the level of interference on the wireless channel is below a predefined interference level;
• and
• demodulate the PUCCH transmission using an IRC decoding technique if the level of interference on the wireless channel is above the predefined interference level.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon, that when implemented by a processor perform operations for improving Physical Downlink Shared Channel, PDSCH, throughput by switching between Maximum Ratio Combining, MRC, and Interference Rejection Combining, IRC, decoding based on interference, the operations comprising:

• receiving a Physical Uplink Control Channel, PUCCH, transmission from a wireless communication device over a wireless channel from the wireless communication device to the base station;
• determining a level of interference present on the wireless channel from the wireless communication device to the base station;
• demodulating the PUCCH transmission using an MRC decoding technique if the level of interference on the wireless channel is below a predefined interference level;
• and
• demodulating the PUCCH transmission using an IRC decoding technique if the level of interference on the wireless channel is above the predefined interference level.