Method and apparatus for channel estimation using multiple description codes

An apparatus for reporting channel feedback information, comprising:

• means for obtaining an initial channel vector for a communication channel from a first station to a second station;
• means for selecting a codebook in a set of codebooks for quantizing the initial channel vector, each codebook including a different set of channel vector, wherein different codebooks in the set of codebooks are selected in different reporting intervals;
• means for selecting a channel vector in the selected codebook based on the initial channel vector;
• and
• means for sending the selected channel vector from the second station to the first station.

A computer program product, comprising:

• a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:
• code for causing at least one computer to obtain an initial channel vector for a communication channel from a first station to a second station,
• code for causing the at least one computer to select a codebook in a set of codebooks for quantizing the initial channel vector, each codebook including a different set of channel vectors, wherein different codebooks in the set of codebooks are selected in different reporting intervals,
• code for causing the at least one computer to select a channel vector in the selected codebook based on the initial channel vector, and
• code for causing the at least one computer to send the selected channel vector from the second station to the first station.