Communications unit and method for use in a wireless communications network

A method in a wireless communication system, in which information is transmitted to a number of user terminals in subframes, the method comprising:

• scheduling at least one user terminal to which to transmit in a chosen subframe;
• allocating a first amount of power to the at least one user terminal;
• determining whether there is excess power in the subframe after scheduling;
• if there is excess power, allocating at least a first part of the excess power to at least one user terminal scheduled in the subframe;
• and
• performing CQI adjustment of a CQI received from the at least first user terminal in dependence of ACK/NACK signals received from the at least first user terminal, wherein the CQI adjustment will be performed taking into account ACK/NACK signals related to transport blocks in which no excess power was allocated to the at least first user terminal to a higher degree than ACK/NACK signals related to transport blocks in which excess power was allocated to the at least first user terminal.

A computer program product for controlling a radio base station in a wireless communications network, said computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having thereon computer readable code means, which, when run in a processor will cause the radio base station to:

• schedule at least one user terminal to which to transmit in a chosen subframe;
• allocate a first amount of power to the at least one user terminal;
• determine whether there is excess power in the subframe after scheduling;
• if there is excess power, allocate at least a first part of the excess power to at least one user terminal scheduled in the subframe;
• and
• perform CQI adjustment of a CQI received from the at least first user terminal in dependence of ACK/NACK signals received from the at least first user terminal, wherein the CQI adjustment will be performed taking into account ACK/NACK signals related to transport blocks in which no excess power was allocated to the at least first user terminal to a higher degree than ACK/NACK signals related to transport blocks in which excess power was allocated to the at least first user terminal.