US Patent 10298434 Compressed modulation feedback in codeword transmission with per-layer-modulation mapping

Compressed modulation feedback in codeword transmission with per-layer-modulation mapping is discussed. In the proposed compression schemes, the number of bits of feedback is compressed by excluding some of the allowed combinations of per-layer modulation orders. The excluded combinations are determined according to a fixed index delta, which prohibits any one modulation scheme being selected that has an index difference greater than the fixed index delta. The transmitting entity may then send per-layer modulation parameters, which may be the actual modulation orders identified or some relative parameter.