US Patent 9071412 Method of scheduling transmissions in a communication system

In a telecommunication system, a method of controlling and implementing uplink transmission schemes specifically for user equipment having multiple input/multiple output (MIMO) capability, including initializing said scheme at a network element; forwarding a message from said network element to said terminal indicating said scheme; transmitting uplink signals according to said scheme. It may include selecting a pre-coding arrangement such as a Transmitted Precoding Matrix Indicator or other scheduling grant information.