Abstract: A system and method for channel state information feedback in wireless communications systems are provided. A method for reporting channel information includes determining, at a user equipment, a channel information type for first channel information to be reported to a communications controller, determining the first channel information conditioned on previously reported channel information and on the channel information type, and reporting the first channel information, the channel information type, or a combination thereof, to the communications controller.

Abstract: A method for operating a communications controller includes partitioning a full band signal selected from a set of orthogonal full band signals into a plurality of subband signals according to special signal frequency resource information of a special signal being transmitted by the communications controller in a manner that reduces or avoids a collision between the full band signal and the special signal, where the plurality of subband signals carries information for estimating a channel between the communications controller and a communications device. The method also includes assigning a subband associated with each subband signal in the plurality of subband signals to a respective subband time resource according to special signal time resource information of the special signal in a manner that reduces or avoids a collision between the subband and the special signal, where the assigned subband is part of a plurality of subbands.

Abstract: A method for operating a communications controller includes defining a positive integer quantity of resource element groups from a resource block with a positive integer number N resource elements in each resource element group, the resource block having a total number of resource elements, the total number of resource elements consisting of available resource elements and reserved resource elements. The method also includes assigning a plurality of available resource elements to fill in each of the positive integer quantity of resource element groups with N available resource elements in each resource element group, and blocking any unassigned available resource elements from being used in a resource element group. The method further includes interleaving a plurality of control messages onto the positive integer quantity of resource element groups, and transmitting the positive integer quantity of resource element groups.

Abstract: A method for communicating in a wireless communications system includes generating a channel state information (CSI) process information element (IE) including a CSI process identifier, a non-zero padded CSI-reference signal (CSI-RS) identifier, an interference measurement resource (IMR) identifier, and channel quality indicator (CQI) report configuration information. The method also includes transmitting the CSI process IE.

Abstract: A method embodiment includes configuring, by a network device, a multiple point communication measurement reporting scheme. The multiple point communication measurement reporting scheme includes a multiple point communication measurement set, a List A, a List B, and measurement report triggering events. The measurement report triggering events includes a first event wherein a measurement result of an element in List A becomes better than a threshold, a second event wherein a measurement result of an element in List A becomes better than a measurement result of an element in List B by at least an offset, a third event wherein a measurement result of an element in List B becomes worse than a threshold, and/or a fourth event wherein a measurement result of an element in List B becomes worse than a measurement result of an element in List A by at least an offset.

Abstract: A method for operating a communications controller includes partitioning a full band signal selected from a set of orthogonal full band signals into a plurality of subband signals according to special signal frequency resource information of a special signal being transmitted by the communications controller in a manner that reduces or avoids a collision between the full band signal and the special signal, where the plurality of subband signals carries information for estimating a channel between the communications controller and a communications device. The method also includes assigning a subband associated with each subband signal in the plurality of subband signals to a respective subband time resource according to special signal time resource information of the special signal in a manner that reduces or avoids a collision between the subband and the special signal, where the assigned subband is part of a plurality of subbands.

Abstract: A method for operating a communications controller includes defining a positive integer quantity of resource element groups from a resource block with a positive integer number N resource elements in each resource element group, the resource block having a total number of resource elements, the total number of resource elements consisting of available resource elements and reserved resource elements. The method also includes assigning a plurality of available resource elements to fill in each of the positive integer quantity of resource element groups with N available resource elements in each resource element group, and blocking any unassigned available resource elements from being used in a resource element group. The method further includes interleaving a plurality of control messages onto the positive integer quantity of resource element groups, and transmitting the positive integer quantity of resource element groups.