| CPC H04L 1/0009 (2013.01) [H04B 7/0632 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. A method for enhanced rate adaptation by a radio access network (RAN) node, the method comprising:
determining a first code rate, for sending one or more messages to a user equipment (UE) before a first time, based at least in part on a first rank and a first message error rate;
sending the one or more messages to the UE before the first time using the first code rate;
receiving channel quality information and a second rank from the UE at the first time, wherein the second rank is different than the first rank;
determining a second code rate, for sending one or more messages to the UE after the first time and before a second time, based at least in part on the received channel quality information and second rank; and
sending the one or more messages to the UE, after the first time and before a second time, using the second code rate.
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