| CPC H04B 7/0456 (2013.01) [H04B 7/0639 (2013.01); H04L 1/0026 (2013.01); H04L 1/0029 (2013.01)] | 19 Claims |

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1. A method of a base station for performing channel state information (CSI) reporting, comprising:
selecting, for one or more of a plurality of ranks, whether CSI according to the rank is reported in a wideband manner or in a subband manner;
sending, to a user equipment (UE), a configuration message configuring the UE to report CSI according to each of the plurality of ranks, wherein the configuration message includes a selection of whether the CSI for each respective rank of the one or more of the plurality of ranks should be reported in the wideband manner or in the subband manner; and
receiving, from the UE, a CSI report comprising the CSI according to each of the plurality of ranks.
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