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A method and apparatus for transmitting a ChannelMeasurementReport message in a wireless communication system, comprising generating a ChannelMeasurementReport message comprising a 8 bit MessageID field, a 12 bit PilotPN field that indicates the PilotPN of a sector for which a measurement was perfor

A method and apparatus for transmitting a ChannelMeasurementReport message in a wireless communication system, comprising generating a ChannelMeasurementReport message comprising a 8 bit MessageID field, a 12 bit PilotPN field that indicates the PilotPN of a sector for which a measurement was performed, a 2 bit CarrierID field that indicates a carrier on which the measurements are performed, a 40 bit StartPHYFrameNumber field that indicates a frame number of a PHYFrame where an access terminal made a first measurement reported in the message, a 8 bit MeasurementInterval field that indicates a number of PHYFrames between measurements made by the access terminal, and a 8 bit NumMeasurements field that indicates number of measurements included in the message and transmitting the ChannelMeasurementReport message over a communication link. A method and apparatus is also provided for receiving and processing the ChannelMeasurementReport message.

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1. A method for transmitting a ChannelMeasurementReport in a wireless communication system, comprising: generating a ChannelMeasurementReport message comprising an 8 bit MessageID field, a 12 bit PilotPN field that indicates a PilotPN of a sector for which a measurement was performed, a 2 bit Carrie

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A method for transmitting a ChannelMeasurementReport in a wireless communication system, comprising: generating a ChannelMeasurementReport message comprising an 8 bit MessageID field, a 12 bit PilotPN field that indicates a PilotPN of a sector for which a measurement was performed, a 2 bit CarrierID field that indicates a carrier on which the measurements are measurement was performed, a 40 bit StartPHYFrameNumber field that indicates a frame number of a PHYFrame where an access terminal made a first measurement reported in the message, an 8 bit MeasurementInterval field that indicates a number of PHYFrames between two or more measurements made by the access terminal, an 8 bit NumMeasurements field that indicates a number of measurements included in the message, and a 5 bit TapOffset field that indicates an offset for which a channel was measured, an 8 bit RealGain field that indicates a real component of a measured channel gain on a corresponding TapOffset and an 8 bit ImagGain field that indicates an imaginary component of the measured channel gain on the corresponding TapOffset; andtransmitting the ChannelMeasurementReport message over a communication link. 2. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising generating the ChannelMeasurementReport message to include a 3 bit NumChannels field that indicates a number of channels measured by the access terminal which is set to a value of a NumChannels field in a received ChannelMeasurementReportRequest message. 3. The method as claimed in claim 2, further comprising generating the ChannelMeasurementReport message to include a 3-bit NumTaps field that indicates number of taps being reported. 4. A non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions executed on a processor, comprising: a first set of instructions for generating a ChannelMeasurementReport message comprising an 8 bit MessageID field, a 12 bit PilotPN field that indicates a PilotPN of a sector for which a measurement was performed, a 2 bit CarrierID field that indicates a carrier on which the measurement was measurements are performed, a 40 bit StartPHYFrameNumber field that indicates a frame number of a PHYFrame where an access terminal made a first measurement reported in the message, an 8 bit MeasurementInterval field that indicates a number of PHYFrames between first and second measurements made by the access terminal, an 8 bit NumMeasurements field that indicates a number of measurements included in the message, and a 5 bit TapOffset field that indicates an offset for which a channel was measured, an 8 bit RealGain field that indicates a real component of a measured channel gain on a corresponding TapOffset and an 8 bit ImagGain field that indicates an imaginary component of the measured channel gain on the corresponding TapOffset; anda second set of instructions for transmitting the ChannelMeasurementReport message over a communication link. 5. An apparatus operable in a wireless communication system, comprising: means for generating a ChannelMeasurementReport message comprising an 8 bit MessageID field, a 12 bit PilotPN field that indicates a PilotPN of a sector for which a measurement was performed, a 2 bit CarrierID field that indicates a carrier on which the measurement was performed, a 40 bit StartPHYFrameNumber field that indicates a frame number of a PHYFrame where an access terminal made a first measurement reported in the message, an 8 bit MeasurementInterval field that indicates a number of PHYFrames between at least two measurements made by the access terminal, an 8 bit NumMeasurements field that indicates a number of measurements included in the message, and a 5 bit TapOffset field that indicates an offset for which a channel is measured, an 8 bit RealGain field that indicates a real component of a measured channel gain on a corresponding TapOffset and an 8 bit ImagGain field that indicates an imaginary component of the measured channel gain on the corresponding TapOffset; andmeans for transmitting the ChannelMeasurementReport message over a communication link. 6. The apparatus as claimed in claim 5, further comprising means for generating the ChannelMeasurementReport message to include a 3 bit NumChannels field that indicates a number of channels measured by the access terminal which is set to a value of the NumChannels field in a received ChannelMeasurementReportRequest message. 7. The apparatus as claimed in claim 6, further comprising means for generating a ChannelMeasurementReport message to include a 3-bit NumTaps field that indicates number of taps being reported. 8. A method for receiving a ChannelMeasurementReport in a wireless communication system, comprising: receiving a ChannelMeasurementReport message comprising an 8 bit MessageID field, a 12 bit PilotPN field that indicates a PilotPN of a sector for which a measurement was performed, a 2 bit CarrierID field that indicates a carrier on which the measurement was performed, a 40 bit StartPHYFrameNumber field that indicates a frame number of a PHYFrame where an access terminal made a first measurement reported in the message, an 8 bit MeasurementInterval field that indicates a number of PHYFrames between the first measurement and a second measurement made by the access terminal, an 8 bit NumMeasurements field that indicates a number of measurements included in the message; andprocessing the received ChannelMeasurementReport message, wherein the ChannelMeasurementReport message includes a 5 bit TapOffset field that is interpreted as an offset for which a channel was measured, an 8 bit RealGain field that is interpreted as a real component of the measured channel gain on the corresponding TapOffset and an 8 bit ImagGain field that is interpreted as an imaginary component of the measured channel gain on the corresponding TapOffset. 9. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the ChannelMeasurementReport message includes a 3-bit NumChannels field that is interpreted as number of channels measured by the access terminal. 10. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the ChannelMeasurementReport message includes a 3-bit NumTaps field that is interpreted as a number of taps being reported. 11. A non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions stored thereon and executed by a processor, comprising: a first set of instructions for receiving a ChannelMeasurementReport message comprising an 8 bit MessageID field, a 12 bit PilotPN field that indicates a PilotPN of a sector for which a measurement was performed, a 2 bit CarrierID field that indicates a carrier on which the measurement was performed, a 40 bit StartPHYFrameNumber field that indicates a frame number of a PHYFrame where an access terminal made a first measurement reported in the message, an 8 bit MeasurementInterval field that indicates a number of PHYFrames between at least two measurements made by the access terminal, and an 8 bit NumMeasurements field that indicates a number of measurements included in the message; anda second set of instructions for processing the received ChannelMeasurementReport message, wherein the ChannelMeasurementReport message includes a 5 bit TapOffset field that is interpreted as an offset for which the channel was measured, an 8 bit RealGain field that is interpreted as a real component of the measured channel gain on the corresponding TapOffset and an 8 bit ImagGain field that is interpreted as an imaginary component of the measured channel gain on the corresponding TapOffset. 12. An apparatus operable in a wireless communication system, comprising: means for receiving a ChannelMeasurementReport message comprising an 8 bit MessageID field, a 12 bit PilotPN field that indicates a PilotPN of a sector for which a measurement is performed, a 2 bit CarrierID field that indicates a carrier on which the measurement is performed, a 40 bit StartPHYFrameNumber field that indicates a frame number of a PHYFrame where an access terminal made a first measurement reported in the message, an 8 bit MeasurementInterval field that indicates a number of PHYFrames between the first measurement and a second measurement made by the access terminal, and an 8 bit NumMeasurements field that indicates a number of measurements included in the message; andmeans for processing the received ChannelMeasurementReport message that includes a 5 bit TapOffset field that is interpreted as an offset for which the channel was measured, an 8 bit RealGain field that is interpreted as a real component of a measured channel gain on the corresponding TapOffset and an 8 bit ImagGain field that is interpreted as an imaginary component of the measured channel gain on the corresponding TapOffset. 13. The apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the ChannelMeasurementReport message includes a 3-bit NumChannels field that is interpreted as a number of channels measured by the access terminal. 14. The apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein the ChannelMeasurementReport message includes a 3-bit NumTaps field that is interpreted as a number of taps being reported.