A method of high speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) link adaptation, comprises receiving at a Node B a channel quality measurement metric over a Measured Results on random access channel (RACH) information element (IE). The link is adapted based upon the received channel quality metric. In addition, a corresponding method at a WTRU is disclosed comprising performing a channel quality metric measurement and transmitting the channel quality metric measurement over a Measured Results on RACH IE to the Node B.
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