Aspects of a method and system for an optional closed loop mechanism with adaptive modulations for a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) WLAN system are provided. One aspect of the system may comprise a receiver that may select, for a plurality of spatial streams, a modulation type and/or coding rate....http://www.google.de/patents/US7924943?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7924943 - Method and system for optional closed loop mechanism with adaptive modulations for multiple input multiple output (MIMO) wireless local area network (WLAN) system