Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a communication link is established between a base station and a mobile station. The base station transmits a feedback allocation to the mobile station for the allocation of the resources of a feedback channel. If the feedback allocation is to be terminated, the base station transmits a feedback deallocation to the mobile station. If the feedback deallocation is successful, the mobile station transmits a deallocation confirmation to the base station to confirm receipt of the feedback deallocation.
