1. A method to report link quality measurements for downlink dual carrier operation, the method comprising: dependent on at least in part a length of an information element to contain link quality measurements for a secondary carrier being less than or equal to a first limit, using a first value in a first range of numeric values greater than a second limit to represent the length of the information element; dependent on at least in part the length of the information element to contain the link quality measurements for the secondary carrier being greater than the first limit, using a second value in a second range of numeric values less than or equal to the second limit to represent the length of the information element; and setting a length field of a message containing the information element to the first value or the second value to signal the length of the information element.