Methods and apparatus are disclosed for improving a precoder selection process in a wireless communications system. In a normal precoder selection process, a precoder is selected from a codebook based on channel state information estimated from received reference signals. In between two received reference signals, a subset of precoders is cycled through and each precoder in the subset is iteratively selected for use by a transmitter to precode transmit signals. The subset of precoders may be adaptively modified based on predefined criteria.