Channel state information feedback method for multi-carrier communication system

In a multi-carrier communication system where a base station performs resource allocating power allocation and adaptive modulation processes for a mobile station by using CSI(Channel State Information) received from the mobile station, a CSI feedback method in accordance with the present invention determines a CSI transmission mode according to an amount of data traffic on a reverse link, encodes CSI for subcarriers into one CSI codeword according to the determined CSI transmission mode, and transmits the CSI codeword to the base station. Since the CSI is adaptively transmitted according to the amount of the data traffic of the reverse link, it can effectively use resources of the reverse link.