According to certain embodiments, a method performed by a wireless device comprises receiving an indication corresponding to a communication service and identifying a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) table and/or channel quality indicator (CQI) table from a plurality of defined MCS and/or CQI tables based on the received indication. According to certain embodiments, a method performed by a network node comprises determining a communication service associated to a wireless device and sending the wireless device an indication corresponding to the communication service. The indication enables the wireless device to identify an MCS and/or CQI table from a plurality of defined MCS and/or CQI tables.