This disclosure describes systems, methods, and computer-readable media related to employing rate adaptation in full-duplex communication. A first computing device may establish with a second computing device a full-duplex communication channel having a forward data transmission direction and a reverse data transmission direction. The first computing device may transmit to the second computing device a first data portion in the forward data transmission direction of the full-duplex communication channel at a default data transmission rate. The first computing device may receive a second data portion in the reverse direction of the full-duplex communication channel containing a forward channel quality information (CQI) associated with the forward data transmission direction. The first computing device may transmit a third data portion at a first data transmission rate, wherein the first data transmission rate is based at least in part on the forward CQI contained in the second data portion.