Systems and methods for selecting a set of transport format schemes for a cell are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a method may be performed by a communication device for selecting a transport format scheme. The method may include obtaining a set of transport format schemes available for a cell of a base station. Also, the transport format schemes may be associated with a guard time required in the cell. The guard time may be a time margin required to compensate for the communication device being unsynchronized for transmission to the base station. In addition, the method may include selecting a transport format scheme from the set of transport format schemes available for the cell based on at least one of an amount of data to be transmitted, a size of an allocated resource to be used for the data transmission, and an uplink radio transmission condition.