wifi - How is it decided what modulation is used during an 802.11 communication?

I understand, that 802.11x protocolls can use different type of modulations. BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM... I also understand that the used modulation depends on the quality of the channel, I guess on the SNR. But how does the actuall process look like? How does the transmitter decide what modulation should be used?