Patent ID: 6975868
Filing Date: 2005-12-13
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of maximizing throughput of a data call in a wireless communication system in which data is transmitted from a wireless station on multiple assigned channels including a fundamental channel on which data can be transmitted at a first data rate and supplemental channels on which data can be transmitted at a second data rate only when data is being transmitted at the first data rate on the fundamental channel, wherein it is more likely than not that data is being transmitted at the first data rate on the fundamental channel when the supplementary channels have likely data rates equal to the second rate, comprising: a. receiving the multiple assigned channels; b. demodulating and decoding each of the multiple assigned channels; c. determining a likely data rate of each of the multiple assigned channels; d. correlating all of the likely data rates to determine one or more Maximum Likelihood (ML) data rates each corresponding to a likely data rate; and e) invalidating and erasing demodulated and decoded data associated with the fundamental channel when;