Patent ID: 8514721
Filing Date: 2013-08-20
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: identifying, in a communication signal received by a communication device, a first instance of a repeat request identifier and a second instance of the repeat request identifier; determining an inter-arrival time comprising a time interval between the first instance of the repeat request identifier and the second instance of the repeat request identifier; comparing the inter-arrival time to a predetermined inter-arrival time to determine whether the second instance of the repeat request identifier is an incorrectly decoded instance of a different repeat identifier, the predetermined inter-arrival time comprising a minimum time interval between the first instance of the repeat request identifier and the second instance of the repeat request identifier; and processing the communication signal based at least in part on the different repeat identifier when it is determined that one of either the first instance of the repeat request identifier or the second instance of the repeat request identifier is the incorrectly decoded instance of the different repeat identifier, the processing including one of,