Patent ID: 7349426
Filing Date: 2008-03-25
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, including determining a message size responsive to a bit error rate of a communication link, independent of a number of data bits to be sent in a TDMA system; receiving a message having a plurality of data bits, said plurality of data bits being more than can be sent within said message size; sending, within a TDMA frame in said TDMA system, a section within said frame including (a) a set of parameters for sending said data bits, and (b) a number of allocated messages of said message size sufficient to send said message; fragmenting said message into a initial element and one or more remainder elements responsive to said allocated number of messages, said initial element and said remainder elements can be sent within said message size; sending said initial element; waiting for an acknowledgment of said initial element; (a) upon receiving said acknowledgement, sending one or more of said remainder elements, and (b) upon not receiving said acknowledgement within a selected time, transmitting a portion of said message corresponding to a dynamically determined new said initial element.