Patent ID: 8774190
Filing Date: 2014-07-08
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A wireless communication device comprising: at least one decoding unit configured to receive a plurality of packet groups, each packet group comprising a plurality of data packets received over a plurality of wireless transmission channels, and decode the plurality of data packets received over the plurality of wireless transmission channels; a buffer arrangement connected to the decoding unit, the buffer arrangement configured to collect complete and incomplete packet groups received over each wireless transmission channel; and a processor configured to direct data packets from the at least one decoding unit to specific locations in the buffer arrangement; wherein the processor is further configured to identify sequence gaps in the plurality of data packets, and insert later received data packets into the proper sequence gap within the associated packet groups maintained in the buffer arrangement to complete the packet groups and minimize sequence gaps in the data packets, and wherein the wireless communication device is further configured to subsequently provide multiple completed packet groups and any later received data packets not properly sequenced by the processor from the buffer arrangement to a resequencer.