Patent ID: 6591382
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
A method for use by a mobile station to improve performance over wireless connections between a base station and the mobile station, said mobile station having at least two service protocols comprising a basic error-detecting/correcting protocol and a robust error-detecting/correction protocol different from the basic error-detecting/correcting protocol, said method comprising the steps of:establishing a communication link with the base station using the basic error-detecting/correcting protocol over a transmission channel; monitoring a signal quality of the transmission channel; determining if the signal quality falls below a first predetermined threshold; sending a switchover message to the base station to switch from the basic error-detecting/correcting protocol to the robust error-detecting/correcting protocol, if the signal quality falls below the first predetermined threshold; and switching to the robust error-detecting/correcting protocol.