Patent ID: 6738370
Filing Date: 2004-05-18
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method for use by a transceiver in a wireless communication system, the method for transmitting and then retransmitting one or more packets each encompassing a string of bits, the method comprising the steps of:a) accumulating the packets to be transmitted; b) ordering the bits encompassed by the accumulated packets so as to provide a first string of bits as an ordered string of bits; c) generating a transmission signal corresponding to the ordered string of bits according to a modulation scheme indicating a mapping for different groups of a predetermined number of bits to different symbols; d) transmitting the transmission signal; e) if a repeat request is received, then providing a second string of bits corresponding to the bits encompassed by the accumulated packets but differing from the first string of bits, and repeating the method beginning with step c) using the second string of bits as the ordered string of bits.