Patent ID: 6363425
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
A method for communicating packet information in a digital telecommunications system, wherein a variable amount of communication resources is available for each transmission of a packet between a transmitting party and a receiving party, wherein an erroneously received packet may be selectively re-transmitted and wherein the information is forward error correction encoded via one of at least two different coding schemes (c1-ci+k) prior to being communicated from the transmitting party to the receiving party, comprising the steps of:before a packet (P) is communicated, selecting a combination of a coding scheme (ci) and a set of (n) designated communication resources (ch1-chn), at least on the basis of an estimated transmission time (Ttrans, T&Ggr;) for an encoded packet (Pci), which is constituted by a calculated number (&Ggr;ci) of encoded data blocks; and communicating the information from the transmitting party to the receiving party.