A method for processing data packets for the purpose of combining the data fragments belonging to a data packet, wherein the data fragments of the data packets are sent by a plurality of transmitters of a communication system and are received by a receiver of the communication system as received signals containing the respective data fragments, and wherein, in the receiver, the data fragments belonging to a data packet are combined into the data packet after demodulation of the received signals, - wherein, besides user data, each data fragment also comprises control data that identify the total length (Total_Length) of the data packet, the transmitter (Tx_ID) of the data fragment and the data packet (Frag_ID) itself and further indicate, whether the data fragment is the first and/or the last data fragment or an intermediate data fragment between the first and the last data fragment of the data packet, and - wherein the chronological sequence in which the data fragments are received by the receiver can differ from the chronological sequence in which the data fragments are present in the receiver after demodulation of the received signal, wherein in the method - in the receiver, information is stored in the control data of each data fragment, said information representing the time of receipt of the respective data fragment, - the data fragments belonging to a data packet of a transmitter are gathered by latching, until all data fragments of the data packets have been received, and - the data packets belonging to a data packet of a transmitter being combined from the received data fragments on the basis of the control data by - combining these data fragments in a chronologically sequential order to form the data packet, said order being based on the information stored in their control data and representing the respective time of receipt. - wherein, besides user data, each data fragment also comprises control data that identify the total length (Total_Length) of the data packet, the transmitter (Tx_ID) of the data fragment and the data packet (Frag_ID) itself and further indicate, whether the data fragment is the first and/or the last data fragment or an intermediate data fragment between the first and the last data fragment of the data packet, and - wherein the chronological sequence in which the data fragments are received by the receiver can differ from the chronological sequence in which the data fragments are present in the receiver after demodulation of the received signal, wherein in the method - in the receiver, information is stored in the control data of each data fragment, said information representing the time of receipt of the respective data fragment, - the data fragments belonging to a data packet of a transmitter are gathered by latching, until all data fragments of the data packets have been received, and - the data packets belonging to a data packet of a transmitter being combined from the received data fragments on the basis of the control data by - combining these data fragments in a chronologically sequential order to form the data packet, said order being based on the information stored in their control data and representing the respective time of receipt.