Patent ID: 7697618

Claim:
A method for controlling transmissions of subpackets formed from an encoded packet over a plurality of subcarriers during a scheduling interval for the encoded packet, the method comprising: transmitting information indicative of a first portion of the subpackets over a first number of the subcarriers during a first period of time in the scheduling interval at a first power determined based on the first number; and transmitting information indicative of a second portion of the subpackets over a second number of the subcarriers during a second period of time in the scheduling interval at a second power determined based on the second number, wherein: transmitting information over the first number of the subcarriers during the first period of time further comprises transmitting information within a first and second adjacent cell over the first number of the subcarriers during a first period of time; and transmitting in formation over the second number of the subcarriers during the second period of time further comprises transmitting information within the first cell over the second number of the subcarriers during the second period of time and transmitting information within the second cell over a third number of the subcarriers during the second period of time, and wherein each of the subpackets formed from the encoded packet is a self-decodable subpacket so that the information in the encoded packet can be recovered by decoding each self-decodable subpacket independently of the other subpackets formed from the encoded packet.