Patent ID: 8072943

Claim:
A wireless communication system, comprising: an information source configured to provide a first information stream including a base layer and a second information stream including an enhanced layer, the base layer and the enhanced layer including information content; a plurality of base stations, coupled to the information source, each base station configured to transmit a first modulated signal including the base layer and a second modulated signal including the enhanced layer; and a mobile receiving station configured to: receive some of the first modulated signals to provide first received signals including the base layer and is further configured to receive some of the second modulated signals to provide second received signals including the enhanced layer, test the second received signals to determine if the mobile receiving station reliably received the second received signals, process both the base layer and the enhanced layer of the first and second received signals, respectively, to reconstruct the information content if the mobile receiving station reliably received the second received signals, and reconstruct the enhanced layer by canceling the base layer from the first modulated signal.