Patent ID: 8208495

Claim:
A communication system for minimizing repetition, said communication system comprising: a processing component that processes a data packet into a plurality of subpackets filled with coded bits wherein a last subpacket of the plurality of subpackets is further divided into coded portions; and a transmission component that transmits an entire subpacket from the plurality of subpackets on a traffic channel, modulating the subpacket transmitted on the traffic channel in accordance with a first modulation scheme selected for the traffic channel, the transmission component transmits the coded portions of the last subpacket on assigned supplemental resources of one or more control channels, modulating the coded portions transmitted on the assigned supplemental resources with a second modulation scheme selected for the one or more control channels associated with the assigned supplemental resources, wherein the assigned supplemental resources are link assignment blocks mapped to the one or more control channels that are not engaged in transmitting control messages.