Patent ID: 7564818

Claim:
A method of sending data in a wireless communication system, comprising: sending, by an Access Terminal, a first set of slots of a first packet to an Access Network, the first set of slots being a subset of a plurality of slots of the first packet and including a configurable number of slots; gating off, by the Access Terminal, for a predetermined period of time after sending the first set of slots of the first packet and before sending a next set of slots, the predetermined period of time being determined by the number of slots in the first set of slots of the first packet; determining, by the Access Terminal, the next set of slots to send based on whether an ACK or a NAK corresponding to successful or unsuccessful decoding, respectively, of the first set of slots of the first packet has been received from the Access Network; and sending, by the Access Terminal, the next set of slots after the predetermined period of time.