Patent ID: 7133421

Claim:
A method for ensuring that stealing is detected in a time slot or a time slot part, the time slot including a training sequence that indicates stealing, the method comprising: reading of said training sequence from the received time slot, channel decoding, in response to stealing being indicated by said training sequence, a first time slot block by applying a channel decoding method relating to stealing; channel decoding, in response to the channel decoding of said first block failing when the channel decoding method relating to stealing is applied, a second time slot block by applying a channel decoding method relating to stealing; interpreting, in response to the channel decoding of both the first and the second block failing when the channel decoding method relating to stealing is applied, the time slot to comprise traffic channel data; and arranging, in response to the channel decoding of both the first and the second block failing when the channel decoding method relating to stealing is applied, a training sequence indicating a traffic channel as the training sequence.