Patent ID: 6909698

Claim:
A communications system, comprising: a mobile unit operable to transmit content; a plurality of base transceiver stations, each base transceiver station operable to: receive the content from the mobile unit; determine a value for a metric associated with communications between the mobile unit and the base transceiver station; generate a graded packet including the value and the content; and communicate the graded packet; and a first router operable to: receive redundant graded packets generated at the base transceiver stations; evaluate the content of the redundant graded packets, wherein evaluating the content of the redundant graded packets comprises comparing the content of each packet with the content of the other packets or comparing the content of each packet with an expected content; select one or more of the redundant graded packets in response to the evaluation of the content, wherein selecting one or more of the redundant graded packets comprises selecting one or more packets including the content most common among the redundant packets or selecting one or more packets including content consistent with the expected content; and communicate the selected packets.