Patent ID: 8085739

Claim:
A system for transmitting data comprising: a base station operable to transmit a radio signal to a plurality of subscriber stations, the signal including frames each having a same fixed duration and each comprising a plurality of data blocks, each data block including a header and a corresponding payload portion having a length, wherein each header includes information required to recover the corresponding payload portion; wherein the base station is arranged and configured to: receive reports intermittently from each of the plurality of subscriber stations regarding the reception quality of the subscriber stations; package each data block individually for transmission to an intended subscriber station, package each payload portion of each data block in a manner that is, for the intended subscriber station, a data rate efficient combination as determined according to a reception quality reported by the intended recipient subscriber station, and package the corresponding header of each data block in a manner that is determined in accordance with an intention that the header be receivable by all subscriber stations that have at least a predetermined minimum reception quality.