Patent ID: 7720022

Claim:
In a radio communication system having a base station and a plurality of mobile stations, a method for transmitting traffic information from the base station to a mobile station, comprising the steps of: (A) intentionally transmitting the traffic information from the base station with a first symbol energy amount that is intentionally insufficient for correct demodulation of the traffic information by the mobile station; (B) after step (A), retransmitting from the base station the traffic information initially transmitted with the first symbol energy amount, wherein the traffic information is retransmitted in step (B) with a further symbol energy amount that is also insufficient by itself for correct demodulation of the traffic information by the mobile station; and (C) repeating step (B) until a sum determined at the mobile station of the first and further symbol energy amounts used to transmit the traffic information is great enough to permit correct demodulation by the mobile station.