Patent ID: 8289896

Claim:
A packet transferring method for use in a mobile communication system including a base station controller, a plurality of radio base stations connected to said base station controller, and a mobile station simultaneously communicable with said plurality of radio base stations, said base station controller transferring a packet through said plurality of radio base stations to said mobile station, said mobile station receiving said packet as a plurality of reception packets through said plurality of radio base stations, said mobile station carrying out the steps of: selecting, among said plurality of reception packets supplied from said plurality of radio base stations, a best-quality packet as a selected packet; sending, if said selected packet includes an error portion, a retransmission request to one of said plurality of base stations in order to request retransmission of a correct portion corresponding to said error portion, said one of the plurality of base stations being a sender of said selected packet; and executing a data processing operation for said selected packet if said selected packet includes no error portion.