Patent ID: 8516302

Claim:
A communication system enabling wireless transmission of messages via packets, the communication system comprising: a transmitter and a receiver for transmission of the messages via a radio link employing packets of a fixed length, wherein each of the packets includes a header identifying a length of a payload employed in the packet for transmission of a message; message length-determining circuitry in the transmitter for determining a length of the message; and wherein the transmitter is configured to select a mode of error correction to be applied to the packet based on the length of the message, and wherein the transmitter is further configured to apply a first mode of error correction to the message for minimal accuracy in the transmission of the message over the radio link when the message is of a first length greater than 117 bytes and apply a second mode of error correction when the message is of a second length less than or equal to 117 bytes for additional accuracy in the transmission of the message over the radio link.