Patent ID: 8213390

Claim:
A method of sending data on a reverse link of a wireless communication system, comprising: sending, by an Access Terminal, a first set of slots of a first packet to an Access Network, wherein the first packet includes the first set of slots and a second set of slots; sending, by the Access Terminal, a first set of slots of a second packet to the Access Network immediately after the first set of slots of the first packet is sent; determining, by the Access Terminal, whether an ACK or a NAK corresponding to successful or unsuccessful decoding, respectively, of the first set of slots of the first packet from the Access Network has been received by the Access Terminal, wherein the first set of slots of the first packet is acknowledged independently by the Access Network from the first set of slots of the second packet; and if the ACK has been received, sending, by the Access Terminal, a first set of slots of a third packet.