Patent ID: 7249303

Claim:
A method for transferring data according to an ARQ method where data is transferred as data packets from a sender to a receiver, the method comprising the steps of: transferring a data packet from the sender to the receiver; transferring, after the transfer of the data packet and upon an appropriate request from the receiver, at least one retransmission data packet to the receiver from the sender; subjecting bits to be transferred in the respective data packet and retransmission data packet to bit rate adaptation before being transferred from the sender to the receiver; and using different bit rate adaptation patterns for the respective data packet and retransmission data packet, wherein the bit rate adaptation is carried out with aid of a bit rate adaptation algorithm which punctures or repeats the bits in the respective data packet and retransmission data packet depending on a value of an appropriate rate adaptation pattern parameter (e ini ) for bit rate adaptation of the bits in the retransmission data packet being changed with respect to the bit rate adaptation of the data packet so that after bit rate adaptation, bits with a same information origin are transferred from the sender to the receiver in different positions in the respective data packet and retransmission data packet.