Patent ID: 7023810

Claim:
A communications system, comprising: a mobile unit operable to transmit coded content; a plurality of base transceiver stations, each base transceiver station operable to: receive the coded content from the mobile unit; decode the content; generate a packet including the decoded content; and communicate the packet; and a router operable to: receive a plurality of redundant packets, each packet generated at a different base transceiver station; select one of the redundant packets using a packet selection technique; communicate the selected packet to a destination; communicate selection information relating to the selected packet to the base transceiver stations, the base transceiver stations further operable to use the selection information to improve the decoding of subsequent coded content received from the mobile unit; and wherein each base transceiver station is operable to: determine, in response to receiving the selection information, the differences between the decoded content included in the packet selected by the router and the decoded content included in a corresponding packet communicated from the base station; and adjust the decoding process to correct for any differences.