Patent ID: 8074141

Claim:
A method for hybrid ARQ data transmission, comprising: transferring data from a sender to a receiver in the form of data packages; transferring at least one repeat data package to the receiver, after sending a data package from the sender upon a respective request from the receiver, wherein the repeat data package and the originally sent data package include bits with the same information origin, and a bit selection is made regarding a channel-coded bit stream for the selection of the bits to be transferred in the data package or the repeat data package; subjecting the bits to be transferred in the data package or the repeat data package to a bit rate adjustment; performing the bit selection and the bit rate adjustment jointly, wherein the bits of the channel-coded bit stream are divided in at least a first bit stream and in a second bit stream and the individual bit streams are subjected to a separate bit rate adjustment; completely transferring in the data package and at least one repeat package a respective different bit stream; and removing a part of the bits before the application of the bit rate adjustment from the bit stream, the bits of which are not completely transferred in the data package or repeat data package to be transferred.