Patent ID: 8473804

Claim:
A wireless communication system, comprising: a receiver, configured to receive a frame of data, wherein said frame of data comprises a plurality of power control groups, and wherein said receiver is configured to send an acknowledgement, said acknowledgement comprising: a positive acknowledgement (ACK) if said data is successfully decoded, or; a negative acknowledgement (NAK) if said data is unsuccessfully decoded; wherein said acknowledgement is sent according to timing of an acknowledge mask, and wherein said acknowledge mask is configured to indicate whether said plurality of power control groups (PCGs) is decoded successfully upon reception and wherein said acknowledgement is delayed by a predefined number of power control groups to complete said acknowledgement of a last power control group relative to transmission of said frame; and a transmitter, wirelessly coupled to said receiver, configured to receive said acknowledgement according to said acknowledge mask, and configured to send a response to said receiver according to said acknowledgement, said response comprising: if an ACK is received before transmission completes of said frame, said transmitter terminates transmission of said frame; if a NAK is received before transmission completes of said frame, said transmitter continues to send said frame; and if an ACK is not received before a predefined frame early scheduling point, said transmitter retransmits said frame after transmission completes of said frame.