Patent ID: 8379622

Claim:
A method in a mobile station, the method comprising: determining that a first received packet contains a first message type and a first portion of a second message type, wherein the first message type contains a Packet Data Control Assignment Block (PDCAB) and the second message type contains Residual Resource Allocation (RRA) block; determining that a second received packet contains a second portion of said second message type; combining said first portion and said second portion to complete said second message type; setting a predetermined number of bits at the end of said second received packet as a first n-bit length Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) block; decoding successfully said second received packet using said first n-bit length CRC block; reading a header of said second received packet in response to said decoding successfully said second received packet; determining that said second received packet contains said second portion of said second message type via said header; setting a predetermined number of bits at the end of said first received packet as a second n-bit length Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) block; decoding successfully said first received packet using said second n-bit length CRC block; reading a header of said first received packet in response to said decoding successfully said first received packet; and obtaining said first portion of said second message from said first packet in response to said decoding successfully said first received packet.