Patent ID: 7808940

Claim:
A method of transmitting information included in an encoded packet, the method comprising: forming, at a base station, a first and second subpacket from the encoded packet such that decoding at least one of the first and second subpackets recovers the information included in the encoded packet; determining, at the base station, a peak-to-average power ratio for each of the first and second subpackets; and transmitting, from the base station, at least one of the first and second subpackets using a hybrid automatic repeat request protocol, wherein the first or second subpacket is selected for transmission in an order related to the peak-to-average power ratio of each subpacket, wherein transmitting at least one of the first and second subpackets in an order related to the peak-to-average power ratio of each subpacket further comprises transmitting the subpacket having the lowest peak-to-average power ratio first, and transmitting the subpacket having a higher peak-to-average ratio second in response to receiving a signal that the subpacket having the lowest peak-to-average power ratio was not received properly; forming, at the base station, a third and fourth subpacket from a subsequent set of information in response to receiving a signal indicating that at least one of the first and second subpackets was received properly; determining, at the base station, a peak-to-average power ratio for each of the third and fourth subpackets; and transmitting, from the base station, at least one of the third and fourth subpackets in an order related to the peak-to-average power ratio of each subpacket.