Patent ID: 8458518

Claim:
A method for use in a cellular access system, wherein a User Equipment (UE) operates in a cell in the system and a Radio Base Station (RBS) controls traffic to and from the cell, and wherein the RBS and UE exchange information with either one acting as a sending party and the other one acting as a receiving party, said method comprising: receiving messages sent in a sequential order by the sending party; detecting errors in the messages via a first error detection method; requesting retransmission of messages in which errors are detected; storing a retransmission order identifying a non-sequential order in which the receiving party requested the retransmission of the messages, wherein the non-sequential order is different from the sequential order in which the messages were received; and detecting erroneous retransmissions of messages without aid of the first error detection method, and according to the retransmission order in which the receiving party requested the retransmissions.