Patent ID: 7792134

Claim:
A method for receiving data transmitted in discrete data increments, wherein the data increments are transmitted via a first channel, and detection parameters for the data increments are transmitted via a second channel, the detection parameters including parameters related to packet length for the transmitted data increments, a ratio of data channel to pilot channel transmission power, and a sequence indicia for the transmitted data increments, the method comprising the steps of: transmitting via the second channel the packet length and transmission-power ratio parameters corresponding to data increments transmitted on the first channel, wherein the sequence-indicia parameter corresponding to the transmitted data increments is not transmitted; detecting ones of received data increments in accordance with values of received corresponding packet-length and transmission-power-ratio parameters and different assumed possible values of the non-transmitted sequence-indicia parameter; determining for each different combination of received packet-length and transmission-power-ratio parameters and assumed sequence-indicia parameter value if the data detected in accordance with that assumed parameter value passes a CRC check; and if the data detected in accordance with an assumed sequence-indicia parameter value passes the CRC check, delivering that detected data to an output.