Patent ID: 7751430

Claim:
A method of operating a wireless communication system, said system comprising at least one first transceiver and at least one second transceiver, the method comprising the steps of: transmitting, by said first transceiver, a first set of data bursts over at least one communication channel using a first modulation mode, said first modulation mode providing a packet error rate, wherein said first set of data bursts comprises a first predetermined number n of bursts, each of the bursts within said first set having a first burst size and comprising at least one data packet and zero or more intentionally provided filler packets; receiving said first set of data bursts by said second transceiver; determining a number d of data bursts within said received first set that contain no filler packets; and determining a new burst size for a next first predetermined number n of bursts based on the number d of data bursts within said received first set that contain no filler packets.