Patent ID: 7392452

Claim:
A cellular communication device, comprising: an output configured to transmit a first signal, the first signal carrying first information, said first information being stored in the cellular communication device after said transmission of the first signal, a first priority value being associated with the first information, the first signal being a wireless signal; an input configured to receive a second signal, the second signal carrying second information indicating whether the first information was received by a receiver, an automatic repeat request (ARQ) entity configured to receive the second information and output third information corresponding to the second information; and a prioritization entity configured to receive the third information from the ARQ entity, wherein the cellular communication device stores fourth information, a second priority value being associated with the fourth information, such that, after receiving the third information from the ARQ entity, the prioritization entity selects one of said first information, for retransmission from the cellular communication device, and said fourth information, for transmission from the cellular communication device, said selection being based on the first and second priority values.