Nokia Mobile Phones Limited

Anne Tolmunen

Jari Ruohonen

Jarkko Oksala

Vesa Jukka Savela

The invention relates to a method and system for transmitting control information in a communication system ( ) comprising at least one base station subsystem (BSS) and a wireless terminal ( ). In the method and system, a set of alternative values are defined for said control information, and information is transmitted in bursts in packet form between the base station subsystem (BSS) and the wireless terminal ( ). At least one burst formed of a packet is supplemented with at least one item of control data, wherein at the receiving state, the control data received in the burst is examined. Also, at least one property of the received signal is examined to find out the reliability of the received control data.

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Tampere, Finland

Anne Tolmunen