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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Philip C. Blum, Chicago, IL (US);
Douglas A. Lenz, Plantation, FL (US);
J. Christopher Stanaway, Wheaton, IL (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/212 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/212 ;
Abstract
A communication device ( ) receives a first portion of an information packet via a primary communication resource ( ). During a time period otherwise allocated for receiving a second portion of the information packet, the communication device ( ) determines the signal quality of one or more other communication resources. The communication device then requests retransmission of the second portion of the information packet.