Method for mitigating branch-amplitude faults in 5G and 6G messages

A method for a wireless receiver to demodulate a message, the method comprising:

• a) receiving a message comprising message elements, each message element comprising a first component signal multiplexed with a second component signal orthogonal to the first component signal, wherein the first component signal is amplitude modulated according to a plurality of predetermined amplitude levels, and the second component signal is amplitude modulated according to the plurality of predetermined amplitude levels;
• b) determining that the message is corrupted;
• c) determining, for each component signal, of the first and second component signals of each message element, a modulation quality related to a difference between an amplitude of the component signal and a closest amplitude level of the predetermined amplitude levels, wherein a larger difference is associated with a lower modulation quality;
• d) determining a portion of the message, the portion containing all of the message elements that include at least one component signal with a modulation quality lower than a predetermined threshold;
• and
• e) transmitting a request message requesting a retransmission of the portion of the message.