Wireless communication system and methodology for communicating via multiple information streams

A method of transmitting and receiving information, comprising:

• providing, by an information source, information content to a plurality of base stations situated in respective cells, the information content including a first information stream including a base layer and a second information stream including an enhanced layer;
• transmitting, by each of the base stations, a first modulated signal including the base layer and a second modulated signal including the enhanced layer;
• receiving, by a mobile receiving station, some of the first modulated signals to provide first received signals including the base layer;
• receiving, by the mobile receiving station, some of the second modulated signals to provide second received signals including the enhanced layer;
• testing, by the mobile receiving station, the second received signals to determine if the mobile receiving station reliably received the second received signals;
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• processing, by the mobile receiving station, both the base layer and the enhanced layer of the first and second received signals, respectively, to reconstruct the information content if the testing step determined that the mobile receiving station reliably received the second received signals.

A method of receiving information, comprising:

• receiving, by a mobile receiving station, first modulated signals that include a base layer thus providing first received signals, the first modulated signals being transmitted with the base layer by a plurality of base stations;
• receiving, by the mobile receiving station, second modulated signals that include an enhanced layer thus providing second received signals, the second modulated signals being transmitted with the enhanced layer by the plurality of base stations, the first and second modulated signals being derived from information content that is supplied to the plurality of base stations;
• testing, by the mobile receiving station, the second received signals to determine if the mobile receiving station reliably received the second received signals;
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• processing, by the mobile receiving station, both the base layer and the enhanced layer of the first and second received signals, respectively, to reconstruct the information content if the testing step determined that the mobile receiving station reliably received the second received signals.