Decoding using redundant packet selection information in wireless communications systems

A base transceiver station, comprising:

• an interface operable to receive coded content from a mobile unit;
• a processor operable to:
• decode the content;
• generate a packet including the decoded content;
• communicate the packet to a router;
• receive selection information from the router, the selection information identifying a packet selected by the router from a plurality of redundant packets, the redundant packets communicated to the router from a plurality of base transceiver stations and including redundant content received at each base transceiver station from the mobile unit;
• and
• use the selection information to improve the decoding of subsequent coded content received from the mobile unit.

A method for error correction, comprising:

• receiving coded content from a mobile unit;
• decoding the content;
• generating a packet including the decoded content;
• communicating the packet to a router;
• receiving selection information from the router, the selection information identifying a packet selected by the router from a plurality of redundant packets, the redundant packets communicated to the router from a plurality of base transceiver stations and including redundant content received at each base transceiver station from the mobile unit;
• and
• using the selection information to improve the decoding of subsequent coded content received from the mobile unit.

Communications software embodied in a computer-readable medium and operable to:

• receive coded content from a mobile unit;
• decode the content;
• generate a packet including the decoded content;
• communicate the packet to a router;
• receive selection information from the router, the selection information identifying a packet selected by the router from a plurality of redundant packets, the redundant packets communicated to the router from a plurality of base transceiver stations and including redundant content received at each base transceiver station from the mobile unit;
• and
• use the selection information to improve the decoding of subsequent coded content received from the mobile unit.

A network device, comprising:

• means for receiving coded content from a mobile unit;
• means for decoding the content;
• means for generating a packet including the decoded content;
• means for communicating the packet to a router;
• means for receiving selection information from the router, the selection information identifying a packet selected by the router from a plurality of redundant packets, the redundant packets communicated to the router from a plurality of base transceiver stations and including redundant content received at each base transceiver station from the mobile unit;
• and
• means for using the selection information to improve the decoding of subsequent coded content received from the mobile unit.