Method and apparatus for acknowledging a reception of a data packet in a CDMA communication system

An apparatus for acknowledging reception of a packet of data for a communication system, comprising:

• a serving base station receiver, in a serving base station, for:
• receiving a message on an acknowledgement channel determined as one of a positive or negative acknowledgement for indicating said reception at a mobile station of said packet of data transmitted by said serving base station;
• determining an erasure of said message at said serving base station;
• and
• receiving a value of said message from a non-serving base station at the serving base station;
• and
• a serving base station controller, in said serving base station, for changing said erasure based on said value of said message received from the non-serving base station wherein said value of said message from non-serving base station indicating positive or negative acknowledgment.

An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

• means for receiving, at a serving base station, a message on an acknowledgement channel determined as one of a positive or negative acknowledgement for indicating reception at a mobile station of a packet of data transmitted by said serving base station;
• means for determining an erasure of said message at said serving base station;
• means for receiving a value of said message from a non-serving base station at the serving base station;
• and
• means for changing, at said serving base station, said erasure based on said value of said message received from the non-serving base station wherein said value of said message from non-serving base station indicating positive or negative acknowledgment.

A non-transitory processor-readable medium including processor-executable instructions for performing a method for acknowledging reception of a packet of data, the method comprising the steps of:

• receiving, at a serving base station, a message on an acknowledgement channel determined as one of a positive or negative acknowledgement for indicating said reception at a mobile station of said packet of data transmitted by said serving base station;
• determining an erasure of said message at said serving base station;
• receiving a value of said message from a non-serving base station at the serving base station;
• and
• changing, at said serving base station, said erasure based on said value of said message received from the non-serving base station wherein said value of said message from non-serving base station indicating positive or negative acknowledgment.