Adaptive partial packet decoding

A wireless communication device, the wireless communication device comprising:

• one or more processors configured to:
• determine whether to perform a partial packet decoding process for a current packet based on:
• whether a first measure of a first quality parameter of a communication link is better than a first quality standard, wherein the first measure is determined based on one or more previously-received packets;
• and
• whether a second measure of a second quality parameter of the communication link is better than a second quality standard, wherein the second measure is determined based on transmissions during at least a portion of a transmission interval corresponding to the current packet and not based on other time intervals, wherein the wireless communication device is configured not to perform the partial packet decoding process if the second measure is not better than the second quality standard.

A non-transitory memory medium storing program instructions, wherein the program instructions, when executed by a communication device, cause the communication device to:

• determine whether to perform a partial packet decoding process for a current packet based on:
• whether a first measure of a first quality parameter of a communication link is better than a first quality standard, wherein the first measure is determined based on one or more previously-received packets;
• and
• whether a second measure of a second quality parameter of the communication link is better than a second quality standard, wherein the second measure is determined based on transmissions during at least a portion of a transmission interval corresponding to the current packet and not based on other time intervals, wherein the partial packet decoding process is not performed on the current packet if the second measure is not better than the second quality standard.