| CPC H04L 27/2691 (2013.01) [H04L 1/0003 (2013.01); H04L 1/0019 (2013.01); H04L 1/0045 (2013.01); H04L 1/0047 (2013.01); H04L 1/0061 (2013.01); H04L 1/08 (2013.01); H04L 1/1607 (2013.01); H04L 1/1809 (2013.01); H04L 1/20 (2013.01); H04L 1/201 (2013.01); H04L 1/206 (2013.01); H04L 27/02 (2013.01); H04L 27/2614 (2013.01); H04L 27/34 (2013.01); H04L 27/364 (2013.01); H04W 28/04 (2013.01)] | 6 Claims |

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3. A method for a wireless receiver, the method comprising:
a) receiving an initial version of a message, wherein the initial version of the message comprises message elements, each message element occupying a single resource element of a resource grid;
b) determining that the initial version of the message is corrupted;
c) measuring a current electromagnetic background level;
d) determining whether the current electromagnetic background level exceeds a predetermined limit; and
e) upon determining that the current electromagnetic background level does not exceed the predetermined limit, transmitting a request message requesting a retransmission of the message;
f) upon receiving a retransmitted version of the message, determining whether the retransmitted version is corrupted; and
g) upon determining that the retransmitted version is corrupted, counting a number of inconsistent message elements, wherein an inconsistent message element is a message element of the initial version of the message that differs from a corresponding message element of the retransmitted version.
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