Abstract: A wireless communication device, method and system adapted so that, in response to a repeat request indicating a communication signal (because of an error in transmission of the communication signal), the communication signal is wirelessly retransmitted using a remapping of bits into at least partially different frequencies in the retransmission compared to the original transmission.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for implementing a compressed mode of operation in a mobile communication network in which data transmission and reception is ceased so a required measurement can be made, wherein the power level of data transmission is adjusted to a correct power level before a subsequent data transmission is sent. The compressed mode may be implemented using a single frame method, in which control channels and power control commands are sent in the last slots of a single frame. The compressed mode may also be implemented using a double frame method, in which control channels and power control commands are sent in the beginning slots of a second frame. The method is implemented during a hard handover procedure, such as an intersystem handover. The measurement includes an inter-frequency measurement.