A method (100) of operating an Automatic Repeat Request (ARQ) transmitter (102) and an ARQ receiver (104) suspends an ARQ reset under circumstances where an ARQ reset would be superfluous. When a transmitter has a final currently-available data block, it deactivates its transmitter ARQ sync loss timer...http://www.google.com/patents/US7757148?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7757148 - Method to suspend automatic repeat request (ARQ) reset
