A method for controlling errors in a wireless link layer using a
simultaneous multiple copy scheme and an adaptive forward error correction
(FEC) scheme in a wideband wireless communication is provided. The method
for controlling errors in a link layer in wideband wireless communication
using an automatic repeat request (ARQ) scheme, in which a wideband
wireless channel is used for communication between a first node and a
second node, includes the steps of (a) estimating the error ratio of a
forward (a direction in which a cell is transmitted from the first node to
the second node) channel using the state of a backward (a direction in
which a cell is transmitted from the second node to the first node)
channel, and transmitting a cell, in which a forward error correction
(FEC) code having an encoding ratio that varies depending on the estimated
error ratio is included in a protocol data unit (PDU) of a wireless link
layer, through the forward channel and (b) re-transmitting the copy of a
cell transmitted in the step (a), when feedback information that indicates
that an error exists in the cell transmitted in the step (a) is received
through the backward channel. It is possible to reduce the number of times
of re-transmission by improving the probability of correcting forward
errors using more error controlling bits as the state of the channel is
worse and to minimize the waste of resources using less error controlling
bits as the state of the channel is better, to thus obtain the optimal
performance and guarantee the minimum delay time.