A radio link with transmitters and a receiver transmits data packets of a data stream at a regular time interval. To receive the data packets, the data stream is sampled for the presence of data packets in a locked mode. In addition, times for an expected reception of one data packet each are predetermined. In a transmission mode, one data packet each is sampled at regular time intervals, it being determined from a comparison of a test coding with the content of the data packet whether an error-free data packet is present.