In diversity combining automatic repeat request (ARQ), erroneous packets are combined together forming a single, more reliable, packet. In this thesis, we give a diversity combining scheme for the m-ary unidirectional channel. A system using the given scheme with a t-unidirectional error detecting code is able to correct up to Emax = floor(t/2) unidirectional errors. To use the given scheme, the decoder should be able to decide the error type (increasing or decreasing). Hence, we give simple techniques to make this decision for various unidirectional error detecting codes
