A data transmission method and a base station in a telecommunication system are provided. The base station comprises a first transmitter for transmitting a downlink packet transmission, a first receiver for receiving uplink packet transmission, a first controller for checking whether a packet is received successfully, thus obtaining a correct packet, a second receiver for receiving, from at least one other base station, a packet the at least one other base station has successfully received from the uplink direction, a second controller for combining a packet unsuccessfully received from the uplink direction with the at least one packet received from the at least one other base station, and a second transmitter, for sending a correct packet further to other parts of the telecommunication system.