A method for retransmitting packet data within a wireless communication network includes forming a plurality of subpackets for transmission along a route which was previously used to transmit a missing packet, such that the subpackets collectively include a header portion and a data portion of the missing packet to be retransmitted. The method may further include forming a first subpacket having a header portion and data portion, such that the header portion includes header data associated with a stream and route used to transmit the subpackets, and the data portion includes the header portion of the missing packet and data represented by only some of the data portion of the missing packet. An additional operation forms one or more additional subpackets which each include a header portion having header data associated with the stream and the route, and a data portion that includes only some of the data portion of the missing packet.