Apparatus, and an associated method, for recovering the informational
content of an encoded data block. Data bursts are delivered to a
receiver. A series of data bursts together include all of the
informational content of the encoded data block. A detector detects
delivery to the receiver of the data bursts. A determiner determines
indicia associated with the communicated data. And, responsive thereto,
the data is decoded, selectably utilizing fewer than all of the data
bursts that form the encoded data block.