ARQ METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
First Claim
1. A selective call transceiver comprising a storage space and a control operable to refuse to receive a message when available space in the storage space is not large enough to store the message.
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Abstract
Forward and Reverse Channel Automatic Repeat reQuest (ARQ) communication is described in which a Forward Channel Automatic Repeat reQuest (ARQ) session between a first unit and a second unit is performed, in which a command is send to the second unit to start a forward channel ARQ session, where the command includes a message length field specifying the length of an ARQ message to be sent by the first unit to the second unit. The second unit may refuse the command because of the length of the ARQ message.
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41 Claims
- 1. A selective call transceiver comprising a storage space and a control operable to refuse to receive a message when available space in the storage space is not large enough to store the message.
- 8. A selective call transceiver comprising a storage space and control operable to increase available space in the storage space to allow receipt of a message when the message is larger than the available space in the storage space.
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13. A method of performing Automatic Repeat reQuest (ARQ) between a first unit and a second unit, said method comprising:
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sending a command to the second unit to start a channel ARQ session; and
the second unit refusing to accept the ARQ message if available space in a memory of the second unit is not large enough to store the ARQ message.
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24. A communication system comprising:
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a first unit operable to send a command to start an Automatic Repeat reQuest (ARQ) session; and
a second unit operable to accept or reject the command based on whether available storage space in the second unit is large enough to store the ARQ message.
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32. A method of performing a Reverse Channel Automatic Repeat reQuest (ARQ) between a first unit and a second unit, said method comprising:
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the first unit sending an ARQ message as part of a Reverse Channel ARQ session;
the second unit sending a done indication signal to the first unit after receiving all of the ARQ message;
the first unit sending an acknowledgment indication to the second unit in response to receiving the done indication message to terminate the ARQ session. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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37. A communication system comprising:
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a first unit operable to send an ARQ message as part of a Reverse Channel Automatic Repeat reQuest (ARQ) session; and
a second unit operable to send a done indication message to the first unit after receiving all of the ARQ message, in response to which the first unit sends an acknowledgment indication to the second unit to terminate the ARQ session.
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