Method and apparatus for augmenting physical layer ARQ in a wireless data communication system
First Claim
1. A method for use in a communication system, comprising:
- establishing a communication link between a source user and a destination user;
detecting loss of a packet of data communicated between said source and destination users;
determining throughput of said communication link;
retransmitting said lost packet of data at least one more time after said detecting based on whether said determined throughput is above a throughput threshold.
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Abstract
A system (100) and various methods and apparatus for efficient communications of data across various protocol layers are disclosed. A control and transceiver system (1400) configured for determining a data rate control (DRC) value and for transmission a maximum number of time slots allowed for transmission of a physical layer packet of data (510). After detecting a normal termination of transmission, the decoding thresholds (401, 402) are adjusted for decoding a positive acknowledgment message, and repeating decoding of acknowledgment channel (340) with the adjusted thresholds (401, 402). Retransmitting the physical layer packet of data at least one more time after based on whether the repeat of decoding of the acknowledgment channel (340) produces a negative acknowledgment message. The retransmission may be conditioned upon a throughput level of communications between the base station and the mobile station.
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27 Claims
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1. A method for use in a communication system, comprising:
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establishing a communication link between a source user and a destination user;
detecting loss of a packet of data communicated between said source and destination users;
determining throughput of said communication link;
retransmitting said lost packet of data at least one more time after said detecting based on whether said determined throughput is above a throughput threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. An apparatus for use in a communication system, comprising:
a controller and a transceiver system configured for establishing a communication link between a source user and a destination user, wherein said controller further is configured for detecting loss of a packet of data communicated between said source and destination users and determining throughput of said communication link, and said transceiver system further is configured for retransmitting said lost packet of data at least one more time after said detecting based on whether said determined throughput is above a throughput threshold. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7)
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8. A method in a communication system, comprising:
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establishing a communication link between a source user and a destination user;
detecting, based on decoding an acknowledgment channel, loss of a packet of data communicated between said source and destination users after exhausting a maximum allowed retransmissions of said packet of data;
adjusting decoding thresholds of an acknowledgment channel, and repeating decoding of said acknowledgment channel;
determining retransmission of said packet of data at least one more time based on said decoding of said acknowledgment channel with said adjusted thresholds. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. An apparatus in a communication system, comprising:
a controller system and transceiver system configured for establishing a communication link between a source user and a destination user, for detecting, based on decoding an acknowledgment channel, loss of a packet of data communicated between said source and destination users after exhausting a maximum allowed retransmissions of said packet of data, for adjusting an acknowledgment channel decoding thresholds and repeating decoding of said acknowledgment channel, for determining retransmission of said packet of data at least one more time based on said decoding of said acknowledgment channel with said adjusted thresholds. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for use in a communication system, comprising:
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determining a data rate control (DRC) value for transmission of a physical layer packet of data from a base station to a mobile station;
determining a maximum number of time slots allowed for transmission of said physical layer packet of data;
detecting a normal termination of transmission of said physical layer packet of data over said maximum number of time slots without receiving, over an acknowledgment channel, at said base station, an acknowledgment for proper reception of said physical layer packet of data at said mobile station;
adjusting decoding thresholds for decoding said acknowledgment channel to bias detection of a positive acknowledgment message more than detection of a negative acknowledgment message;
repeating decoding of said acknowledgment channel with said adjusted decoding thresholds;
retransmitting said physical layer packet of data at least one more time after said detecting said normal termination of transmission based on whether said repeating decoding of said acknowledgment channel produces a negative acknowledgment message. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An apparatus for use in a communication system, comprising:
a control and transceiver system configured for determining a data rate control (DRC) value for transmission of a physical layer packet of data from a base station to a mobile station, for determining a maximum number of time slots allowed for transmission of said physical layer packet of data, for detecting a normal termination of transmission of said physical layer packet of data over said maximum number of time slots without receiving, over an acknowledgment channel, at said base station, an acknowledgment for proper reception of said physical layer packet of data at said mobile station, for adjusting decoding thresholds for decoding said acknowledgment channel to bias detection of a positive acknowledgment message more than detection of a negative acknowledgment message, for repeating decoding of said acknowledgment channel with said adjusted decoding thresholds, and for retransmitting said physical layer packet of data at least one more time after said detecting said normal termination of transmission based on whether said repeating decoding of said acknowledgment channel produces a negative acknowledgment message. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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