USER EQUIPMENT FOR PHYSICAL LAYER AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST
First Claim
1. A user equipment, comprising:
- a higher layer automatic repeat request (ARQ) mechanism configured to generate data for transmission;
a physical layer transmitter configured to receive the data for transmission from the higher layer ARQ mechanism, to format the received data into packets for transmission, wherein the packets are transmitted using an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) air interface, the physical layer transmitter configured to retransmit an original or selectively modified packet, if an acknowledgment for that packet has not been received within a predetermined period of time;
a physical layer receiver configured to receive and demodulate received packets and retransmission statistics;
an ACK transmitter configured to transmit a corresponding acknowledgment for a given packet at the physical layer receiver, wherein a mechanism configured to receive the corresponding acknowledgment for the given packet operates transparently with respect to the higher layer ARQ mechanism; and
an adaptive modulation and control (AMC) unit configured to adjust a particular encoding/data modulation of each packet using collected retransmission statistics; and
wherein subchannels from an OFDM frequency set are selectively nulled wherein the use of a poor quality subchannel is precluded for a predetermined period and adding a previously nulled subchannel back into the OFDM frequency set where a retransmission rate or link quality indicates a high quality for the previously nulled subchannel.
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Abstract
A user equipment for physical layer automatic repeat request is disclosed. The user equipment comprises a higher layer automatic repeat request (ARQ) mechanism, a physical layer transmitter, a physical layer receiver, an acknowledgment (ACK) transmitter and an adaptive modulation and control unit (AMC). A higher layer ARQ mechanism generates data for transmission. A physical layer transmitter receives the data for transmission from the higher layer ARQ mechanism, to format the received data into packets for transmission. A physical layer receiver receives and demodulates received packets and retransmission statistics. An ACK transmitter transmits a corresponding acknowledgment for a given packet at the physical layer receiver. An AMC unit adjusts a particular encoding/data modulation of each packet using collected retransmission statistics.
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6 Claims
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1. A user equipment, comprising:
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a higher layer automatic repeat request (ARQ) mechanism configured to generate data for transmission; a physical layer transmitter configured to receive the data for transmission from the higher layer ARQ mechanism, to format the received data into packets for transmission, wherein the packets are transmitted using an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) air interface, the physical layer transmitter configured to retransmit an original or selectively modified packet, if an acknowledgment for that packet has not been received within a predetermined period of time; a physical layer receiver configured to receive and demodulate received packets and retransmission statistics; an ACK transmitter configured to transmit a corresponding acknowledgment for a given packet at the physical layer receiver, wherein a mechanism configured to receive the corresponding acknowledgment for the given packet operates transparently with respect to the higher layer ARQ mechanism; and an adaptive modulation and control (AMC) unit configured to adjust a particular encoding/data modulation of each packet using collected retransmission statistics; and wherein subchannels from an OFDM frequency set are selectively nulled wherein the use of a poor quality subchannel is precluded for a predetermined period and adding a previously nulled subchannel back into the OFDM frequency set where a retransmission rate or link quality indicates a high quality for the previously nulled subchannel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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