METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM
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Abstract
The present invention relates to methods and arrangements that enable continuous adaptive control of the number of autonomous HARQ retransmissions. This is achieved by a solution, where the UE and the radio base station are using a number of autonomous HARQ retransmissions that can be adjusted based on observations in the UE and/or the radio base station. What is observed is the amount of HARQ retransmissions needed for the radio base station to correctly decode the latest received data packet(s).
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57 Claims
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31. A method of uplink hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) retransmissions in a radio base station of a wireless communications system, said radio base station controlled by a radio network controller (RNC) and receiving data packets from at least one user equipment adapted use autonomous HARQ retransmissions for transmitting the data packets received at the radio base station, said method comprising, for each reception of a new data packet from the at least one user equipment:
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observing the amount of HARQ retransmissions needed to correctly decode the latest at least one received data packet; adjusting said number of autonomous HARQ retransmissions, based on the observed amount of HARQ retransmissions; and transmitting a request for an adjustment of said number of autonomous HARQ retransmissions to the RNC, in order for the RNC to transmit a request for an adjustment to the user equipment and inform at least one soft handover radio base station, also receiving data packets from the at least one user equipment, about the adjustment. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method of uplink hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) retransmissions in a user equipment of a wireless communications system, wherein the user equipment transmits data packets to at least one radio base station, and is adapted to use autonomous HARQ retransmissions for said data packet transmission, said method comprising, for at least one transmission of a new data packet to the at least one radio base station:
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receiving a request for an adjustment of said number of autonomous HARQ retransmissions; and adjusting said number of autonomous HARQ retransmissions, based on an observed amount of HARQ retransmissions, according to the received request. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A radio base station of a wireless communications system, adapted to receive data packets from at least one user equipment adapted to use autonomous hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) retransmissions for transmitting the data packets received at the radio base station, said radio base station comprising:
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an observing function operative to observe the amount of HARQ retransmissions needed to correctly decode the latest at least one received data packet; an adjusting function operative to adjust said number of autonomous HARQ retransmissions based on the observed amount of HARQ retransmissions; and a transmitter operative to transmit a request for an adjustment of said number of autonomous HARC retransmissions to a radio network controller (RNC). - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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52. A user equipment of a wireless communications system, adapted to transmit data packets to at least one radio base station, and adapted to use autonomous hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) retransmissions for said data packet transmission, said user equipment comprising:
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a receiver operative to receive a request for an adjustment of said number of autonomous HARQ retransmissions; and an adjusting function operative to adjust said number of autonomous HARQ retransmissions, based on an observed amount of HARQ retransmissions, according to the received request. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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