SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR FLEXIBLE RETRANSMISSIONS
First Claim
1. An enhanced node B (eNB) for cross-carrier retransmission comprising:
- a first wireless transceiver configured for communication over a first set of frequencies;
a second wireless transceiver configured for communication over a second set of frequencies; and
a processor configured to;
send a transmission of data over a secondary component carrier within the first set of frequencies to a mobile device;
receive a message indicating an error receiving the transmission by the mobile device;
determine that the first set of frequencies are occupied by other transmissions; and
send a retransmission of the data over a primary component carrier within the second set of frequencies.
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Abstract
A hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process enables a retransmission to be sent on a carrier (or medium, set of frequencies, band, etc.) different from the carrier on which the previous transmissions (initial transmission and/or retransmissions) were sent. An enhanced HARQ process can improve system performance by aiding user throughput, system throughput, and delay performance by making retransmissions possible even when the unlicensed band is not available (e.g., when occupied by other RATs or the same RAT deployed by another operator). For example, a transmitter sends a subpacket in an unlicensed band. The receiver feeds back a NACK to the transmitter due to the packet decoding failure. If the medium is not idle, the transmitter sends the retransmission in another band or another channel that can be either a licensed band/channel or another unlicensed band/channel. The retransmission can be sent in multiple licensed and/or unlicensed bands/channels at the same time.
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22 Claims
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1. An enhanced node B (eNB) for cross-carrier retransmission comprising:
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a first wireless transceiver configured for communication over a first set of frequencies; a second wireless transceiver configured for communication over a second set of frequencies; and a processor configured to; send a transmission of data over a secondary component carrier within the first set of frequencies to a mobile device; receive a message indicating an error receiving the transmission by the mobile device; determine that the first set of frequencies are occupied by other transmissions; and send a retransmission of the data over a primary component carrier within the second set of frequencies. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A first base station for cross-carrier retransmission configured to:
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communicate scheduling information for transmission of a subpacket to a user equipment (UE) over a secondary carrier using a second frequency band; communicate the scheduling information for transmission of the subpacket to a second base station configured to communicate with the UE over the secondary carrier using the second frequency band; receive a message from the UE indicating an error receiving the subpacket from the second base station; determine that the second base station is unable to communicate with the UE over the secondary carrier using the second frequency band based at least in part on the second frequency band determined to be busy; and send a retransmission of the subpacket to the UE over a primary carrier using a first frequency band. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of retransmission comprising:
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sending data through a first physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission over a first frequency band to user equipment (UE); receiving a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARD) message indicating an error in receiving the PDSCH transmission; and sending the data through a second PDSCH transmission over a second frequency band. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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Specification