Apparatus, and associated method, for facilitating retransmission of data packets in a packet radio communication system that utilizes a feedback acknowledgement scheme
First Claim
1. Apparatus for a radio communication system having a sending station that sends data, the data formatted at an upper-level logical layer and into an upper-level data frame, and the upper-level data frame provided to a lower-level logical sublayer, the upper-level data frame further formatted thereat into at least one lower-level frame, the lower-level logical layer operable pursuant to an H-ARQ feedback scheme, said apparatus for facilitating retransmission by the sending station of the upper-level data frame if the the at least one lower-level frame fails to be adequately received, said apparatus comprising:
- an H-ARQ detector embodied at the lower-level logical sublayer, said H-ARQ detector for detecting H-ARQ indications returned to the sending station; and
an H-ARQ status response generator embodied at the lower-level logical sublayer of the sending station and adapted to receive indications of detections made by said H-ARQ detector, said H-ARQ status response generator for generating an H-ARQ status response message for delivery to the upper-level logical layer to notify the upper-level logical layer of the sending station when said H-ARQ detector detects an H-ARQ indication indicating that the at least one lower-level frame fails to be adequately received, the upper-level logical layer selectably operable responsive to receipt of the H-ARQ status response message to provide again the upper-level data frame to the lower-level logical sublayer.
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Abstract
Apparatus, and an associated method, for a frame-formatted radio communication system. Coordination is provided between MAC and RLP layers of a sending station through use of apparatus embodied at the MAC layer of the sending station. Also, apparatus is provided at a receiving station to reduce the generation of RLP layer NAK during segmented RLP frame retransmissions.
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17 Claims
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1. Apparatus for a radio communication system having a sending station that sends data, the data formatted at an upper-level logical layer and into an upper-level data frame, and the upper-level data frame provided to a lower-level logical sublayer, the upper-level data frame further formatted thereat into at least one lower-level frame, the lower-level logical layer operable pursuant to an H-ARQ feedback scheme, said apparatus for facilitating retransmission by the sending station of the upper-level data frame if the the at least one lower-level frame fails to be adequately received, said apparatus comprising:
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an H-ARQ detector embodied at the lower-level logical sublayer, said H-ARQ detector for detecting H-ARQ indications returned to the sending station; and an H-ARQ status response generator embodied at the lower-level logical sublayer of the sending station and adapted to receive indications of detections made by said H-ARQ detector, said H-ARQ status response generator for generating an H-ARQ status response message for delivery to the upper-level logical layer to notify the upper-level logical layer of the sending station when said H-ARQ detector detects an H-ARQ indication indicating that the at least one lower-level frame fails to be adequately received, the upper-level logical layer selectably operable responsive to receipt of the H-ARQ status response message to provide again the upper-level data frame to the lower-level logical sublayer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of communicating in a radio communication system having a sending station that sends data to a receiving station, the data formatted at an upper-level logical layer and into an upper-level data frame, and the upper-level data frame provided to a lower-level logical sublayer, the upper-level data frame further formatted thereat into at least one lower-level frame, the lower-level logical layer operable pursuant to an H-ARQ feedback scheme, said method for facilitating retransmission by the sending station of the upper-level data frame if the receiving station fails adequately to receive the at least one lower-level frame, said method comprising:
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detecting, at the lower-level logical sublayer, H-ARQ indications returned by the receiving station to the sending station; generating an H-ARQ status response message for delivery to the upper-level logical layer to notify the upper-level logical layer of detection during said operation of detecting an H-ARQ indication indicating that the receiving station fails adequately to receive the at least one lower-level frame; and delivering the H-ARQ status response message to the upper-level logical layer. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. A method of communicating in a radio communication system having a sending station that sends data to a receiving station, the data formatted at an upper-level logical layer and into an upper-level data frame, and the upper-level data frame provided to a lower-level logical sublayer, the upper-level data frame further formatted thereat into one lower-level frame, the lower-level logical layer operable pursuant to an H-ARQ feedback scheme, the receiving station comprising a first retransmission timer, the first retransmission timer for timing a first time period commencing when a missing upper-level frame is detected at the receiving station, wherein the sending station selectably initially sends at least one upper-level frame at a first data rate and retransmits, if necessary, segmented portions of the at least one upper-level frame at a second, reduced data rate, said method for facilitating reception of the segmented portions of the at least one upper-level frame, said method comprising:
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detecting reception at the receiving station of retransmission of the upper-level data frame at the second, reduced data rate; resetting the first retransmission timer when the at least one upper-level frame is retransmitted in the segmented portions; buffering the segmented portions of the at least one upper-level frame when delivered to the receiving station; and timing a separate time period commencing for each segmented portion of the at least one upper-level frame when the segmented portion is detected missing during the retransmission.
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