Apparatus, and associated method, for operating upon packet data communicated in a packet communication system utilizing a packet retransmission scheme
First Claim
1. In a packet communication system in which packet data is communicated to a first communication station pursuant to an ARQ retransmission scheme upon a communication channel by a second communication station, an improvement of apparatus for the first communication station for facilitating recovery of values of a data packet communicated to the first communication station, said apparatus comprising:
- a data packet combiner block coupled to receive at least a selected data packet of the packet data together with at least a selected number of retransmissions of the selected data packet, said data packet combiner at least for buffering the selected data packet and the selected number of retransmissions thereof;
a decoder coupled to said data packet combiner, said decoder selectably for recovering values of the selected data packet and the selected number of retransmissions thereof, said decoder for selectably decoding the values provided thereto to form a decoded representation of the selected data packet; and
a controller coupled to receive indications of channel conditions of the communication channel, said controller operable responsive to the indications of the channel conditions for selecting the selected number of retransmissions buffered at said packet data combiner, together to be provided to said decoder prior to decoding.
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Abstract
Apparatus, and an associated method, for a packet radio communication system that utilizes a packet retransmission scheme. A data packet, together with a selected number of retransmissions thereof are sent to a mobile station, or other receiving station. A channel condition estimator estimates channel conditions on the communication channel and, responsive to the channel condition estimates, selection is made of the number of packet data retransmissions that are to be effectuated prior to performing decoding operations to recover the informational content of the data packet.
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1. In a packet communication system in which packet data is communicated to a first communication station pursuant to an ARQ retransmission scheme upon a communication channel by a second communication station, an improvement of apparatus for the first communication station for facilitating recovery of values of a data packet communicated to the first communication station, said apparatus comprising:
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a data packet combiner block coupled to receive at least a selected data packet of the packet data together with at least a selected number of retransmissions of the selected data packet, said data packet combiner at least for buffering the selected data packet and the selected number of retransmissions thereof; a decoder coupled to said data packet combiner, said decoder selectably for recovering values of the selected data packet and the selected number of retransmissions thereof, said decoder for selectably decoding the values provided thereto to form a decoded representation of the selected data packet; and a controller coupled to receive indications of channel conditions of the communication channel, said controller operable responsive to the indications of the channel conditions for selecting the selected number of retransmissions buffered at said packet data combiner, together to be provided to said decoder prior to decoding. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. In a method for communicating in a packet communication system in which packet data is communicated to a first communication station pursuant to an ARQ retransmission scheme upon a communication channel by a second communication station, an improvement of a method for the first communication station for facilitating recovery of values of a data packet communicated to the first communication station, said method comprising:
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buffering a selected data packet of the packet data transmitted to the first communication station; selecting a selected number of retransmissions of the selected data packet to be transmitted to the first communication station responsive to indications of channel conditions of the communication channel prior to decoding; further buffering the retransmissions of the selected data packet; selectably decoding the selected data packet together with the selected number of retransmissions thereof. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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