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Apparatus, and associated method, for requesting data retransmission in a packet radio communication system

  • US 7,298,701 B2
  • Filed: 10/31/2002
  • Issued: 11/20/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A radio communication system operable to communicate packet formatted data, the system having an apparatus for facilitating usage of radio capacity in the radio communication system, comprising:

  • a first communication station;

    a second communication station, the packet formatted data is communicated between the first communication station and the second communication station,the packet formatted data formatted at a first logical layer, utilizing a first-layer acknowledgement mechanism by which the second communication station selectably acknowledges whether the packet formatted data is adequately received thereat at the first logical layer and the packet formatted data formatted at a second logical layer, utilizing a second-layer acknowledgment mechanism by which the second communication station selectably acknowledges whether the packet formatted data is adequately received thereat at the second logical layer; and

    an estimator coupled to receive indicia associated with communication characteristics of the first logical layer, said estimator for estimating a selected second-layer delay period, in response to the indicia received, by which to delay generation, at the second communication station, of a second-layer resend request requesting resending of the packet-formatted data.

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