Method and system for enabling HARQ operations on channels between stations in wireless communication networks
First Claim
1. A method for enabling a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) operation on channels between stations of an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) wireless communication network, comprising the steps of:
- using a tunnel connection identifier to unambiguously identify a set of media access control (MAC) protocol data units (MPDUs) adapted to be communicated over parallel HARQ channels as part of a relay media access control protocol data unit (relay MPDU);
performing the HARQ operation using sequence numbers to avoid out-of-order delivery when the relay MPDU is transmitted over the parallel HARQ channels; and
adaptively increasing the number of parallel HARQ channels to improve performance of the HARQ operation, in which a maximum number of parallel HARQ channels is 256.
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Abstract
A method and system enables and improves performance of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) operations on channels between stations of an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) wireless communication network. There, the number of parallel HARQ channels is increased adaptively, and one connection identifier is used to unambiguously identify a set of MAC protocol data units (MPDUs) communicated over parallel HARQ channels. A sequence number is used to avoid out-of-order MPDU delivery when MPDUs are transmitted over parallel HARQ channels. The MPDUs can be concatenated or encapsulated. The maximum number of the parallel HARQ channels can be increased to 256, and can be negotiated when a station enters or re-enters the network.
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1. A method for enabling a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) operation on channels between stations of an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) wireless communication network, comprising the steps of:
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using a tunnel connection identifier to unambiguously identify a set of media access control (MAC) protocol data units (MPDUs) adapted to be communicated over parallel HARQ channels as part of a relay media access control protocol data unit (relay MPDU); performing the HARQ operation using sequence numbers to avoid out-of-order delivery when the relay MPDU is transmitted over the parallel HARQ channels; and adaptively increasing the number of parallel HARQ channels to improve performance of the HARQ operation, in which a maximum number of parallel HARQ channels is 256. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system for enabling hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) operations on channels between stations of an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) wireless communication network, comprising:
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means for using a tunnel connection identifier to unambiguously identify a set of MAC protocol data units (MPDUs) adapted to be communicated over parallel HARQ channels as part of a relay MPDU; means for performing the HARQ operation using sequence number to avoid out-of-order MPDU delivery when the relay MPDU is transmitted over the parallel HARQ channels; and means for adaptively increasing the number of parallel HARQ channels to improve performance of the HARQ operation, in which a maximum number of parallel HARQ channels is 256.
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