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Method and apparatus for grant loss detection and related processing in a wireless communication network

  • US 8,457,002 B2
  • Filed: 07/29/2010
  • Issued: 06/04/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method at a wireless communication network base station of detecting grant losses for scheduling grants sent over a downlink control channel, said method comprising:

  • scheduling transmissions to or from a mobile terminal by transmitting scheduling grants over the downlink control channel to the mobile terminal;

    controlling link adaption of the downlink control channel, or HARQ redundancy version settings for the scheduled transmissions, or both, responsive to determining whether individual scheduling grants are lost; and

    determining whether any one of said scheduling grants is lost, based on detecting an erasure event corresponding to the scheduled transmission.

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