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Device and method for processing HARQ data selectively using internal and external memories

  • US 9,667,389 B2
  • Filed: 10/20/2014
  • Issued: 05/30/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device for receiving and processing Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) burst data, the device comprising:

  • a HARQ processor comprising;

    a combiner configured to receive a first HARQ burst;

    an internal memory positioned within the HARQ processor; and

    a memory selector configured to compare a size of the first HARQ burst with a predetermined threshold to generate a first comparison result, to select the internal memory as a first selected memory when the size of the first HARQ burst does not exceed the threshold, to select an external memory positioned outside the HARQ processor as the first selected memory when the size of the first HARQ burst exceeds the threshold, and to store the first HARQ burst in the first selected memory,wherein at least one among a size of the internal memory and the threshold is determined based on a characteristic of a service type that has been predetermined.

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