Patent ID: 11864017
Assignee: T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 9:
10. An access node comprising:
at least one processor performing operations including,
determining a signal to noise and interference ratio (SINR) at a wireless device;
comparing the SINR to a predetermined threshold;
determining the SINR at the wireless device meets the predetermined threshold;
disabling a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) retransmission mechanism for the wireless device;
determining the SINR at an additional wireless device further from a serving access node than the wireless device;
comparing the SINR at the additional wireless device to the predetermined threshold;
determining the SINR at the additional wireless device does not meet the predetermined threshold; and
utilizing the HARQ retransmission mechanism for the additional wireless device.