Patent ID: 9319196
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method of applying a Hybrid Automatic Repeat and request (HARQ) scheme at a reception end supporting a dynamic resource change in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: configuring two or more groups from a plurality of Time Division Duplex (TDD) Uplink/Downlink (UL/DL) subframe configurations, wherein each of the plurality of TDD UL/DL subframe configurations has a corresponding maximum number of HARQ processes; receiving control information for changing a currently applied first TDD UL/DL subframe configuration to a second TDD UL/DL subframe configuration from a transmission end, wherein the first and second subframe configurations belong to a same group; and applying the HARQ scheme in accordance with a group-specific maximum number of HARQ processes regardless of a maximum number of HARQ processes corresponding to the second TDD UL/DL subframe configuration.