Patent ID: 9531507
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: transmitting, by a network device, data in a first transmission; receiving, by the network device, acknowledgement information for Hybrid Automatic Repeat-Request pursuant to uplink-downlink subframe configurations 0 or 6 in Time-Division-Duplex mode for LTE; determining, by the network device, a subframe for a re-transmission of the data according to a process for Hybrid Automatic Repeat-Request, wherein the subframe for the re-transmission is determined such that interference from a neighboring cell is of a same type during the first transmission and during the re-transmission, wherein the type of interference comprises uplink or downlink interference; and transmitting, by the network device, said data in the re-transmission in the determined subframe, wherein, based on the determined subframe, the re-transmission associated with the process for Hybrid Automatic Repeat-Request is performed in a protected subframe if the first transmission associated with said process is performed in a protected subframe.