Patent ID: 9344228
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. A method to be performed by a first wireless communications device, the method comprising: receiving a first transmission from a second wireless communications device, the first transmission containing a first hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) channel ID (ACID); transmitting a first NAK to the second wireless communications device to indicate that the first transmission was received incorrectly; monitoring for a retransmission of the first transmission; receiving, while monitoring for the retransmission, a second transmission from the second wireless communications device, the second transmission containing the first ACID and an indication that the second transmission is not a retransmission of the first transmission; and transmitting a second NAK to the first device to indicate that the first transmission was received incorrectly; wherein said transmitting the first NAK complies with a HARQ protocol and said transmitting the second NAK complies with an automatic repeat request (ARQ) protocol.