Patent ID: 9532352
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of communication, comprising: transmitting, by circuitry of a terminal device to a base station in a wireless communications system supporting multiple parallel retransmission protocol processes, a first transmission of a data block in a first transport block according to a first retransmission protocol process; receiving a first response signaling that indicates whether the first transmission of the data block has been successfully communicated to the base station; transmitting, by the circuitry before the first response is received, a second transmission of the data block in the first transport block according to a second retransmission protocol process; receiving a second response signaling that indicates whether the second transmission of the data block has been successfully communicated to the base station; and determining, by the circuitry, to retransmit the data block in the first transport block according to the first retransmission protocol process based on both the first response signaling and the second response signaling, wherein transmitting the first transmission of the data block in the first transport block, the second transmission of the data block in the first transport block and a retransmission of the data block in the first transport block each comprise transmitting, by the circuitry at a series of transmission time intervals (TTIs), a plurality of redundancy versions (RVs) of data of the data block.