Patent ID: 9356739
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for application layer delivery of received packets in a wireless telecommunications system utilizing hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (ARQ) and comprising at least one user equipment (UE) and at least one Base Transceiver Station (BTS) wherein the UE is in communication with the BTS, the method comprising: receiving a first frame comprising a data unit, from the UE into the BTS; receiving subsequent frames before an acknowledge message has been received in the UE, each subsequent frame comprising a repeat of the data unit in the first frame, from the UE into the BTS; and initiating a decoding process in the BTS after receiving the frame(s), wherein the decoding process is commenced according to a precondition, wherein receiving a repeated frame combines the data unit from the last received frame(s) with the data units of the other received frame(s), and wherein the precondition comprises the BTS receiving a remaining data flag, set to a first value, all but a last frame indicating that each frame is an autonomous transmission and in the last frame the remaining data flag, set to a second value, indicating no further autonomous transmissions, is received by the BTS.