Patent ID: 9473973
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: obtaining a pre-established hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) transmission schedule of a fixed number of data slots for transmissions from a radio access network (RAN) to a wireless communication device (WCD), wherein the HARQ transmission schedule includes a first set of data slots subject to HARQ acknowledgment bundling and a second set of data slots not subject to HARQ acknowledgment bundling; based on an indication of RAN transmission signal quality as measured by the WCD, determining a first transmission rate; and based on the HARQ transmission schedule, transmitting, to the WCD, two or more HARQ subpackets in the first set of data slots subject to HARQ acknowledgment bundling and one or more HARQ subpackets in the second set of data slots not subject to HARQ acknowledgment bundling, wherein the one or more HARQ subpackets are transmitted at the first transmission rate, and wherein the two or more HARQ subpackets are transmitted at a second transmission rate that is less than the first transmission rate.