Patent ID: 9661618
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for a user equipment (UE) to receive a downlink data, the method comprising: receiving, by the UE, a first downlink assignment including a first new data indicator (NDI) from a base station; comparing, by the UE, the first NDI to a second NDI; based on a result of the comparing, determining, by the UE, whether the first NDI has been toggled; receiving, by the UE, the downlink data based on the first downlink assignment; and processing, by the UE, the received downlink data based on whether the first NDI has been determined to be toggled, wherein the second NDI is included in a second downlink assignment that was previously received from the base station, and wherein the second downlink assignment was identified by an identifier except for a temporary cell identifier.