Patent ID: 9686048
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A wireless communication method comprising: receiving by a receiver device an earlier frame sent from a transmitter device during an earlier frame, time period using automatic repeat request (ARQ); determining at the receiver device during, a current frame time period subsequent to the earlier frame time period whether the earlier frame is received successfully; determining at the receiver device during the current frame time period whether the receiver device is permitted to send acknowledgement of the earlier frame during the current frame time period based on a set of current frame and subsequent frame allowed and unavailable acknowledgement times maintained at the receiver device; if the receiver device is permitted to send acknowledgement of the earlier frame during the current frame time period, sending an acknowledgement of the earlier frame from the receiver device to the transmitter device during the current frame time period at a current frame allowed acknowledgement time; and if the receiver device is not permitted to send acknowledgement of the earlier frame during the current frame time period, sending an acknowledgement of the earlier frame from the receiver device to the transmitter device during a subsequent frame time period at a subsequent frame allowed acknowledgement time; wherein the receiver and the transmitter further negotiating ARQ acknowledgement parameters, the ARQ acknowledgement parameters including: a first mask indicating the one or more positions reserved for acknowledging successful receipt of the earlier frame, and a second mask indicating the one or more positions reserved for acknowledging successful receipt of the subsequent frame, the one or more positions reserved for acknowledging successful receipt of the earlier frame not overlapping with the one or more positions reserved for acknowledging successful receipt of the subsequent frame.