Patent ID: 8489953
Filing Date: 2013-07-16
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for receiving protocol data units in a mobile communication system, wherein the protocol data units are received and transmitted using one of a plurality of HARQ processes of an HARQ re-transmission protocol, wherein each HARQ process has an associated memory area for storing transmissions of a protocol data unit, the method comprising: receiving an initial transmission of a protocol data unit, storing the received initial transmission of the protocol data unit in one of a plurality of memory sub-areas into which the memory area associated to the one HARQ process is divided, wherein the one HARQ process is divided into a plurality of HARQ sub-processes, wherein each of the HARQ sub-processes has one associated memory sub-area out of the plurality of memory sub-areas into which the memory area of the one HARQ, process is divided, wherein the one memory sub-area is selected based on control information, associated to the initial transmission of the protocol data, unit, or the one of the memory sub-areas for storing the initial transmission is selected among the plurality of memory sub-areas in a pre-determined way.