Patent ID: 9204430
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of a base station for receiving acknowledgment signals, the method comprising: transmitting, to a user device, a first number of packets on a first communication link; transmitting, to the user device, a second number of packets on a second communication link; receiving an acknowledgement codeword from the user device, wherein the acknowledgement codeword is one of a plurality of acknowledgment codewords, and the acknowledgement codeword corresponds to: the first number of packets and the second number of packets received by the user device, and a sum of the first number of packets and the second number of packets; and determining, by the base station, which of the transmitted first and second number of packets were acknowledged based on the acknowledgement codeword, the first number of packets, and the second number of packets.