Patent ID: 8223688
Filing Date: 2012-07-17
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: transmitting first data on a first channel to a first wireless device, the first channel comprising multiple subchannels; simultaneously transmitting second data on a second channel to the first wireless device such that the first data and the second data are transmitted in a coordinated manner by aggregating the first channel and the second channel; receiving from the first wireless device third data on the first channel, the third data including at least one first automatic retransmit request (ARQ)-related number; receiving from the first wireless device fourth data on the second channel, the fourth data including at least one second ARQ-related number; combining the third data and the fourth data into integrated data; and ordering the third data and the fourth data using at least the first ARQ-related number and the second ARQ-related number so as to restore a correct ordering for the integrated data; wherein each of the first channel and the second channel is independently and properly formed so that a second wireless device that is unable to support channel aggregation is capable of communicating by independently using one of the first channel or the second channel.