Patent ID: 8014827
Filing Date: 2011-09-06
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A communication control method for a wireless communication system having at least one base station and a plurality of terminals, which allows communication involving retransmission control by use of a plurality of carriers, the method comprising: a first step of obtaining, by the base station, a result of decoding data related to a terminal which stores transmitted data; a second step of determining, by the base station, based on a number of retransmissions of data transmitted by a first carrier from the base station to the terminal and the data decoding result, whether or not to retransmit the transmitted data by the first carrier; a third step of, upon the base station determining to retransmit the transmitted data, scheduling, by the base station, data waiting to be transmitted for carriers other than the first carrier including the data that is determined to be retransmitted; and a fourth step of, upon the base station determining not to retransmit the transmitted data, scheduling, by the base station, data waiting to be transmitted for the first carrier and the other carriers.