Patent ID: 8514766
Filing Date: 2013-08-20
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for performing a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving, by a relay station (RS) from a base station (BS), information on a plurality of allocated downlink (DL) subframes which are used for the RS to receive scheduling information from the BS; determining, by the RS, a plurality of uplink (UL) subframes for performing a HARQ with the plurality of allocated DL subframes, each of the plurality of UL subframes being used for the RS to transmit UL data to the BS based on the scheduling information of a corresponding allocated DL subframe, each of the plurality of UL subframes corresponding to a subframe n if a subframe (n−4) is configured for the corresponding allocated DL subframe, wherein n denotes an integer; assigning, by the RS, sequentially each of a plurality of HARQ processes to each of the plurality of UL subframes one by one; and performing, by the RS, HARQ with the BS at the plurality of HARQ processes, wherein a number of the plurality of HARQ processes is equal to a number of the plurality of allocated DL subframes, wherein the plurality of allocated DL subframes are configured in at least one radio frame having 10 subframes indexed from 0 to 9, and wherein subframes of the 10 subframes having indexes of 0, 4, 5 and 9 are not configured as an allocated DL subframe.