Patent ID: 9037936
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for transmitting an Automatic Repeat reQuest (ARQ) block in a transmitter of a wireless communication system, the method comprising: preparing for the ARQ block retransmission; determining whether to retransmit the ARQ block without rearrangement or to retransmit the ARQ block with rearrangement; if determined to retransmit the ARQ block with rearrangement, fragmenting the ARQ block into ARQ sub-blocks, each of which is assigned to a sub-block sequence number sequentially, retransmitting the ARQ sub-blocks, waiting for ARQ feedback of the ARQ block or of all ARQ sub-blocks of the ARQ block, and if a positive acknowledgement arrives regarding the ARQ block, transitioning to a done state.