Patent ID: 7549102
Filing Date: 2009-06-16
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A wireless communication device for performing error correction decoding after combining newly received data for new transmission and retransmitted received data for retransmission, the wireless communication device comprising: a storage unit to store the newly received data; a reception quality evaluation unit to evaluate reception quality for the retransmitted received data or reception quality for combined data obtained by combining the retransmitted received data with the newly received data stored in the storage unit; and a control unit to perform control as to whether to decode or not to decode the retransmitted received data or the combined data according to the results of the evaluation; wherein: the control unit is further to perform control such that decoding is not performed for the retransmitted received data or the combined data if the reception quality for the retransmitted received data or the reception quality for the combined data is below a specific reference value.