Patent ID: 7085540
Filing Date: 2006-08-01
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A radio telecommunications network comprising a transmitter and a receiver, the transmitter being operative to send signals indicative of data, the receiver being operative to receive the signals and decode the signals to determine the data, the receiver comprising indicator means to send to the transmitter an indication of whether data has been correctly determined, the transmitter being operative to retransmit at least some data not correctly determined, the receiver further comprising a buffer operative to store the determined data, the buffer being operative to output the determined data at a predetermined rate, in which the receiver further comprises a controller operative to control the transmitter to adjust data rate of transmission to the receiver, wherein the controller is operative to control the transmitter to adjust the data rate of transmission to the receiver by adjusting a maximum number of blocks of data that can be requested in a transmission request to be retransmitted dependent upon the amount of data currently stored in the buffer.