Patent ID: 9083522
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of providing acknowledgment information by a first wireless device, comprising: in response to receipt of first information from a second wireless device, preparing, by the first wireless device, to send repeated instances of acknowledgment information for the first information; sending, by the first wireless device, a first of the repeated instances of the acknowledgment information in a first Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (EUTRA) subframe, and a second of the repeated instances in a second, successive EUTRA subframe; and sending, by the first wireless device, further acknowledgment information in the second EUTRA subframe, wherein the further acknowledgment information is responsive to second information received from the second wireless device, wherein sending the second of the repeated instances of the acknowledgment information comprises using a first information bit of the second EUTRA subframe, and wherein sending the further acknowledgment information comprises using a second information bit of the second EUTRA subframe.