Patent ID: 7916719
Filing Date: 2011-03-29
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A hybrid ARQ (HARQ) memory apparatus in a wireless communication system, comprising: a memory configured to partition the entire memory area in units of slots corresponding to the size of a concatenation block to input/output a plurality of channel data to the slot in units of the concatenation block, to store a new concatenation block in an empty slot, and to combine a retransmitted concatenation block with a pre-stored concatenation block and store the combined concatenation block at a pre-stored location; an address pointer manager for providing a memory address for access of channel data that are stored at a predetermined slot in the HARQ memory apparatus or at a predetermined word in the predetermined slot; a slot bitmap manager for determining if there are data at a predetermined slot in the HARQ memory apparatus; and a controller for determining if there are data at a predetermined slot from the slot bitmap manager and receiving the memory address from the address pointer manager, to perform data access for input/output of the channel data, wherein the address pointer manager comprises: