Patent ID: 9203562
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: (a) using a wait transmission counter (WAIT_TX_CNT) to determine whether a retransmission of a Hybrid Automatic Repeat ReQuest (HARQ) sub-burst has not been received within a Predetermined Retransmission Delay (PRD) interval after receipt of a last transmission of the HARQ sub-burst; (b) incrementing a retransmission counter (RE_TX_CNT) in response to a determination in (a) that a retransmission of the HARQ sub-burst has not been received within a PRD interval, and incrementing the RE_TX_CNT in response to receiving an undecodable retransmission of the HARQ sub-burst onto the mobile station; and (c) flushing a soft combining buffer if the RE_TX_CNT reaches a maximal retransmission count (MAX_RE_CNT), wherein the WAIT_TX_CNT, the RE_TX_CNT, and the soft combining buffer are maintained on a mobile station, and wherein steps (a) thru (c) occur on the mobile station; and wherein the PRD interval in (a) is an interval of time starting at the receipt by the mobile station of the last transmission of the HARQ sub-burst.