Patent ID: 8179828
Filing Date: 2012-05-15
Classification: H04B,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A user equipment (UE), comprising: a processor configured to control a receiver in the UE to have a periodic on-duration, the periodic on-duration associated with a discontinuous reception (DRX) operation mode of the UE; the processor further configured to receive a resource configuration, the resource configuration indicating a periodic reporting resource; the processor further configured to determine that data was not received properly; the processor further configured to determine a time period for one or more potential retransmissions of the data that was not received properly, the time period occurring after the start of one of the on-durations of the DRX operation mode of the UE; and the processor further configured to transmit precoding matrix indices (PMIs) using corresponding periodic reporting resources from at least a start of the time period for potential retransmissions until an end of the time period for potential retransmissions.