Patent ID: 8199725
Filing Date: 2012-06-12
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A user equipment (UE), comprising: a processor configured to control a receiver in the UE to have a periodic On-Duration, the On-Duration associated with a discontinuous reception (DRX) operation mode of the UE; the processor further configured to receive a rank indicator (RI) resource configuration, the configuration indicating a periodic RI 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 RI using corresponding periodic RI reporting resources from at least a start of the time period for potential retransmissions until an end of the time period for potential retransmissions.