Patent ID: 6678249
Filing Date: 2004-01-13
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
Method (10) for use by a mobile station operating in a packet-switched mode in a mobile communication system in which the mobile station is in communication over multiple radio links with corresponding base stations, characterized bydetermining (40), for a packet sent on uplinks of said multiple radio links to the corresponding base stations, whether an acknowledgement has been received on any downlink from any one of the base stations, and if so, proceeding (50) to a new packet with a rate selected according to a rule from data rate information or signaling received from one or more of said base stations and, if not, determining (70, 80) if a negative acknowledgement has been received on a selected number of downlinks of said multiple radio links from the base stations and if so, proceeding (90) with a retransmission of the packet.