Patent ID: 7631239
Filing Date: 2009-12-08
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for receiving an Automatic Repeat reQuest (ARQ) block, comprising: if an ARQ block is received, determining if a block sequence number of the ARQ block is in a range of a receipt window; if the block sequence number of the ARQ block is in the range of the receipt window, determining if the ARQ block is a duplicate of a previously received ARQ block; if the ARQ block is not a duplicate and the block sequence number of the ARQ block is not less than a highest block sequence number of received ARQ blocks, updating the highest block sequence number of received blocks; and if the ARQ block is not a duplicate and the block sequence number of the ARQ block is equal to a start block sequence number of the receipt window, updating the start block sequence number of the receipt window.