Patent ID: 8074140
Filing Date: 2011-12-06
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A user equipment configured to transmit data in a transmission time interval, the user equipment comprising: a transmitter configured to transmit data over an air interface in a single transmission time interval with a first specified modulation and coding scheme, the single transmission time interval having a plurality of transport block sets and in response to receiving a repeat request for retransmission for at least one particular transport block set, the transmitter configured to retransmit the at least one of the particular transport block sets; and an adaptive modulation and coding controller configured to change the specified modulation and coding scheme to a second specified modulation and coding scheme for the retransmission enabling a combining of a particular transport block set transmitted at the first specified modulation and coding scheme with the retransmitted particular transport block set transmitted at the second specified modulation and coding scheme.