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Matched Legal Cases: ['Application No. 200980156892', 'Application No. 09748915', 'Application No. 09752588', 'Application No. 09756080', 'Application No. 09761065', 'Application No. 09761065', 'Application No. 09789422', 'Application No. 2011']

Patent US9379804 - System and method for hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) functionality ... - Google Patents
Devices and methods related to relay nodes are provided. The relay node includes a first hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) entity providing a first HARQ functionality. The relay node further includes a second HARQ entity providing a second HARQ functionality....http://www.google.ca/patents/US9379804?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US9379804 - System and method for hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) functionality in a relay node
Publication number US9379804 B2
Application number US 14/465,528
Also published as CA2747339A1, CA2747339C, CN102318255A, CN102318255B, EP2377260A1, EP2377260B1, US8402334, US8856607, US20100153806, US20130223326, US20140362755, WO2010077419A1
Publication number 14465528, 465528, US 9379804 B2, US 9379804B2, US-B2-9379804, US9379804 B2, US9379804B2
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International Classification G06F11/00, H04W72/12, H04L5/00, H04L1/00, H04W52/02, H04L1/18, H04B7/155, H04L1/16
Cooperative Classification Y02B60/50, H04W72/12, H04W52/0212, H04L5/0055, H04L1/1816, H04B7/15542, H04L2001/0097, H04L1/1607, H04L1/1812