A device comprising: a memory to store a plurality of instructions; and a processing unit to execute instructions in the memory to: - determine whether power is limited in the device, - determine whether the device is using a minimum usable enhanced dedicated channel, E-DCH, transport format combination, ETFC, - determine whether a number of received consecutive NACKs is greater than a predefined number, - measure a downlink channel quality, - determine whether the measured downlink channel quality is less than a predefined threshold, and - trigger autonomous retransmission, where a number of retransmissions are sent consecutively without waiting for receipt of a negative acknowledgement before starting the next retransmission, when power is limited in the device, when the device is using the minimum usable ETFC, and when one of: the number of consecutive NACKs is greater than the predefined number, and the measured downlink channel quality is less than the predefined threshold; characterized in that the processing unit is further adapted to execute instructions in the memory to: receive a number of retransmissions for the autonomous retransmission calculated based on a signal-to-interference ratio required for a transport format SIRREQ and a SIR SIRMEAS associated with another device. a memory to store a plurality of instructions; and a processing unit to execute instructions in the memory to: - determine whether power is limited in the device, - determine whether the device is using a minimum usable enhanced dedicated channel, E-DCH, transport format combination, ETFC, - determine whether a number of received consecutive NACKs is greater than a predefined number, - measure a downlink channel quality, - determine whether the measured downlink channel quality is less than a predefined threshold, and - trigger autonomous retransmission, where a number of retransmissions are sent consecutively without waiting for receipt of a negative acknowledgement before starting the next retransmission, when power is limited in the device, when the device is using the minimum usable ETFC, and when one of: the number of consecutive NACKs is greater than the predefined number, and the measured downlink channel quality is less than the predefined threshold; characterized in that the processing unit is further adapted to execute instructions in the memory to: receive a number of retransmissions for the autonomous retransmission calculated based on a signal-to-interference ratio required for a transport format SIRREQ and a SIR SIRMEAS associated with another device. - determine whether power is limited in the device, - determine whether the device is using a minimum usable enhanced dedicated channel, E-DCH, transport format combination, ETFC, - determine whether a number of received consecutive NACKs is greater than a predefined number, - measure a downlink channel quality, - determine whether the measured downlink channel quality is less than a predefined threshold, and - trigger autonomous retransmission, where a number of retransmissions are sent consecutively without waiting for receipt of a negative acknowledgement before starting the next retransmission, when power is limited in the device, when the device is using the minimum usable ETFC, and when one of: the number of consecutive NACKs is greater than the predefined number, and the measured downlink channel quality is less than the predefined threshold; characterized in that the processing unit is further adapted to execute instructions in the memory to: receive a number of retransmissions for the autonomous retransmission calculated based on a signal-to-interference ratio required for a transport format SIRREQ and a SIR SIRMEAS associated with another device. the number of consecutive NACKs is greater than the predefined number, and the measured downlink channel quality is less than the predefined threshold; characterized in that the processing unit is further adapted to execute instructions in the memory to: receive a number of retransmissions for the autonomous retransmission calculated based on a signal-to-interference ratio required for a transport format SIRREQ and a SIR SIRMEAS associated with another device. receive a number of retransmissions for the autonomous retransmission calculated based on a signal-to-interference ratio required for a transport format SIRREQ and a SIR SIRMEAS associated with another device.