Patent ID: 8743780

Claim:
A radio communication system in which a radio transmitting apparatus transmits a packet to a radio receiving apparatus using a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) scheme, comprising: a moving speed acquiring unit configured to acquire a moving speed of a radio communication terminal which is the radio transmitting apparatus or the radio receiving apparatus; a selection unit configured to select a first transmission method that transmits a packet including an information bit at initial transmission and transmits a packet including an error correction bit without including the information bit at retransmission or a second transmission method that transmits a packet including a same information bit and a same error correction bit at both initial transmission and retransmission based on the moving speed acquired by the moving speed acquiring unit; a transmitting unit configured to perform initial transmission and retransmission of the packet according to the first transmission method or the second transmission method selected by the selection unit; and a channel quality measuring unit configured to measure channel quality between the radio transmitting apparatus and the radio receiving apparatus at a retransmission interval which is a time interval with which the packet is retransmitted, wherein the moving speed acquiring unit is configured to acquire the moving speed at a time interval longer than the retransmission interval, and the selection unit is configured to select the first transmission method or the second transmission method based on a fluctuation value of the channel quality measured by the channel quality measuring unit in addition to the moving speed acquired by the moving speed acquiring unit, wherein when the moving speed acquired by the moving speed acquiring unit is equal to or below a first threshold, the selection unit is configured to select the first transmission method, whereas when the moving speed acquired by the moving speed acquiring unit is greater than the first threshold and the fluctuation value of channel quality is equal to or below a second threshold, the selection unit is configured to select the first transmission method, and when the moving speed acquired by the moving speed acquiring unit is greater than the first threshold and the fluctuation value of the channel quality is greater than the second threshold, the selection unit is configured to select the second transmission method.