Patent ID: 8745458

Claim:
A method for wireless communication that transmits and receives data between a transmitter wireless communication apparatus and a receiver wireless communication apparatus, the method comprising: on the receiver wireless communication apparatus, receiving transmitted data from the transmitter wireless communication apparatus; on the transmitter wireless communication apparatus, holding the transmitted data; on the receiver wireless communication apparatus, when the receiver wireless communication apparatus transmits non-protected information indicating that the transmitted data is not correctly received but the transmitter wireless communication apparatus receives information indicating that the transmitted data is correctly received and does not transmit the transmitted data held in the transmitter wireless communication apparatus, and the receiver wireless communication apparatus does not receive the transmitted data held in the transmitter wireless communication apparatus within a first period, transmitting, along with non-protected information indicating that the transmitted data is not correctly received, protected notification data including information indicating that the transmitted data is not correctly received; on the receiver wireless communication apparatus, when the transmitted data which is held in the transmitter wireless communication apparatus and which is transmitted in response to the notification data is not correctly received within a second period after the first period, retransmitting at least the notification data to the transmitter wireless communication apparatus; and on the transmitter wireless communication apparatus, determining, on the basis of information included in the notification data retransmitted, to transmit the transmitted data held in the transmitter wireless communication apparatus to the receiver wireless communication apparatus, and transmitting the transmitted data held in the transmitter wireless communication apparatus to the receiver wireless communication apparatus.