Replies to post #1589 on IDCC Premium Board (IDCC)

[Gamco]

United States Patent 7,672,265
Kwak March 2, 2010

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Method for physical layer automatic repeat request for a base station


Abstract
A physical automatic repeat request method implemented by a base station having a transmitter and a receiver. A physical layer, at the transmitter receives data and formats the received data into packets having a particular encoding/data modulation. The physical layer transmit the packets and retransmits packets upon failure to receive a corresponding acknowledgment for a given packet. An adaptive modulation and coding controller in the transmitter collects retransmission statistics and adjusts the particular encoding/data modulations using the collected statistics.


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Inventors: Kwak; Joseph A. (Bolingbrook, IL)
Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corporation (Wilmington, DE)

Appl. No.: 10/084,043
Filed: February 27, 2002

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Related U.S. Patent Documents

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Application Number Filing Date Patent Number Issue Date
09939410 Aug., 2001


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Current U.S. Class: 370/320 ; 370/465; 455/69
Current International Class: H04B 7/216 (20060101); H04J 3/22 (20060101)
Field of Search: 370/208,310-310.2,314,320,328-330,335,342,349,412,416,428,426,465 455/68,69