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HARQ transmission of transport blocks

US10892857B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 14, 2016
Grant dateJan 12, 2021
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Expiry dateOct 13, 2036

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W76/28
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

There is provided mechanisms for hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) transmission of a transport block from a network node to a wireless device. A method is performed by the network node. The method comprises detecting a HARQ failure upon having transmitted the transport block to the wireless device, wherein the transport block has been transmitted using a HARQ process. The method comprises transmitting data of the transport block to the wireless device using two mutually different HARQ processes as a result of having detected the HARQ failure. There is also provided a network node configured to perform such a method.

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