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Transmission of new data in a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) retransmission with polar coded transmissions

US10944517B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 4, 2016
Grant dateMar 9, 2021
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Expiry dateJan 15, 2037

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W72/0446
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

For communication utilizing polar codes, a hybrid automatic repeat request algorithm utilizing incremental redundancy (HARQ-IR) may provide increased throughput by including new data, not based on an original transmission, in a HARQ retransmission. The number of retransmitted bits and new information bits in each HARQ retransmission may be controlled in order to manage a tradeoff between increased throughput and a decreased block error rate (BLER).

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