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Retransmission control method, base station and mobile station

US8711804B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 19, 2006
Grant dateApr 29, 2014
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Expiry dateJan 21, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W36/02
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A base station, a mobile station and a retransmission control method for enabling communication to be more efficiently performed. In a communication system comprising a base station (100) and a mobile station (200), a time period required for the retransmission of a transport packet to complete is determined, and a retransmission control is performed, based on the required time period, to change the order of executing the retransmission of the transport packet and a handover. In this way, when it is estimated that the retransmission will complete soon, the retransmission is caused to complete in a handover source system, thereby avoiding waste of communication resources used in the preceding transmission and retransmission processes. When it is estimated that the retransmission will continue for a while, the communication resources used in the preceding transmission and retransmission processes are wasted, but a more appropriate MCS can be assigned, in a handover destination system, so as to perform a retransmission, thereby enabling communication to be efficiently performed.

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