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Dynamic HARQ buffer management

US9225476B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Unwired Planet, LLC · US

Inventors

Stefan Mueller-Weinfurtner · Koblenzer Straße, DE
Steffen Reinhardt · Pforzheim, DE
Udo Wachsmann · Schwabach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 13, 2014
Grant date	Dec 29, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 13, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L1/1822
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A communication device (100) for communicating in accordance with a hybrid automatic repeat request protocol, the communication device (100) comprising a receiving unit (102) adapted for receiving a communication message including soft-bit values, the soft-bit values representing reliability information for received verification data verifying proper transmission of the communication message, a storage unit (104) adapted for storing the soft-bit values, and a storage management unit (106) adapted for dynamically managing storage of the soft-bit values in the storage unit (104) so that soft-bit values failing to fulfill at least one relevance criteria are not maintained in the storage unit (104).

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