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Communication apparatus and retransmission control method

US9794042B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 25, 2016
Grant dateOct 17, 2017
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Expiry dateOct 25, 2036

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2001/125
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Provided is a wireless communication device. A PHICH reception unit determines whether a received signal in a PHICH region is an ACK signal or a NACK signal. When doing so, the PHICH reception unit does not receive a PHICH in a subframe in which a terminal monitors an E-PDCCH. A control signal reception unit outputs a retransmission prompting signal to a signal allocation unit when the signal outputted from the PHICH reception unit is a NACK signal and when a UL grant was not detected. Meanwhile, when a UL grant was detected, the control signal reception unit outputs the detected UL grant to the signal allocation unit. The signal allocation unit maps the transmission signal in accordance with the retransmission prompting signal and the UL grant and transmits the transmission signal from a wireless transmission unit.

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