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US 7,539,174 · App. 11/073,640 · Granted May 26, 2009

Mobile communication system, mobile station device, and network-side device

Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 7,539,174
App. No.
11/073,640
Granted
May 26, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a mobile communication system in which data is transmitted and received through a wireless transmission line between a mobile station device and a network-side device. A receiving-side device includes a retransmission request transmitter configured to transmit, to a transmitting-side device, a retransmission request for requesting retransmission processing on each data unit of the data, when a reception error is detected in the data unit. The transmitting-side device includes a retransmission time storage configured to store a retransmission time at which the retransmission processing is performed on the data unit; and a retransmission controller configured to control so as not to perform the retransmission processing on the data unit related to a received retransmission request, when the retransmission time of the data unit is stored and a difference between the retransmission time and a current time is shorter than a retransmission prohibition period.

Claims (26)

1. A mobile communication system in which data is transmitted and received through a wireless transmission line between a mobile station device and a network-side device, the system comprising:

a receiving-side device; and

a transmitting-side device,

the receiving-side device comprises a retransmission request transmitter configured to transmit, to a transmitting-side device, a retransmission request for requesting retransmission processing on each data unit of the data when a reception error is detected in the data unit, and

the transmitting-side device comprises

a retransmission time storage configured to store a retransmission time at which the retransmission processing is performed on the data units,

a retransmission controller configured to perform the retransmission processing on the data unit related to the retransmission request when the retransmission request is received from the receiving-side device, and the retransmission controller is configured to control so as not to perform the retransmission processing on the data unit related to the retransmission request when the retransmission time of the data unit is stored and a difference between the retransmission time and a current time is shorter than a retransmission prohibition period, even when the retransmission request is received from the receiving-side device, and

a retransmission prohibition period manager configured to update the retransmission prohibition period by adding a difference between target acknowledgement waiting buffer usage and current acknowledgement waiting buffer usage divided by transmission bandwidth to a current retransmission prohibition period.

2. A mobile communication system in which data is transmitted and received through a wireless transmission line between a mobile station device and a network-side device, the system comprising:

a receiving-side device; and

a transmitting-side device,

the receiving-side device comprises a retransmission request transmitter configured to transmit, to the transmitting-side device, a retransmission request for requesting retransmission processing on each data unit of the data when a reception error is detected in the data unit, and

the transmitting-side device comprises

a retransmission time storage configured to store a retransmission time at which the retransmission processing is performed on the data unit,

a retransmission controller configured to perform the retransmission processing on the data unit related to the retransmission request when the retransmission request is received from the receiving-side device, and the retransmission controller is configured to control so as not to perform the retransmission processing on the data unit related to the retransmission request when the retransmission time of the data unit is stored and a difference between the retransmission time and a current time is shorter than a retransmission prohibition period, even when the retransmission request is received from the receiving-side device, and

a retransmission prohibition period manager configured to update the retransmission prohibition period by adding a difference between target acknowledgement waiting buffer usage and current acknowledgement waiting buffer usage divided by an average data unit transmission rate to a current retransmission prohibition period.

3. A mobile station device configured to transmit and receive data with a network-side device through a wireless transmission line, the mobile station device comprising:

a retransmission time storage configured to store a retransmission time at which retransmission processing is performed on each data unit of the data;

a retransmission request receiver configured to receive, from the network-side device, a retransmission request for requesting the retransmission processing on the data unit, when a reception error is detected in the data unit;

a retransmission controller configured to perform the retransmission processing on the data unit related to the retransmission request, when the retransmission request is received from the network-side device, and the retransmission controller is configured to control so as not to perform the retransmission processing on the data unit related to the retransmission request when a retransmission time of the data unit is stored and a difference between the retransmission time and a current time is shorter than a retransmission prohibition period, even when the retransmission request is received from the receiving-side device; and

a retransmission prohibition period manager configured to update the retransmission prohibition period by adding a difference between target acknowledgement waiting buffer usage and currently acknowledgement waiting buffer usage divided by transmission bandwidth to a current retransmission prohibition period.

4. A mobile station device configured to transmit and receive data with a network-side device through a wireless transmission line, the mobile station device comprising:

a retransmission time storage configured to store a retransmission time at which retransmission processing is performed on each data unit of the data;

a retransmission request receiver configured to receive, from the network-side device, a retransmission request for requesting the retransmission processing on the data unit, when a reception error is detected in the data unit;

a retransmission controller configured to perform the retransmission processing on the data unit related to the retransmission request, when the retransmission request is received from the network-side device, and the retransmission controller is configured to control so as not to perform the retransmission processing on the data unit related to the retransmission request when a retransmission time of the data unit is stored and a difference between the retransmission time and a current time is shorter than a retransmission prohibition period, even when the retransmission request is received from the receiving-side device; and

a retransmission prohibition period manager configured to update the retransmission prohibition period by adding a difference between target acknowledgement waiting buffer usage and currently acknowledgement waiting buffer usage divided by an average data unit transmission rate to a current retransmission prohibition period.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 31, 2005
From: HOSAKA, KOJI; KATO, YASUHIRO; MORIHIRO, YOSHIFUMI; SUTO, KIYOTATSU; WATANABE, MASASHI
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2004-066358 · Mar 9, 2004 · national
Continuity (1)
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