IP Library Granted Patent US 8,799,733
Granted Patent B2
US 8,799,733 · App. 12/622,217 · Granted Aug 5, 2014

Packet data transmitting method and mobile communication system using the same

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Patent No.
US 8,799,733
App. No.
12/622,217
Granted
Aug 5, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A packet data transmitting method and mobile communication system using the same enables transmission of common ACK/NACK information from each sector of a base station to a user entity in softer handover. The method includes receiving via at least one of the plurality of sectors a data packet from the mobile terminal, the data packet being correspondingly received for each of the at least one of the plurality of sectors; combining the correspondingly received data packets, to obtain a signal having a highest signal-to-noise ratio; decoding the value obtained by the combining; determining a transmission status of the data packet according to the decoding; and transmitting to the mobile terminal a common ACK/NACK signal including one of a common ACK signal and a common NACK signal according to the determining, the common ACK/NACK signal being transmitted via each of the at least one sector.

Claims (24)

1. A method of processing hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback information in a mobile communication system, the method performed by a base station and comprising:

receiving an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) signal;

decoding the received E-DCH signal; and

transmitting two or more acknowledgment/non-acknowledgment (ACK/NACK) signals via two or more cells associated with the base station,

wherein the two or more ACK/NACK signals have a same value.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the E-DCH signal is received via each of the two or more cells associated with the base station.

3. A base station operated in a mobile communication system having a plurality of cells associated with the base station, the base station comprising:

a receiver configured to receive an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) signal;

a decoder configured to decode the received E-DCH signal; and

a transmitter configured to transmit two or more acknowledgment/non-acknowledgment (ACK/NACK) signals via two or more of the plurality of cells associated with the base station,

wherein the two or more ACK/NACK signals have a same value.

4. The base station of claim 3 , wherein the receiver is further configured to receive the E-DCH signal via each of the two or more of the plurality of cells associated with the base station.

5. A method of processing hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback information in a mobile communication system, the method performed by a base station and comprising:

receiving enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) signals via two or more cells associated with the base station;

combining the received E-DCH signals into a combined signal;

decoding the combined signal; and

transmitting two or more acknowledgment/non-acknowledgment (ACK/NACK) signals via the two or more cells based on the decoding of the combined signal,

wherein the two or more ACK/NACK signals have a same value.

6. A base station operated in a mobile communication system having a plurality of cells associated with the base station, the base station comprising:

a receiver configured to receive enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) signals via two or more cells associated with the base station;

a controller configured to combine the received E-DCH signals into a combined signal;

a decoder configured to decode the combined signal; and

a transmitter configured to transmit two or more acknowledgment/non-acknowledgment (ACK/NACK) signals via the two or more cells based on the decoding of the combined signal,

wherein the two or more ACK/NACK signals have a same value.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 19, 2020
From: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
To: 3G LICENSING S.A.
Reel/Frame 052192/0667 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2013
From: KIM, BONG HOE; AHN, JOON KUI; KIM, HAK SEONG; ROH, DONG WOOK; SEO, DONG YOUN; WON, SEUNG HWAN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 030729/0652 →