Granted Patent B2

US 8,429,480 · App. 12/681,687 · Granted Apr 23, 2013

Abstract

Claims (32)

1. A method comprising:

detecting with a hybrid automatic repeat request function a collision between an uplink packet re-transmission and a new uplink packet transmission within a hybrid automatic repeat request process; and

in response, the hybrid automatic repeat request function dynamically allocating resources for transmitting the new uplink packet transmission in a different hybrid automatic repeat request process that does not collide with the uplink packet re-transmission.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the resources are persistently allocated for transmitting the new uplink packet transmission in the different hybrid automatic repeat request process.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the allocated resources are sent on a physical downlink control channel to a user equipment.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method is executed by a network element.

5. A computer readable medium encoded with a computer program executable by a processor to perform actions comprising:

detecting with a hybrid automatic repeat request function a collision between an uplink packet re-transmission and a new uplink packet transmission within a hybrid automatic repeat request process; and

in response, the hybrid automatic repeat request function dynamically allocating resources for transmitting the new uplink packet transmission in a different hybrid automatic repeat request process that does not collide with the uplink packet re-transmission.

6. The computer readable medium encoded with a computer program according to claim 5 , where resources are persistently allocated for transmitting the new uplink packet transmission in the different hybrid automatic repeat request process.

7. An apparatus comprising:

a hybrid automatic repeat request functional unit configured to detect with a hybrid automatic repeat request function, a collision between an uplink packet re-transmission and a new uplink packet transmission within a hybrid automatic repeat request process; and

in response, the hybrid automatic repeat request functional unit being configured to dynamically allocate resources for transmitting the new uplink packet transmission in a different hybrid automatic repeat request process that does not collide with the uplink packet re-transmission.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the apparatus is embodied in a network element.

9. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein resources are persistently allocated for transmitting the new uplink packet transmission in the different hybrid automatic repeat request process.

10. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the allocated resources are sent on a physical downlink control channel to a user equipment.

11. A method comprising:

transmitting a packet re-transmission in a hybrid automatic repeat request process using a semi-persistently scheduled uplink resource; and

responsive to receiving a dynamic allocation of a different hybrid automatic repeat request process, transmitting a new packet using the dynamically allocated different hybrid automatic repeat request process.

12. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising persistently allocating a resource for transmitting the new packet transmission in the different hybrid automatic repeat request process.

13. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the dynamic allocation of the different hybrid automatic repeat request process is received from a network element.

14. A computer readable medium encoded with a computer program executable by a processor to perform actions comprising:

transmitting a packet re-transmission in a hybrid automatic repeat request process using a semi-persistently scheduled uplink resource; and

responsive to receiving a dynamic allocation of a different hybrid automatic repeat request process, transmitting a new packet using the dynamically allocated different hybrid automatic repeat request process.

15. The computer readable medium encoded with a computer program of claim 14 , where a resource is persistently allocated for transmitting the new packet transmission in the different hybrid automatic repeat request process.

16. The computer readable medium encoded with a computer program of claim 14 , where the dynamic allocation of the different hybrid automatic repeat request process is received from a network element.

17. An apparatus comprising:

a hybrid automatic repeat request functional unit configured to transmit a packet re-transmission in a hybrid automatic repeat request process using a semi-persistently scheduled uplink resource; and

responsive to receiving a dynamic allocation of a different hybrid automatic repeat request process, the hybrid automatic repeat request functional unit configured to transmit a new packet using the dynamically allocated different hybrid automatic repeat request process.

18. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the dynamic allocation comprises a resource is persistently allocated for transmitting the new packet transmission in the different hybrid automatic repeat request process.

19. The apparatus of claim 17 , further comprising a receiver configured to receive the dynamic allocation of the different hybrid automatic repeat request process from a network element.

20. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the apparatus is embodied in a user equipment.

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