High rate packet data transmission system

1. A hybrid ARQ method for packet data transmission in a mobile communication system, said method comprising:

transmitting the packet data on a data channel in a form of a plurality of protocol data units; and

assigning an indicator to each protocol data unit;

wherein the indicator is transmitted on a control channel with an allocation message which includes information about the channelization code of the data channel.

2. A hybrid ARQ method according to claim 1 , wherein the indicator is a sequence number.

3. A hybrid ARQ method according to claim 1 , wherein the indicator indicates whether to combine the protocol data unit with a protocol data unit transmitted previously.

4. A hybrid ARQ method according to claim 1 , further comprising storing at least one of the plurality of protocol data units for subsequent retransmission.

5. A hybrid ARQ method according to claim 1 , further comprising receiving a request for retransmission of at least one of the plurality of protocol data units.

6. A hybrid ARQ method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

storing at least one of the plurality of protocol data units for subsequent retransmission;

receiving a retransmission request for the at least one stored protocol data unit; and

retransmitting the at least one stored protocol data unit.

7. A hybrid ARQ transmission apparatus comprising:

a transmission section operable to transmit packet data on a data channel in a form of a plurality of protocol data units, and to assign an indicator to each protocol data unit;

wherein the indicator is transmitted on a control channel with an allocation message which includes information about the channelization code of the data channel.

8. A hybrid ARQ transmission apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the indicator is a sequence number.

9. A base station apparatus equipped with said transmission apparatus according to claim 7 .

10. A hybrid ARQ reception apparatus comprising a receiving section operable to receive the data transmitted by said transmission apparatus according to claim 7 .

11. A transmission system comprising:

a transmission apparatus, said transmission apparatus comprising a transmission section operable to transmit packet data on a data channel in a form of a plurality of protocol data units, and to assign an indicator to each protocol data unit, wherein the indicator is transmitted on a control channel with an allocation message which includes information about the channelization code of the data channel; and

a reception apparatus operable to receive the protocol data unit and the indicator transmitted by said transmission apparatus.

12. A hybrid ARQ reception apparatus comprising:

a receiving section operable to receive packet data on a data channel in a form of a plurality of protocol data units, and to receive a plurality of indicators on a control channel, each of the plurality of indicators being associated with one of the plurality of protocol data units; and

a decoding section operable to decode the received protocol data units;

wherein said receiving section is further operable to receive an allocation message that is transmitted with at least one of the indicators on the control channel; and

wherein the allocation message includes information about the channelization code of the data channel.

13. A hybrid ARQ reception apparatus according to claim 12 , further comprising a combining section operable to combine a retransmitted protocol data unit with a previously received protocol data unit based on the indicators.

14. A hybrid ARQ reception apparatus according to claim 12 , further comprising a transmitting section operable to transmit a request for retransmission of a protocol data unit if the received protocol data unit is not successfully decoded.

15. A hybrid ARQ reception apparatus according to claim 12 , further comprising:

a transmitting section operable to transmit a request for retransmission of a protocol data unit if the received protocol data unit is not successfully decoded; and

a combining section operable to combine a retransmitted protocol data unit that was received according to the request with a previously received protocol data unit based on the indicators.

16. A hybrid ARQ reception apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the indicators are sequence numbers.

17. A mobile station equipped with said hybrid ARQ reception apparatus according to claim 12 .

18. A method for receiving data packets by a mobile station, said method comprising:

initiating a data packet session that establishes a data channel and a control channel;

receiving packet data on the data channel in a form of a plurality of protocol data units;

receiving, on the control channel, a plurality of indicators, each of the plurality of indicators being associated with one of the plurality of protocol data units;

receiving an allocation message transmitted with at least one of the indicators, wherein the allocation message includes information about the channelization code of the data channel; and

decoding the received protocol data units.

19. A method according to claim 18 , further comprising transmitting a resubmission request based on a determination that one of the received protocol data units was not successfully decoded.

20. A method according to claim 19 , further comprising:

receiving a retransmitted protocol data unit based on the resubmission request; and

combining the retransmitted protocol data unit with the non-successfully decoded protocol data unit based on the indicators.