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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2023
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Janne Peisa, Espoo, FI;
Michael Meyer, Aachen, DE;
Johan Torsner, Kyrkslatt, FI;
Stefan Parkvall, Bromma, SE;
Magnus Stattin, Upplands Vasby, SE;
Mats Sagfors, Kyrkslatt, FI;
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A method and apparatus according to the present invention addresses and/or prevents lost protocol synchronization in HARQ systems caused by ACK/NACK errors. One embodiment detects lost synchronization errors for NDI-based retransmission protocols and restores synchronization by sending an explicit RESET message. In response to the RESET message, the transmitter aborts the transmission of a current PDU and transmits a new PDU and corresponding NDI. Another embodiment prevents protocol synchronization errors by sending scheduling grants on a packet by packet basis. The receiver sends a subsequent explicit scheduling grant to the transmitter based on an error evaluation of a received PDU. The transmitter will not send the next PDU unless it receives the subsequent explicit scheduling grant.