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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2011
Christian Mahr, Ulm, DE;
Hannu Tapio Häkkinen, Espoo, FI;
Hans Kroener, Geislingen-Weiler, DE;
Josef Martin Eichinger, Neufinsing, DE;
Martin Goldberg, Tokyo, JP;
Kari Juhani Hooli, Oulu, FI;
Sabine Roessel, Munich, DE;
Matti Tapani Kiiski, Oulunsalo, FI;
Kari Pekka Pajukoski, Oulu, FI;
Esa Tapani Tiirola, Kempele, FI;
Christian Mahr, Ulm, DE;
Hannu Tapio Häkkinen, Espoo, FI;
Hans Kroener, Geislingen-Weiler, DE;
Josef Martin Eichinger, Neufinsing, DE;
Martin Goldberg, Tokyo, JP;
Kari Juhani Hooli, Oulu, FI;
Sabine Roessel, Munich, DE;
Matti Tapani Kiiski, Oulunsalo, FI;
Kari Pekka Pajukoski, Oulu, FI;
Esa Tapani Tiirola, Kempele, FI;
Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for controlling retransmissions in multipoint reception is disclosed. In the method it is determined that additional information is needed for decoding of at least one received information block. A procedure is selected for obtaining the additional information from a plurality of options to proceed based on information about predicted result of at least one of the options. In accordance with an aspect an indication of one of a positive acknowledgement of the information block, a negative acknowledgement of the information block and suspension of retransmission of the information block is generated and communicated on a retransmission control channel.