Coats & Bennett, P.L.L.C.
Method and apparatus for grant loss detection and related processing in a wireless communication network
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for improving wireless communication network performance and efficiency, based on detecting the occurrence of grant loss in relation to the transmission of scheduling grants to mobile terminals over a downlink control channel. Grant loss detection is based on detecting erasure events corresponding to the transmitted scheduling grants, and the incidence of grant loss with respect to a given mobile terminal can be tracked and used to compensate the control value(s) used for link adaptation of the downlink control channel, with respect to that terminal. Additionally, or alternatively, when a given grant is determined to be lost, a new grant is sent and the HARQ redundancy version is reset for the newly scheduled transmission.
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
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Xiao-Dong Hong Xixian Patrick Lie Chin
Li Ren Chen Cheong