Apparatus and method for reducing overhead for communications
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsAmir Farajidana, Juan Montojo, Kapil Bhattad, Ravi Palanki
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Abstract
A method and apparatus reducing overhead usage associated with communications is provided. The method may comprise generating an acknowledgment (ACK) for a successfully received codeword from a group of codewords or a negative acknowledgement (NACK) for a codeword unsuccessfully received from the group of codewords, and populating a response information matrix with a plurality of response information elements, wherein the response information elements are determined as a function of the generated acknowledgement or negative acknowledgements.
Claims78
A method of reducing overhead usage associated with communications, the method comprising:
- generating an acknowledgment (ACK) for a successfully received codeword from a group of codewords or a negative acknowledgement (NACK) for a codeword unsuccessfully received from the group of codewords;
- and
- populating a response information matrix with a plurality of response information elements, wherein the response information elements are determined as a function of the generated acknowledgement or negative acknowledgement.
A computer program product, comprising:
- a computer-readable medium comprising:
- code for causing a computer to generate an acknowledgment (ACK) for a successfully received codeword from a group of codewords or a negative acknowledgement (NACK) for a codeword unsuccessfully received from the group of codewords;
- and
- code for causing the computer to populate a response information matrix with a plurality of response information elements, wherein the response information elements are determined as a function of the generated acknowledgement or negative acknowledgement.
An apparatus, comprising:
- means for generating an acknowledgment (ACK) for a successfully received codeword from a group of codewords or a negative acknowledgement (NACK) for a codeword unsuccessfully received from the group of codewords;
- and
- means for populating a response information matrix with a plurality of response information elements, wherein the response information elements are determined as a function of the generated acknowledgement or negative acknowledgement.
A wireless communications device (WCD), comprising:
- a response information module for:
- generating an acknowledgment (ACK) for a successfully received codeword from a group of codewords or a negative acknowledgement (NACK) for a codeword unsuccessfully received from the group of codewords;
- and
- populating a response information matrix with a plurality of response information elements, wherein the response information elements are determined as a function of the generated acknowledgement or negative acknowledgement.
A method for processing reduced overhead communications, the method comprising:
- processing a response information matrix associated with a group of codewords, wherein the response information matrix includes a plurality of response information elements determined as a function of one or more acknowledgements or negative acknowledgements, generated by a wireless communications device (WCD), for successfully or unsuccessfully received codewords from the group of codewords;
- and
- determining if any codewords from the group of codewords were unsuccessfully received.
A computer program product, comprising:
- a computer-readable medium comprising:
- code for causing the computer to process a response information matrix associated with a group of codewords, wherein the response information matrix includes a plurality of response information elements determined as a function of one or more acknowledgements or negative acknowledgements, generated by a wireless communications device (WCD), for successfully or unsuccessfully received codewords from the group of codewords;
- and
- code for causing the computer to determine if any codewords from the group of codewords were unsuccessfully received.
An apparatus, comprising:
- means for processing a response information matrix associated with a group of codewords, wherein the response information matrix includes a plurality of response information elements determined as a function of one or more acknowledgements or negative acknowledgements, generated by a wireless communications device (WCD), for successfully or unsuccessfully received codewords from the group of codewords;
- and
- means for determining if any codewords from the group of codewords were unsuccessfully received.
A base station, comprising:
- a response information module operable for:
- processing a response information matrix associated with a group of codewords, wherein the response information matrix includes a plurality of response information elements determined as a function of one or more acknowledgements or negative acknowledgements, generated by a wireless communications device (WCD), for successfully or unsuccessfully received codewords from the group of codewords;
- and
- determining if any codewords from the group of codewords were unsuccessfully received.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.