Block acknowledgement with retransmission policy differentiation
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorMAARTEN MENZO WENTINK
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Abstract
One feature provides a Block Acknowledgement Retransmission Policy (BARP) frame that permits a transmitter to define a retransmission policy on a per-frame basis for frames transmitted in a block of frames. A block acknowledgement retransmission policy (BARP) frame is generated by a transmitter that individually identifies a retransmission policy for each frame in a block of frames. The BARP frame is then transmitted to a receiver, allowing the receiver to know which frames within a block of frames will be retransmitted and which frames will not be retransmitted.
Claims53
A method operational on a transmitter device, comprising:
- generating a block acknowledgement retransmission policy (BARP) frame that individually identifies a retransmission policy for each frame in a block of frames;
- and
- sending the block acknowledgement retransmission policy frame to a receiver device.
A transmitter device, comprising:
- a communication interface for communicating with a receiver device;
- a processing circuit coupled to the communication interface, the processing circuit adapted to:
- generate a block acknowledgement retransmission policy (BARP) frame that individually identifies a retransmission policy for each frame in a block of frames;
- and
- send the block acknowledgement retransmission policy frame to the receiver device.
A transmitter device, comprising:
- means for generating a block acknowledgement retransmission policy (BARP) frame that individually identifies a retransmission policy for each frame in a block of frames;
- and
- means for sending the block acknowledgement retransmission policy frame to a receiver device.
A computer-readable medium comprising instructions operational in a transmitter device, which when executed by a processor causes the processor to:
- generate a block acknowledgement retransmission policy (BARP) frame that individually identifies a retransmission policy for each frame in a block of frames;
- and
- send the block acknowledgement retransmission policy frame to a receiver device.
A method operational on a receiver device, comprising:
- receiving a block acknowledgement retransmission policy (BARP) frame that individually identifies a retransmission policy for each frame in a block of frames;
- and
- receiving frames from the block of frames.
A receiver device, comprising:
- a communication interface for communicating with a transmitter device;
- a processing circuit coupled to the communication interface and memory device, the processing circuit adapted to:
- receive a block acknowledgement retransmission policy (BARP) frame that individually identifies a retransmission policy for each frame in a block of frames;
- and
- receive frames from the block of frames.
A receiver device, comprising:
- means for receiving a block acknowledgement retransmission policy (BARP) frame that individually identifies a retransmission policy for each frame in a block of frames;
- means for receiving frames from the block of frames.
A computer-readable medium comprising instructions operational in a receiver device, which when executed by a processor causes the processor to:
- receive a block acknowledgement retransmission policy (BARP) frame that individually identifies a retransmission policy for each frame in a block of frames;
- receive frames from the block of frames, where each frame is individually identified by a sequence number.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.