# US 8,751,892 B2 · Communication terminals and communication devices > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,751,892 B2 - Document ID: US8751892B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/205,769 - Filed: 2011-08-09 - Published: 2013-02-14 - Granted: 2014-06-10 - Earliest claimed: 2011-08-09 - Assignees: Intel Mobile Communications GmbH - Applicants: Hyung-Nam Choi - Inventors: Hyung-Nam Choi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8751892B2 ## CPC - H04L 1/1822: involving configuration of automatic repeat request [ARQ] with parallel processes - H04L 1/1835: {Buffer management} - H04L 1/1874: {Buffer management} - H04L 1/1812: Hybrid protocols; Hybrid automatic repeat request [HARQ] - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A communication terminal is provided comprising a transceiver configured to transmit data in accordance with a plurality of transmission processes wherein each transmission process may be activated or deactivated, a receiver configured to receive a message including a message field which specifies a number of transmission processes to which a request for transmission process activation or deactivation is to be applied and a controller configured to activate or deactivate the number of transmission processes in accordance with the request. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A communication terminal comprising: a transceiver configured to transmit data in accordance with a plurality of transmission processes, wherein each transmission process is associated with a periodically allocated transmission interval and wherein each transmission process is activated or deactivated; a receiver configured to receive a message including a message field which specifies a number of transmission processes to which a request for transmission process activation or deactivation is to be applied; and controller configured to activate or deactivate the number of transmission processes in accordance with the request. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the transmission processes are transmission processes for transmitting data between the communication terminal and a communication device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The communication terminal of claim 2, wherein the communication device is a base station. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the transceiver is configured to transmit data in accordance with a plurality of transmission processes in uplink. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the communication terminal is operated in a state in which the transceiver is configured to transmit data in accordance with the plurality of transmission processes using common communication resources. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the transmission processes are automatic repeat request processes. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the transmission processes are hybrid automatic repeat request processes. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the message field includes an integer specifying the number of transmission processes to which the request for transmission process activation or deactivation is to be applied. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the message further comprises a further message field with information allowing to determine the first transmission process of the plurality of transmission processes to be activated or deactivated based on the transmission process associated with the request for transmission process activation or deactivation and the number of transmission processes. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the transmission processes have an ordering and the transceiver is configured to carry out data transmissions in accordance with a plurality of time transmission intervals and each time transmission interval is allocated with one of the transmission processes in accordance to the ordering of transmission processes. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the receiver is further configured to receive the request for transmission process activation or deactivation. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The communication terminal of claim 1, wherein when a transmission process is deactivated, the communication terminal does not transmit data via the transmission process. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the message includes a further message field specifying that an equal number of transmission processes subsequent to the number of transmission processes should be activated if according to the request the number of transmission processes should be deactivated and that an equal number of transmission processes subsequent to the number of transmission processes should be deactivated if according to the request the number of transmission processes should be activated. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the communication terminal is a subscriber terminal of a cellular mobile communication system. ### Claim 15 A communication device comprising: a message generation circuit configured to generate a message including, for a plurality of transmission processes in accordance to which a communication terminal transmits data, wherein each transmission process is associated with a periodically allocated transmission interval and which is activated or deactivated, a message field which specifies a number of transmission processes to which a request for transmission process activation or deactivation is to be applied; and a transmitter configured to transmit the message to the communication terminal. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The communication device according to claim 15, being a base station. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The communication device of claim 16, wherein the communication device is a base station of a cellular mobile communication system. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The communication device according to claim 15, wherein the transmitter is further configured to transmit the request to the communication terminal. ### Claim 19 A communication terminal comprising: a transceiver configured to transmit data in accordance with a plurality of transmission processes wherein each transmission process is associated with a periodically allocated transmission interval and wherein each transmission process is activated or deactivated; and a signaling circuit configured to transmit a message including a message field which indicates for at least one transmission process of the plurality of transmission processes whether the transmission process is activated or deactivated to a communication device. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The communication terminal of claim 19, wherein the communication terminal is a subscriber terminal of a cellular mobile communication system. ### Claim 21 (depends on 19) The communication terminal of claim 19, wherein the communication device is a base station of a cellular mobile communication system. ### Claim 22 (depends on 19) The communication terminal of claim 19, wherein the message field indicates for each transmission process of the plurality of transmission processes whether the transmission process is activated or deactivated. ### Claim 23 A communication device comprising: a message generating circuit configured to generate a message indicating to a communication terminal that the communication terminal is to indicate, for at least one transmission process of a plurality of transmission processes wherein each transmission process is associated with a periodically allocated transmission interval and according to which the communication terminal transmits data and which is activated or deactivated, whether the transmission process is activated or deactivated; and a transmitter configured to transmit the message to the communication terminal. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) The communication device of claim 23, being a base station. ### Claim 25 (depends on 23) The communication device according to claim 23, wherein the message indicates to the communication terminal that the communication terminal is to indicate, for each transmission process of the plurality of transmission processes whether the transmission process is activated or deactivated.