Samsung patents 5G method to cut data processing load on phones
This patent describes a way for cell towers to manage data retransmissions more efficiently in 5G and 6G networks. By using specific feedback signals from phones, the tower can decide exactly which parts of a data packet need to be sent again, rather than resending everything.
In the filing’s own words
The present disclosure relates to a 5G communication system or a 6G communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4G communication system such as long term evolution (LTE).
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method performed by a base station, the method comprising: transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), feedback resource allocation information; transmitting, to the UE, a transport block; receiving, from the UE, hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback information for the transport block based on the feedback resource allocation information; mapping the transport block and a protocol data unit (PDU) based on the HARQ feedback information, wherein a transmission status of each PDU in the transport block is determined based on the HARQ feedback information: storing information on the mapping; retransmitting, to the UE, the transport block based on the information on the mapping; receiving, from the UE, repeated HARQ feedback information based on the feedback resource allocation information; and determining whether to perform another retransmission of the transport block based on the repeated HARQ feedback information.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- Method, device, and system for reducing receiving-end RLC processing load through highly reliable HARQ feedback-based RLC retransmission
- Patent number
- US12756500B2
- Application number
- 18261023
- Filed
- Jan 14, 2022
- Granted
- Oct 6, 2026
- Inventors
- 4
- Claims
- 15
Classified under
H04L 1/1812 Electricity & electronicsH04L 1/08 Electricity & electronicsH04L 1/1893 Electricity & electronicsH04W 72/21 Electricity & electronicsMore from Samsung in Networks & wireless
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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