Delaying radio link control retransmissions

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9942846-B2
Application number	US-201414551628-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 24, 2014
Priority date	Dec 5, 2013
Publication date	Apr 10, 2018
Grant date	Apr 10, 2018

Abstract

Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques and apparatus for a user equipment (UE) to delay RLC retransmissions (e.g., during off-durations, including CDRX off-durations). According to aspects of the present disclosure, a UE may delay triggering an RLC retransmission of an RLC PDU until after a next opportunity for the UE to receive an RLC ACK of the RLC PDU. By delaying RLC retransmissions, a UE may be prevented from waking up from one or more CDRX off-durations and using power associated with waking up from the one or more CDRX off-durations.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for wireless communications performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
transmitting a radio link control (RLC) protocol data unit (PDU);
receiving at least one of a hybrid automatic retransmission request (HARQ) acknowledgment (ACK) of the PDU or a time division duplex (TDD) uplink/downlink (UL/DL) subframe configuration;
determining that an RLC retransmission timer will expire or has expired before a next opportunity for the UE to receive an RLC ACK of the PDU; and
delaying, at least until the next opportunity for the UE to receive an RLC ACK of the PDU, an RLC retransmission of the PDU in response to the determination.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the delaying comprises:
transmitting the RLC retransmission if an RLC ACK of the PDU is not received during the next opportunity for the UE to receive an RLC ACK of the PDU.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving an RLC ACK of the PDU; and
refraining from transmitting the RLC retransmission in response to receiving the RLC ACK.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the next opportunity for the UE to receive an RLC ACK of the PDU comprises a next downlink (DL) subframe in a time division duplex (TDD) frame.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining that an RLC retransmission timer will expire or has expired before a next opportunity for the UE to receive an RLC ACK of the PDU includes determining that an RLC retransmission timer will expire or has expired before a next opportunity for the UE to receive an RLC ACK of the PDU based on the TDD UL/DL subframe configuration.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the next opportunity for the UE to receive an RLC ACK of the PDU comprises a next subframe in which the UE is active in a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the UE deactivates at least one radio component while the UE is inactive in the DRX cycle.

8. An apparatus for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
a processor configured to:
transmit a radio link control (RLC) protocol data unit (PDU);
receive at least one of a hybrid automatic retransmission request (HARQ) acknowledgment (ACK) of the PDU or a time division duplex (TDD) uplink/downlink (UL/DL) subframe configuration;
determine that an RLC retransmission timer will expire or has expired before a next opportunity for the apparatus to receive an RLC ACK of the PDU; and
delay, at least until the next opportunity for the UE to receive an RLC ACK of the PDU, an RLC retransmission of the PDU in response to the determination; and

a memory coupled to the processor.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to:
transmit the RLC retransmission if an RLC ACK of the PDU is not received during the next opportunity for the UE to receive an RLC ACK of the PDU.

10. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to:
receive an RLC ACK of the PDU; and
refrain from transmitting the RLC retransmission in response to receiving the RLC ACK.

11. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the next opportunity for the apparatus to receive an RLC ACK of the PDU comprises a next downlink (DL) subframe in a time division duplex (TDD) frame.

12. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to:
determine that an RLC retransmission timer will expire or has expired before a next opportunity for the apparatus to receive an RLC ACK of the PDU based on the TDD UL/DL subframe configuration.

13. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the next opportunity for the apparatus to receive an RLC ACK of the PDU comprises a next subframe in which the apparatus is active in a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the processor is configured to:
deactivate at least one radio component of the apparatus while the apparatus is inactive in the DRX cycle.

15. An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising:
means for transmitting a radio link control (RLC) protocol data unit (PDU);
means for receiving at least one of a hybrid automatic retransmission request (HARQ) acknowledgment (ACK) of the PDU or a time division duplex (TDD) uplink/downlink (UL/DL) subframe configuration;
means for determining that an RLC retransmission timer will expire or has expired before a next opportunity for the apparatus to receive an RLC ACK of the PDU; and
means for delaying, at least until the next opportunity for the apparatus to receive an RLC ACK of the PDU, an RLC retransmission of the PDU in response to the determination.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the means for delaying comprises:
means for transmitting the RLC retransmission if an RLC ACK of the PDU is not received during the next opportunity for the apparatus to receive an RLC ACK of the PDU.

17. The apparatus of claim 15 , further comprising:
means for receiving an RLC ACK of the PDU; and
means for refraining from transmitting the RLC retransmission in response to receiving the RLC ACK.

18. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the next opportunity for the apparatus to receive an RLC ACK of the PDU comprises a next downlink (DL) subframe in a time division duplex (TDD) frame.

19. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the means for determining that an RLC retransmission timer will expire or has expired before a next opportunity for the apparatus to receive an RLC ACK of the PDU includes means for determining that an RLC retransmission timer will expire or has expired before a next opportunity for the apparatus to receive an RLC ACK of the PDU based on the TDD UL/DL subframe configuration.

20. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the next opportunity for the apparatus to receive an RLC ACK of the PDU comprises a next subframe in which the apparatus is active in a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle.

21. The apparatus of claim 20 , further comprising:
means for deactivating at least one radio component of the apparatus while the apparatus is inactive in the DRX cycle.

22. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer executable code for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
code for transmitting a radio link control (RLC) protocol data unit (PDU);
code for receiving at least one of a hybrid automatic retransmission request (HARQ) acknowledgment (ACK) of the PDU or a time division duplex (TDD) uplink/downlink (UL/DL) subframe configuration;
code for determining that an RLC retransmission timer will expire or has expired before a next opportunity to receive an RLC ACK of the PDU; and
code for delaying, at least until the next opportunity for the UE to receive an RLC ACK of the PDU, an RLC retransmission of the PDU in response to the determination.

23. The computer readable medium of claim 22 , wherein the code for delaying comprises:
code for transmitting the RLC retransmission if an RLC ACK of the PDU is not received during the next opportunity for the UE to receive an RLC ACK of the PDU.

24. The computer readable medium of claim 22 , further comprising:
code for receiving an RLC ACK of the PDU; and
code for refraining from transmitting the RLC retransmission in response to receiving the RLC ACK.

25. The computer readable medium of claim 22 , wherein the next opportunity to receive an RLC ACK of the PDU comprises a next downlink (DL) subframe in a time division duplex (TDD) frame.

26. The computer readable

Assignees

• Qualcomm Inc

Inventors

• Sheth Amisha
• Ramkumar Vasanth Kumar
• Rajagopalan Srinivasan
• Xiao Gang Andy
• Krishnamoorthi Deepak

Classifications

• H04L1/1887 Primary

  Scheduling and prioritising arrangements · CPC title

• H04W52/0222 Primary

  in packet switched networks · CPC title

• H04L1/188

  Time-out mechanisms · CPC title

• H04L1/1812

  Hybrid protocols; Hybrid automatic repeat request [HARQ] · CPC title

• Y02D70/1262

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic