METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST COMBINING ON AN LTE DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL

摘要

The present technology provides for an LTE system comprising a UE which is configured to perform blind HARQ combining of PDCCH messages, and an eNB which is configured with a HARQ transmission mechanism for such PDCCH messages. The PDCCH messages may be uplink or downlink grant messages, for example. In some embodiments, up to 8 messages may be combined via HARQ. Such HARQ combining may facilitate realizing a practical coverage gain.