METHODS FOR ENHANCED HARQ MECHANISM

摘要

A method for transmitting a data block by a user equipment (UE) is disclosed, wherein comprising: repeatedly transmitting a data block by a first repetition number; receiving an HARQ indicator channel containing an indication of negative acknowledgement; and retransmitting the data block by repeating and transmitting the data block with a second repetition number, wherein the second repetition number is different from the first repetition number. A method for determining HARQ acknowledgment status by a user equipment (UE), comprising: detecting a signal on a HARQ indicator channel within a set of resources, wherein the signal is generated in a known method from a UE identity; and determining the HARQ acknowledgement as positive or negative based on a predefined mapping from the result of signal detection.