HARQ FAILURE INDICATION OVER IUB-INTERFACE

摘要

THE SPECIFICATION AND DRAWINGS PRESENT A NEW METHOD, SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND SOFTWARE PRODUCT FOR IMPROVING THE PERFORMANCE OF AN UPLINK COMMUNICATION UTILIZING A HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT PROTOCOL (HARQ) BY AN HARQ FAILURE INDICATION (20) OVER LUB- INTERFACE (23) (E.G., FROM A NODE B TO A RADIO NETWORK CONTROLLER, RNC) IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORKS INCLUDING A NUMBER OF HARQ RETRANSMISSIONS BEFORE SAID FAILURE OCCURRED.