摘要 |
TECHNIQUES ARE PRESENTED FOR REPETITION ON BOTH UPLINK AND DOWNLINK SLOW ASSOCIATED CONTROL CHANNEL (SACCH) CHANNELS. FOR INSTANCE, AN EXEMPLARY METHOD IS DISCLOSED THAT IS PERFORMED BY A MOBILE NODE. THE METHOD INCLUDES RECEIVING FROM A NETWORK NODE A FIRST BLOCK OF DATA OVER A DOWNLINK SACCH CHANNEL, AND STORING THE FIRST BLOCK OF DATA. THE METHOD ALSO INCLUDES, SUBSEQUENT TO RECEIVING THE FIRST BLOCK OF DATA, RECEIVING FROM THE NETWORK NODE A SECOND BLOCK OF DATA OVER THE DOWNLINK SACCH CHANNEL. THE METHOD FURTHER INCLUDES ATTEMPTING TO DECODE THE SECOND BLOCK OF DATA. THE METHOD ADDITIONALLY INCLUDES, IN RESPONSE TO A FAILURE IN THE ATTEMPT TO DECODE THE SECOND BLOCK OF DATA, COMBINING INTO A COMBINATION THE SECOND BLOCK WITH THE STORED FIRST BLOCK OF DATA. THE METHOD ALSO INCLUDES ATTEMPTING TO DECODE THE COMBINATION.
|