METHOD PROVIDING ANYTIME PREEMPTIVE RE-TRANSMISSIONS

摘要

The exemplary embodiments of this invention provide apparatus, methods and computer program products that enable a transmitter to preemptively re-transmit data blocks (e.g., RLC/MAC blocks) without relying on acknowledgment information from the receiver, hi one exemplary, non-limiting embodiment, a method includes: determining whether at least one criterion is fulfilled; transmitting a data block to a receiver; and in response to determining that the at least one criterion is met, preemptively re-transmitting the data block to the receiver. In further exemplary embodiments, preemptively re-transmitting the data block involves using one of a consecutive re-transmission scheme or a parallel retransmission scheme.