Quality of Service control for a hybrid ARQ transmission apparatus with data and control channel for packet data transmission

摘要

A hybrid ARQ method for packet data transmission in a mobile communication system wherein previously transmitted packets are combined with retransmitted packets, said packets being segmented into a plurality of protocol data units PDUs, each being assigned a sequence number for identification purposes. According to the invention the sequence number is transmitted on a control channel which is separate from the data channel for transmitting the PDUs.