APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN OUTPUT BUFFER IN A HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST(HARQ) MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

摘要

An apparatus and a method comprise a fast turbo decoder for decoding packet data received over the packet data channel depending on information received over the forward packet data control channel, storing the decoded data, and outputting buffer information of the stored data; an output buffer for stori ng the received packet data, and outputting the packet data upon receiving a re ad request. The apparatus and method further comprise an output buffer controll er for receiving information on the decoded data and the buffer information fro m the fast turbo decoder, and generating an interrupt signal and a read addres s for reading data stored in the output buffer using the received data information and buffer information; and a processor for reading data stored in the output buffer according to the read address upon receiving the interrupt signal from the output buffer controller.