SCHEDULING DATA RETRANSMISSION IN A PACKET COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM

摘要

An apparatus, and an associated method, for scheduling when to retransmit a packet of data in a packet data communication system. Data is scheduled to be retransmitted according to a retransmission probability in the absence of a feedback acknowledgment indicating successful transmission of the packet of data. In one implementation, the apparatus forms a portion of a mobile terminal operable in a BRAN (Broadband Radio Access Network). Data throughput rates are increased by selecting retransmission of a packet of data is made with a retransmission probability if no feedback acknowledgment indicating successful indication of the packet of data has been completed.