JPWO2010113216A1 - Transmitting apparatus, receiving apparatus, communication system, and communication method - Google Patents

Abstract

When a packet retransmission request (NAK) is returned from the packet receiver side, the packet mixing unit 301 mixes the retransmission packet held in the retransmission buffer unit 304 with the new packet, and obtains the information bits obtained as a result. Input to the turbo encoding unit 302. The turbo encoding unit 302 performs turbo encoding on the input information bits, and as a result, a turbo code including first and second parity bits in addition to the information bits is generated. The rate matching unit 303 determines a bit to be actually transmitted from the generated turbo code, and obtains a transmission signal.

Description

  The present invention relates to a wireless data retransmission technique. Examples of data include packet data, for example.

  In a new cellular phone communication standard such as LTE (Long Term Evolution), which is being standardized by the standardization organization 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project), wireless for enabling high-speed communication in a mobile terminal Communication technology has been developed.

  There, the receiving apparatus receives the communication information while performing error detection based on the error correction code added to the communication packet by the transmitting apparatus. For example, in a wireless communication system such as HSDPA (High Speed Downlink PACKet Access) that has been put into practical use in recent years, an error correction code called a turbo code is used.

  As a retransmission technique employed in HSDPA, LTE, and the like, a method called a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) is known. In packet communication, generally, a receiving device returns a success or failure of reception of a communication packet to the transmitting device as ACK (positive acknowledgment) or NAK (negative delivery confirmation). The transmission apparatus retransmits the transmission information when the reception apparatus returns NAK or when the delivery confirmation cannot be received before a reasonable time elapses after the packet is transmitted. In HARQ, for example, in a process of a layer 1 protocol layer such as LTE, data that failed to be decoded in the receiving apparatus is decoded without being discarded and combined with retransmission data, and then retransmitted on the transmitting apparatus side. A pattern is determined. Then, on the receiving device side, the data that failed to be received is not discarded, but is decoded with the retransmitted data.

High throughput is achieved in next-generation packet communication by the above-described two technologies, turbo code and HARQ.
The turbo code is characterized in that two kinds of parity bits are generated by recursive convolutional code for information bits. These two types of parity bits have different information bit rearrangement (interleaving) patterns for generating parity bits. It is generally said that the closer the randomness of the rearrangement pattern is, the better the characteristics are. Hereinafter, these two parity bits are referred to as a first parity bit and a second parity bit.

  In HARQ, as in normal retransmission control, when an ACK signal is sent from the receiver, a new packet is sent next time, and when a NAK signal is sent, a retransmission packet is sent next time. . In HARQ, even data that has failed to be received can be stored on the receiving side, and when the retransmitted data is received, the stored data and the retransmitted data can be combined and decoded.

When a retransmission packet and a new packet are transmitted at the same time, the size of the new packet may be reduced due to physical resources.
Here, the effect of the error correction code increases as the packet size increases. The fact that the effect of error correction depends on the packet size is described in Non-Patent Document 1, for example.

Further, in the conventional technique in which a retransmission packet and a new packet are transmitted simultaneously, error correction is performed independently on the retransmission packet and the new packet. For this reason, it is necessary to return the ACK / NAK signal separately, and the frequency utilization efficiency of the feedback signal is lowered.

The following prior art documents exist as examples of related technologies.
JP 2002-190793 A JP 2007-135128 A JP 2006-33886 A JP 2003-289575 A C. Berrou, “The ten-year-old turbo codes are entering into service”, IEEE Communication Magazine, August 2003

Accordingly, in one aspect, an object of the present invention is to prevent a reduction in error correction effect.
In one aspect, the present invention is to prevent a decrease in frequency utilization efficiency of a feedback signal.

  In an example of the aspect, based on the delivery confirmation information returned from the receiving device, in order to cause the receiving device to decode the packet that failed to be decoded in combination with the retransmitted packet without discarding the packet, This is realized as a transmission apparatus that controls retransmission, and includes the following components.

The retransmission buffer unit holds information bits to be transmitted for retransmission.
When receiving a retransmission request as delivery confirmation information from the receiving device, the packet mixing unit mixes and transmits the information bits corresponding to the retransmission request held in the retransmission buffer unit and the information bits to be newly transmitted Generate information bits for.

  When receiving a retransmission request as delivery confirmation information from the receiving device, the encoding unit inputs information bits for transmission generated by the packet mixing unit, generates an error correction code based on the information bits, A transmission code including an error correction code is generated and output.

  Further, in the second aspect, the delivery confirmation information indicating the success or failure of the received packet is returned to the transmitting device, and the received packet that has failed in decoding is decoded in combination with the received packet retransmitted from the transmitting device. Thus, the present invention is realized as a receiving apparatus that controls retransmission of received packets, and includes the following components.

  That is, when the retransmission unit transmits a retransmission request as delivery confirmation information to the transmission device, the decoding unit newly receives the information bit and error correction code of the new packet previously received in response to the retransmission request and the retransmission request. Based on the information bits and the error correction code of the received packet, the decoding corresponding to the packet corresponding to the retransmission request and the newly received packet corresponding to the retransmission request are simultaneously executed.

Therefore, the present invention can prevent a reduction in error correction effect.
Further, it is possible to prevent the frequency utilization efficiency of the feedback signal from being lowered.

It is a block diagram of a packet transmitter. It is a block diagram of a packet receiver. 2 is a diagram illustrating an implementation example of an encoder 102. FIG. It is a figure which shows the implementation example of the turbo encoding part 302. FIG. It is a figure which shows the implementation example of the element encoder 401 or 402. FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a transmission format in 1st Embodiment. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing of the rate matching part 303 in 1st Embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an implementation example of a decoder 203 when only a new packet is received in the first embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an implementation example of a decoder 203 when a packet corresponding to a retransmission request is received in the first embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a transmission format in 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a transmission format in 3rd Embodiment. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an implementation example of a decoder 203 when a packet corresponding to a retransmission request is received in the third embodiment. It is the figure which showed the implementation example of the encoder 102 in 4th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a transmission format in 5th Embodiment. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an implementation example of a decoder 203 when a packet corresponding to a second retransmission request is received in a packet receiver according to a fifth embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a transmission format in 6th Embodiment. FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an implementation example of a decoder 203 when a packet corresponding to a retransmission request is received in the sixth embodiment. FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating an implementation example of a decoder 203 when a packet corresponding to a retransmission request is received in the seventh embodiment. It is FIG. (1) which shows the data format example of the control channel in 8th Embodiment. It is FIG. (2) which shows the data format example of the control channel in 8th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the data format example of the control channel in 9th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the data format example of the control channel in 10th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows one implementation example of the hardware of the computer which can implement | achieve 1st-10th embodiment.

Hereinafter, each embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a packet transmitter in the first embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a packet receiver in the first embodiment.

  In FIG. 1, transmission data 101 is encoded by an encoder 102, modulated by a modulator 103, and transmitted from an antenna 105. At this time, the coding rate / modulation scheme determination unit 104 determines the coding rate of the encoding in the encoder 102 and the modulation scheme in the modulator 103, and the determined coding rate and modulation scheme are respectively used in the encoder 102 and the modulator. 103 is instructed.

  In FIG. 2, data received by the antenna 201 is demodulated by the demodulator 202, decoded by the decoder 203, and output received data 205. At this time, the coding rate / modulation scheme determination unit 104 determines the modulation scheme of the data decoded by the decoder 203 and instructs the decoder 203 and the demodulator 202 with the determined coding rate and modulation scheme, respectively.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an implementation example of the encoder 102 of FIG.
The packet mixing unit 301 inputs only the information bits of the new packet to the turbo coding unit 302 as they are when the new packet is transmitted, at the first transmission, or when an ACK signal is returned from the packet receiver side. Let The new packet may be held in the retransmission buffer unit 304 in preparation for retransmission. When the ACK signal is returned from the packet receiver side, the packet held in the buffer unit 304 corresponding to the ACK signal may be discarded. On the other hand, when there is a packet retransmission request from the packet receiver side, that is, when a NAK signal is returned, the packet mixing unit 301 mixes the retransmission packet held in the retransmission buffer unit 304 with the new packet. (For example, by combining a new packet with a retransmission packet, mixing between different packets is performed.) Then, the packet mixing unit 301 causes the turbo encoding unit 302 to input information bits obtained as a result of the mixing process.

  The turbo encoding unit 302 that is an encoding unit performs turbo encoding on the input information bits, and as a result, in addition to the information bits, the first parity bit and the second parity bit that are error correction codes Is generated.

The rate matching unit 303 determines a bit to be actually transmitted from the generated turbo code, and obtains a transmission signal.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an implementation example of the turbo encoding unit 302. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an implementation example of the element encoder 401 or 402 in FIG.

In FIG. 4, the element encoder 401 performs recursive convolutional coding on the input information bits to generate first parity bits.
On the other hand, the input information bits are rearranged (interleaved) by the interleaver unit 402. The element encoder 401 performs recursive convolutional encoding on the rearranged information bits output from the interleaver unit 402 to generate second parity bits. The first parity bit and the second parity bit are output as a turbo code together with the input information bits.

  In FIG. 5, both the element encoders 401 or 402 in FIG. 4 are realized as convolutional encoders that generate the first parity bit or the second parity bit from the information bits. In the implementation example of FIG. 5, the bit rate of the input information bits with respect to the output parity bits is ½. This encoder includes three bit delay registers 502, 504, and 505, and is a function unit for the latest four information bits including the present. That is, the encoder of FIG. 5 is realized as a recursive systematic convolutional encoder with a code rate = 1/2 and a constraint length = 4. This implementation example is an implementation example that is generally well known as an element encoder of a turbo encoder.

In FIG. 5, bit delay registers 502, 504, and 505 connected in cascade to the output of the adder 501 realize a 3-bit shift register, and execute the following series of bit shift operations at every sampling time. To do. That is, the bits held in the bit delay register 505 are output to the adders 506 and 507. The bit held in the bit delay register 504 is input to the bit delay register 505 and held. Further, the bit held in the bit delay register 502 is input to the bit delay register 504 and held. The output of the adder 501 is input to the bit delay register 502 and held. The adder 501 performs addition modulo 2 on the input information bits and the bits output from the bit delay register 505. The adder 503 performs addition modulo 2 on the bit output from the adder 501 and the bit output from the bit delay register 502. The adder 506 performs addition modulo 2 on the bit output from the adder 503 and the bit output from the bit delay register 505. The adder 507 performs addition modulo 2 on the bit output from the bit delay register 504 and the bit output from the bit delay register 505. The output of the adder 507 is input to the adder 501.
The output of the adder 506 is output as a parity bit (first parity bit or second parity bit in FIG. 4).

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a transmission format example in the first embodiment having the implementation examples illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 5. FIG. 6A shows a transmission format example when only a new packet is transmitted, and FIG. 6B shows a transmission format example when a retransmission request is made.

  In FIG. 6A, S1 indicates an information bit of a new packet. When only a new packet is transmitted, the packet mixing unit 301 in FIG. 3 causes the turbo encoding unit 302 to input only the information bit S1 corresponding to the new packet. As a result, the turbo encoding unit 302 generates a turbo code only from the information bit S1. In FIG. 6A, P1 is the first parity bit (see FIG. 4) generated by the turbo encoding unit 302 (FIG. 3) when the information bit is S1. This is hereinafter referred to as a first parity bit when new. P2 is a second parity bit (see FIG. 4) generated by the turbo encoding unit 302 when the information bit is S1. This is hereinafter referred to as a new second parity bit. Information bits S1, P1, and P2 are output from turbo encoding section 302 to rate matching section 303 as turbo codes.

  In FIG. 6B, S2 indicates information bits of the new packet. In FIG. 6B, S1 is an information bit of the retransmission packet. The packet mixing unit 301 in FIG. 3 can change the size of the new packet according to the size of the physical resource that can be used at the time of transmission. When many physical resources can be used, the size of the new packet is set to a large size, and when there are few physical resources that can be used, the size of the new packet is reduced.

  When there is a retransmission request, the packet mixing unit 301 sets both the information bit S2 of the new packet embedded in the determined size and the information bit S1 of the retransmission packet sent last time as encoding targets. One piece of data is input to the turbo encoding unit 302. As shown in FIG. 6B, the turbo encoding unit 302 generates P3 and P4 which are the first parity bit and the second parity bit (see FIG. 4) for the information bits of S2 + S1. To do. Hereinafter, the first parity bit at the time of retransmission is referred to as the first parity bit at the time of retransmission (= P3), and the second parity bit at the time of retransmission is referred to as the second parity bit at the time of retransmission (= P4). As a result, turbo coding section 302 outputs information bits S1 + S2, P3, and P4 to rate matching section 303 as turbo codes.

  Here, it is preferable that the order of encoding is input from the packet mixing unit 301 to the turbo encoding unit 302 first from S2. Because the element encoders 401 and 402 of FIG. 4 have the implementation shown in FIG. 5, when S1 is first input to the element encoder 401 or 402, the first half of P3 or P4 is P1 or P2, respectively. It will be exactly the same. By first inputting S2 to the element encoder 401 or 402, the first half of P3 or P4 can be generated as a bit example different from P1 or P2, respectively. In the implementation example of FIG. 5, the outputs of the bit delay registers 504 and 505 are fed back to the adder 501 side and recursively input. For this reason, when S2 is first input to the element encoder 401 or 402, a parity bit for S1 + S2 is generated in the latter half of P3 or P4, and a bit different from P1 or P2, respectively. Can be generated.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the rate matching unit 303 of FIG. In the rate matching, the bits that are actually transmitted and correspond to the physical resource are extracted from the turbo code bits (information bit + first parity bit + second parity bit) generated by the turbo encoding unit 302. It is processing. FIG. 7A shows an example of rate matching processing when only a new packet is transmitted, and FIG. 7B shows an example of rate matching processing when a retransmission request is made.

  In general, it is better to send information bits with better radio characteristics. For this reason, when only a new packet is transmitted, as shown in FIG. 7A, all the information bits S1 are selected as they are. P1 and P2 are partially selected to match the number of bits actually transmitted. As this selection method, for example, a method in which the bit number corresponding to each bit of P1 or P2 is divided by n and only the bit corresponding to the bit number whose remainder is m can be selected. Generally, good coding characteristics can be obtained by uniformly selecting bits from the whole of P1 or P2.

  When a retransmission request is made, as shown in FIG. 7B, all new information bits S2 are selected as they are according to the same concept as in FIG. 7A, and P3 and P4 are part of each. Is selected. Further, since S1 has already been transmitted, it is possible to execute a process of not selecting at the time of retransmission.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an implementation example of the decoder 203 in FIG. 2 when only a new packet is received in the packet receiver in the first embodiment shown in FIG. This implementation is implemented as a general turbo decoder.

First, the received data is the information bit S1, the new first parity bit P1, and the new second parity bit P2.
In FIG. 8, a deinterleaver unit (indicated as “π ⁻¹ ” in FIG. 8) 804 is a process for returning the arrangement order of the first likelihood information bit sequence obtained by the previous iterative decoding process. Perform some deinterleaving.

  The element decoder (noted as “DEC” in FIG. 8) 801 which is the first soft decision decoder is the information bit S1, the first parity bit P1 when new, and the first output from the deinterleaver 804. Decoding is performed using the deinterleave output for the likelihood information bit sequence. Element decoder 801 then outputs the decoding result as a second likelihood information bit sequence.

An interleaver unit (indicated as “π” in FIG. 8) 802 performs interleaving, which is a rearrangement process, on the second likelihood information bit sequence derived by the element decoder 801.
Element decoder 803, which is the second soft decision decoding unit, uses information bit S1, new second parity bit P2, and interleave output for the second likelihood information bit sequence output from interleaver unit 802. To perform decryption. Element decoder 803 then outputs the decoding result as a first likelihood information bit sequence. At the same time, the element decoder 803 performs a hard decision on the first likelihood information bit sequence calculated by the element decoder 803 itself after the decoding by the respective units of 804, 801, 802, and 803 itself is repeatedly executed. By executing the process, the data string of the decoding result is output.

With the above implementation, it is possible to realize turbo decoding processing when only a new packet is received.
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an implementation example of the decoder 203 in FIG. 2 when a packet corresponding to a retransmission request is received in the packet receiver in the first embodiment illustrated in FIG.

In FIG. 9, parts that perform the same processing as in FIG. 8 are assigned the same numbers as in FIG.
The implementation example of FIG. 9 is different from the implementation example of FIG. 8 as follows. That is, first, the received information bits include a mixture of information bits S1 obtained from the preceding new packet or retransmission packet and information bits S2 of the new packet. The process is executed. Secondly, processing portions 901 to 905 for performing soft decision processing using the received first parity bit P3 at the time of retransmission and second parity bit P4 at the time of retransmission are added.

  First, received data includes information bits S1 + S2, a first parity bit P3 during retransmission, and a second parity bit P4 during retransmission. Further, it is assumed that the new first parity bit P1 and the new second parity bit P2 are received and held before retransmission.

  In FIG. 9, the deinterleaver unit 804 executes deinterleaving, which is a process for returning the arrangement order of the first likelihood information bit sequence obtained by the previous iterative decoding process.

  The element decoder 801 which is the first soft decision decoding unit includes information bits S1 + S2, a new first parity bit P1, and a deinterleave output for the first likelihood information bit sequence output from the deinterleaver unit 804. Perform decryption using. Element decoder 801 then outputs the decoding result as a second likelihood information bit sequence.

The interleaver unit 802 performs interleaving, which is a rearrangement process, on the second likelihood information bit sequence derived by the element decoder 801.
Element decoder 803, which is the second soft decision decoding unit, uses information bits S1 + S2, a new second parity bit P2, and an interleave output for the second likelihood information bit sequence output from interleaver unit 802. To perform decryption. Element decoder 803 then outputs the decoding result as a third likelihood information bit sequence.

The deinterleaver unit 901 performs deinterleaving on the third likelihood information bit sequence.
Element decoder 902 which is the third soft decision decoding unit includes information bit S1 + S2, first parity bit P3 at the time of retransmission, and a deinterleave output for the third likelihood information bit sequence output from deinterleaver unit 901. Perform decryption using. Element decoder 902 then outputs the decoding result as a fourth likelihood information bit sequence.

Interleaver section 903 performs interleaving that is a rearrangement process on the fourth likelihood information bit sequence derived by element decoder 902.
Element decoder 904 serving as the fourth soft decision decoding unit uses information bits S1 + S2, second parity bit P4 during retransmission, and an interleave output for the fourth likelihood information bit sequence output from interleaver unit 903. To perform decryption. Element decoder 904 then outputs the decoding result as a first likelihood information bit sequence.

  Since the implementation example of FIG. 9 includes the implementation example of FIG. 8, the decoder 203 (FIG. 2) in the first embodiment is realized by executing the following operation in FIG. be able to. That is, in a communication frame in which only a new packet is received, the processing parts 801 to 803 operate, and the output of the element decoder 803 is input to the deinterleaver unit 804. On the other hand, in the communication frame in which the packet corresponding to the retransmission request is received, the processing unit 901 to 905 is also operated by switching the switch unit (not shown), and the output of the element decoder 803 is changed to the deinterleaver unit 901. And the output of the error determination unit 905 is input to the deinterleaver unit 804.

The implementation example of FIG. 9 is characterized in that the information bit S1 of the retransmission packet and the information bit S2 of the new packet are mixed and decoded.
Here, it is effective to add CRC (cyclic redundancy code) to S1 and S2 for error detection. The error determination unit 905 in FIG. 9 determines whether there are errors in S1 and S2 decoded by the element decoder 904 based on, for example, the CRC added to the information bit S1 and the CRC added to the information bit S2. That is, it is determined whether or not decoding has been correctly performed. Then, error determination section 905 maximizes the likelihood of the information bit that can be correctly decoded out of information bits S1 or S2, and sets it as the first likelihood information bit sequence to deinterleaver section 804. Let them enter. At the same time, the error determination unit 905 outputs a data string of a decoding result by executing a hard determination process on the first likelihood information bit sequence that can be correctly decoded out of the information bits S1 or S2. .

  And it is possible to easily correct the packet error of the information bits S1 and S2 by repeatedly performing the decoding by 804, 801 to 803, and 901 to 905 while feeding back the first likelihood information. .

  As described above, in the first embodiment, when there is a retransmission request, the retransmission packet and the new packet are mixed and encoded and decoded. Thereby, since the length of the packet to be encoded becomes long, the error rate characteristic is improved.

  Further, in the first embodiment, the information bit S1 related to the retransmission packet and the information bit S2 related to the new packet are decoded by the same demodulator 202 (FIG. 2), so that an effect of assisting mutual decoding processing is produced. As a result, it is possible to increase the possibility that the retransmission packet and new packet decoding will fail or succeed at the same timing, so it is possible to use only one ACK / NAK signal as the retransmission control signal for them. It becomes. In this case, if both of the new packet and the retransmitted packet are successfully decoded, ACK is returned, and if either of them is unsuccessful, NAK is returned.

Next, a second embodiment will be described.
An implementation example of the second embodiment is the same as the implementation examples of FIGS. 1 to 5, 8, and 9 in the case of the first embodiment.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a transmission format in the second embodiment. FIG. 10A shows a transmission format example when only a new packet is transmitted, and FIG. 10B shows a transmission format example when a retransmission request is made.

  In the first embodiment described above, as shown in FIG. 6, turbo encoding is performed using all information of the information bit S1 at the time of retransmission request. On the other hand, in the second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 10B, the packet mixing unit 301 in FIG. 3 mixes only a part of the information bit S1 with the information bit S2 at the time of retransmission request. Then, the data is input to the turbo encoding unit 302. An example of the transmission format shown in FIG. 10A when only a new packet is transmitted is the same as that in FIG. This makes it possible to reduce the number of bits P3 and P4 while completely generating parity bits for the new packet. In consideration of rate matching by the rate matching unit 303 (FIG. 3), the bits of P3 and P4 are deleted and only a part of the bits are sent. More packet information can be sent.

  In particular, if the sum of the number of bits of a part of S1 and the number of bits of S2 at the time of retransmission is the same as the number of bits of all S1, error correction is equally performed in each element decoder (902, 904 in FIG. 9). Is the most efficient.

Next, a third embodiment will be described.
The basic implementation example of the packet transmitter of the third embodiment is the same as the implementation examples of FIGS. 1 and 3 to 5 in the case of the first embodiment. Also, the overall implementation example of the packet receiver of the third embodiment is the same as the implementation example of FIG. 2 in the case of the first embodiment.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a transmission format in the third embodiment. In the third embodiment, when the packet mixing unit 301 in FIG. 3 mixes the information bits S1 and S2 and inputs them to the turbo coding unit 302 (FIG. 3) at the time of a retransmission request, the packet mixing unit 301 in FIG. As shown, interleaving is performed on the information bit S1 corresponding to the retransmission packet. Thereafter, the packet mixing unit 301 mixes the interleaved information bit S1 and the information bit S2 corresponding to the new packet, and causes the turbo encoding unit 302 to input the mixed information bit S1. An example of a transmission format shown in FIG. 11A when only a new packet is transmitted is the same as that in FIG.

  In the description of the first embodiment described above, it has been described that it is preferable to first input the information bit S2 from the packet mixing unit 301 to the turbo encoding unit 302 at the time of a retransmission request. However, consider a case where the values held in the bit delay registers 502, 504, and 505 in the element encoder 401 or 402 are all zero immediately after the turbo encoding of the information bit S2 is completed. In this case, when the information bit S1 is input immediately after that, the same value as the parity bit P1 or P2 is output as the parity bit P3 or P4. As a result, a part of the parity bit P3 or P4 becomes the same as the parity bit P1 or P2, and the error correction capability on the packet receiver side is reduced. Therefore, in the third embodiment, when the packet mixing unit 301 inputs S1 to the turbo encoding unit 302 following the information bit S2, the interleaved S1 is input.

  In addition, when the packet mixing unit 301 inputs the information bit S1 to the turbo encoding unit 302, for example, the last bit of S1 is input first, the order goes back, and the bit of S1 that was originally the first bit Interleaving may be performed by inputting.

  The implementation example of the decoder 203 in FIG. 2 when only a new packet is received in the packet receiver in the third embodiment shown in FIG. 2 is the same as the implementation example in FIG. 8 in the first embodiment. is there.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an implementation example of the decoder 203 in FIG. 2 when a packet corresponding to a retransmission request is received in the packet receiver in the third embodiment illustrated in FIG.
In FIG. 12, the same numbers as those in FIGS. 8 and 9 are assigned to the portions that perform the same processing as in FIGS. 8 and 9.

  The implementation example of FIG. 12 is different from the implementation examples of FIGS. 8 and 9 as follows. That is, in the implementation example of FIG. 12, an interleaver unit 1201 that performs interleaving processing π2 and a deinterleaver unit 1202 that performs deinterleaving processing that restores the rearranged order after π2 are inserted. Here, π2 corresponds to the interleaving process for the information bit S1 in the packet mixing unit 301, as shown in FIG.

  First, received data includes information bits S1 + S2, a first parity bit P3 during retransmission, and a second parity bit P4 during retransmission. Further, it is assumed that the new first parity bit P1 and the new second parity bit P2 are received and held before retransmission.

  In FIG. 12, the deinterleaver unit 804 executes deinterleaving, which is a process for returning the arrangement order of the first likelihood information bit sequence obtained by the previous iterative decoding process.

  The element decoder 801 which is the first soft decision decoding unit includes information bits S1 + S2, a new first parity bit P1, and a deinterleave output for the first likelihood information bit sequence output from the deinterleaver unit 804. Perform decryption using. Element decoder 801 then outputs the decoding result as a second likelihood information bit sequence.

The interleaver unit 802 performs interleaving, which is a rearrangement process, on the second likelihood information bit sequence derived by the element decoder 801.
Element decoder 803, which is the second soft decision decoding unit, decodes using information bits S1 + S2, new parity bit P2, and an interleave output for the second likelihood information bit sequence output by interleaver unit 802. Execute. Element decoder 803 then outputs the decoding result as a third likelihood information bit sequence.

  An interleaver unit (denoted as “π2” in FIG. 12) 1201 performs interleaving on the third likelihood information bit sequence derived by the element decoder 803. The interleaving process π2 corresponds to the interleaving process for the information bit S1 in the packet mixing unit 301 (FIG. 3) on the packet transmitter side, as shown in FIG.

The deinterleaver unit 901 further performs deinterleaving on the third likelihood information bit sequence interleaved with the interleaver unit 1201.
Element decoder 902 which is the third soft decision decoding unit uses information bits S1 + S2, retransmission parity bit P3, and deinterleave output for the third likelihood information bit sequence output from deinterleaver unit 901. To perform decryption. Element decoder 902 then outputs the decoding result as a fourth likelihood information bit sequence.

Interleaver section 903 performs interleaving that is a rearrangement process on the fourth likelihood information bit sequence derived by element decoder 902.
Element decoder 904 serving as the fourth soft decision decoding unit uses information bits S1 + S2, second parity bit P4 during retransmission, and an interleave output for the fourth likelihood information bit sequence output from interleaver unit 903. The decoding is executed, and the decoding result is output as a first likelihood information bit sequence.

  The error determination unit 905 determines whether or not errors remain in S1 and S2 decoded by the element decoder 904, that is, whether or not decoding has been performed correctly. Then, the error determination unit 905 sets the likelihood of the information bit that has been correctly decoded out of the information bits S1 or S2 to the maximum value, and sets it as the first likelihood information bit sequence to the deinterleaver unit 1202. Let them enter. At the same time, the error determination unit 905 outputs a data string of a decoding result by executing a hard determination process on the first likelihood information bit sequence that can be correctly decoded out of the information bits S1 or S2. .

A deinterleaver unit (indicated as “π2 ⁻¹ ” in FIG. 12) 1202 performs deinterleaving on the first likelihood information bit sequence output from the error determination unit 905, and the result is deinterleaved. The data is output to the leaver unit 804. The deinterleaving process π2 ⁻¹ in the deinterleaver unit 1202 is based on the arrangement order of the interleaving process π2 for the information bit S1 in the packet mixing unit 301 (FIG. 3) on the packet transmitter side shown in FIG. It corresponds to the processing to return to.

Since the implementation example of FIG. 12 includes the implementation example of FIG. 8, the decoder 203 (FIG. 2) in the third embodiment is realized by executing the following operation in FIG. be able to. That is, in a communication frame in which only a new packet is received, 801 to 803
And the output of the element decoder 803 is input to the deinterleaver unit 804. On the other hand, in the communication frame in which the packet corresponding to the retransmission request is received, the processing parts 1201, 901 to 905, and 1202 also operate together, particularly by switching of a switch part (not shown). Then, the output of the element decoder 803 is input to the interleaver unit 1201, and the output of the deinterleaver unit 1202 is input to the deinterleaver unit 804.

Next, a fourth embodiment will be described.
FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an implementation example of the encoder 102 in the packet transmitter in FIG. 1 according to the fourth embodiment. In FIG. 13, the same numbers as those in FIG. 3 are assigned to the portions that perform the same processing as in FIG. 3 in the first to third embodiments.

  The fourth embodiment shown in FIG. 13 is different from the first to third embodiments shown in FIG. 3 in the control method for holding packets in the retransmission buffer unit 304. For the control processing of other packet transmitters and receivers, the same control processing as in any of the first to third embodiments can be employed.

  In the implementation example of FIG. 3 described above, a new packet is held in the retransmission buffer unit 304 in preparation for retransmission, and is held corresponding to the ACK signal when the ACK signal is returned from the packet receiver side. Discarded packets. On the other hand, when there is a packet retransmission request from the packet receiver side, that is, when a NAK signal is returned, the packet mixing unit 301 mixes the retransmission packet held in the retransmission buffer unit 304 with the new packet. Output. In this case, both the original retransmission packet and the new packet are held in the retransmission buffer unit 304 until an ACK signal is returned from the packet receiver side.

  However, in practice, after the packet mixing unit 301 mixes the retransmission packet and the new packet, there is a possibility that retransmission will occur again for the mixed packet, but both the original retransmission packet and the new packet are There is no need to hold it.

  Therefore, in the fourth embodiment shown in FIG. 13, when the packet mixing unit 301 outputs a mixed packet by retransmission, the original retransmission packet included in the mixed packet is deleted from the retransmission buffer unit 304. Also, the new packet included in the mixed packet is not held in the retransmission buffer unit 304. Only the data of the mixed packet is held in the retransmission buffer unit 304.

By such a control process, the retransmission buffer unit 304 can be used efficiently.
Next, a fifth embodiment will be described.

  A basic implementation example of the packet transmitter according to the fifth embodiment is the same as the implementation examples of FIGS. 1, 3 (or 13), 4, and 5 in the case of the first to fourth embodiments. Also, the overall implementation example of the packet receiver of the third embodiment is the same as the implementation example of FIG. 2 in the case of the first embodiment.

  In the fifth embodiment, in response to a first packet retransmission by the packet transmitter in response to a retransmission request from the packet receiver side, decoding on the packet receiver side fails and a further retransmission request (NAK signal) is received from the packet receiver side. ) Is returned. In this case, the second retransmission is performed on the packet transmitter side. At this time, the packet mixing unit 301 in FIG. 3 performs the following operation on the information bits S1 + S2 of the mixed packet transmitted in the first retransmission. Further, an information bit S3 of a new packet is added.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a transmission format in the fifth embodiment. FIG. 14A shows an example of a transmission format when only a new packet is transmitted, which is the same as FIG. 6A. FIG. 14B shows an example of a transmission format at the first retransmission, which is the same as FIG. 6B and the like. FIG. 14C shows an example of a transmission format at the second retransmission. 3 generates P5 and P6 that are the first parity bit and the second parity bit (see FIG. 4) for the information bits S1 + S2 + S3. Thereafter, the first parity bit at the time of the second and subsequent retransmissions is the first parity bit (= P5) at the time of the additional retransmission, and the second parity bit at the time of the second and subsequent retransmissions is the second parity bit (= P6) at the time of the additional retransmission. Call. Then, turbo coding section 302 outputs information bits S1 + S2 + S3, P5, and P6 as turbo codes to rate matching section 303.

  In the fifth embodiment, the packet mixing unit 301 may mix all the information bits S1, S2, and S3 as in the case of the first embodiment, or in the case of the second embodiment. Similarly, only a part of each information bit may be mixed. Further, in the fifth embodiment, the packet mixing unit 301 may mix interleaved information bits as in the third embodiment. Furthermore, in the fifth embodiment, the packet mixing unit 301 may operate so as to sequentially mix information bits of new packets even at the third and subsequent retransmissions.

  The implementation example of the decoder 203 in FIG. 2 when only a new packet is received in the packet receiver in the fifth embodiment shown in FIG. 2 is the same as the implementation example in FIG. 8 in the first embodiment. is there.

An implementation example of the decoder 203 in FIG. 2 when a retransmission packet corresponding to the first retransmission request is received is the same as the implementation example in FIG. 9 in the first embodiment.
FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an implementation example of the decoder 203 in FIG. 2 when a packet corresponding to the second retransmission request is received in the packet receiver in the fifth embodiment illustrated in FIG. 2.

In FIG. 15, the same numbers as those in FIGS. 8 and 9 are assigned to the portions that perform the same processing as in FIGS. 8 and 9.
The implementation example of FIG. 15 is different from the implementation examples of FIGS. 8 and 9 as follows. That is, in the implementation example of FIG. 15, processing portions 1501 to 1504 for performing the second retransmission processing are added.

  First, the received data includes information bits S1 + S2 + S3, a first parity bit P5 during additional retransmission, and a second parity bit P6 during additional retransmission. Further, it is assumed that the new first parity bit P1 and the new second parity bit P2 are received and held before retransmission. Further, it is assumed that the first parity bit P3 at the time of retransmission and the second parity bit P4 at the time of retransmission are received and held at the time of the first retransmission.

  That is, in FIG. 15, the deinterleaver unit 804 executes deinterleaving, which is a process for returning the arrangement order of the first likelihood information bit sequence obtained by the previous iterative decoding process.

  Element decoder 801 which is the first soft decision decoding unit decodes using information bits S1 + S2 + S3, parity bit P1, and deinterleave output for the first likelihood information bit sequence output from deinterleaver unit 804. Execute. Element decoder 801 then outputs the decoding result as a second likelihood information bit sequence.

The interleaver unit 802 performs interleaving, which is a rearrangement process, on the second likelihood information bit sequence derived by the element decoder 801.
Element decoder 803, which is the second soft decision decoding unit, performs decoding using information bits S1 + S2 + S3, parity bit P2, and the interleave output for the second likelihood information bit sequence output by interleaver unit 802. To do. Element decoder 803 then outputs the decoding result as a third likelihood information bit sequence.

The deinterleaver unit 901 performs deinterleaving on the third likelihood information bit sequence output from the element decoder 803.
Element decoder 902, which is the third soft decision decoding unit, decodes using information bits S1 + S2 + S3, parity bit P3, and the deinterleave output for the third likelihood information bit sequence output by deinterleaver unit 901. Execute. Element decoder 902 then outputs the decoding result as a fourth likelihood information bit sequence.

Interleaver section 903 performs interleaving that is a rearrangement process on the fourth likelihood information bit sequence derived by element decoder 902.
Element decoder 904, which is the fourth soft decision decoding unit, performs decoding using information bits S1 + S2 + S3, parity bit P4, and the interleave output for the fourth likelihood information bit sequence output by interleaver unit 903. Then, the decoding result is output as a fifth likelihood information bit sequence.

The deinterleaver unit 1501 performs deinterleaving on the fifth likelihood information bit sequence output from the element decoder 904.
Element decoder 1502, which is the fifth soft decision decoding unit, decodes using information bits S1 + S2 + S3, parity bit P5, and deinterleave output for the fifth likelihood information bit sequence output from deinterleaver unit 1501. Execute. Element decoder 1502 then outputs the decoding result as a sixth likelihood information bit sequence.

Interleaver section 1503 performs interleaving, which is a rearrangement process, on the sixth likelihood information bit sequence derived by element decoder 1502.
Element decoder 1504, which is the sixth soft decision decoding unit, performs decoding using information bits S1 + S2 + S3, parity bit P6, and the interleave output for the sixth likelihood information bit sequence output by interleaver unit 1503. The decoding result is output as a seventh likelihood information bit sequence.

  The error determination unit 905 determines whether or not errors remain in S1, S2, and S3 decoded by the element decoder 1504, that is, whether or not decoding has been performed correctly. Then, the error determination unit 905 sets the likelihood of the information bits that can be correctly decoded out of the information bits S1, S2, or S3 as a maximum value, and uses it as a first likelihood information bit sequence, and the deinterleaver unit 804 To input. At the same time, the error determination unit 905 outputs a data string of the decoding result by executing a hard determination process on the first likelihood information bit sequence that has been correctly decoded among the information bits S1, S2, or S3. To do.

Since the implementation example in FIG. 15 includes the implementation examples in FIGS. 8 and 9, the decoder 203 (FIG. 2) in the fifth embodiment performs the following operation in FIG. Can be realized. That is, in a communication frame in which only a new packet is received, the processing parts 801 to 803 operate, and the output of the element decoder 803 is input to the deinterleaver unit 804. Further, in the communication frame in which the packet corresponding to the first retransmission request is received, the processing portions 901 to 904 and 905 are also operated together by switching the first switch unit (not shown). Then, the output of the element decoder 904 is input to the error determination unit 905. Further, in the communication frame in which the packet corresponding to the second retransmission request is received, the processing parts 1501 to 1504 are also operated by switching the second switch part (not shown). The output of the element decoder 904 is input to the deinterleaver unit 1501, and the element decoder 1
The output of 504 is input to the error determination unit 905.

According to the fifth embodiment, efficient retransmission processing can be performed for the second and subsequent retransmissions.
Next, a sixth embodiment will be described.

  The basic implementation example of the packet transmitter of the sixth embodiment is the same as the implementation examples of FIGS. 1, 3, 4, and 5 in the case of the first embodiment. An overall implementation example of the packet receiver of the sixth embodiment is the same as the implementation example of FIG. 2 in the case of the first embodiment.

  In the sixth embodiment, in packet retransmission by the packet transmitter in response to a retransmission request from the packet receiver side, the packet mixing unit 301 in FIG. 3 does not mix new packets and retransmission packets, A plurality of corresponding retransmission packets are mixed and output to turbo coding section 302.

  FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of a transmission format in the sixth embodiment. FIG. 16A shows an example of a transmission format when only the new packet 1 is transmitted, which is the same as FIG. 6A. In this case, for example, the new first parity bit is P1, and the new second parity bit is P2.

  FIG. 16B is an example of a transmission format when only a new packet 2 different from the new packet 1 is transmitted, and is similar to FIG. 6A and the like. In this case, for example, the new first parity bit is P3 and the new second parity bit is P4.

  FIG. 16C is an example of a transmission format at the time of retransmission. The packet mixing unit 301 in FIG. 3 mixes information bits S1 and S2 of two retransmission packets corresponding to two retransmission requests and inputs them to the turbo encoding unit 302. As a result, the turbo encoding unit 302 generates the first parity bit and the second parity bit (see FIG. 4) for the information bits S1 and S2 of the two retransmission packets and the information bits of S1 + S2 as P5 and P6, respectively. . That is, P5 is generated as a first parity bit during retransmission, and P6 is generated as a second parity bit during retransmission. Then, turbo coding section 302 outputs S1 + S2, P5, and P6 as turbo codes to rate matching section 303.

  The implementation example of the decoder 203 in FIG. 2 when only a new packet is received in the packet receiver in the sixth embodiment shown in FIG. 2 is the same as the implementation example in FIG. 8 in the first embodiment. is there.

FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an implementation example of the decoder 203 in FIG. 2 when a packet corresponding to a retransmission request is received in the packet receiver in the sixth embodiment illustrated in FIG.
The implementation example of FIG. 17 is the same as the implementation example of the fifth embodiment of FIG. 15 except that the received information bits are only S1 + S2.

  However, the received data are information bits S1 + S2, first parity bit P5 during retransmission, and second parity bit P6 during retransmission. Also, it is assumed that the new first parity bits P1 and P3 and the new second parity bits P2 and P4 are individually received and held before retransmission.

The operation description of FIG. 17 is the same as that of FIG.
Since the implementation example in FIG. 17 includes the implementation example in FIG. 8, the decoder 203 (FIG. 2) in the sixth embodiment is realized by executing the following operations in FIG. be able to. That is, in a communication frame in which only a new packet is received, 801 to 803
And the output of the element decoder 803 is input to the deinterleaver unit 804. In the communication frame in which the packet corresponding to the retransmission request is received, the processing portions 901 to 904, 1501 to 1504, and 905 are also operated in particular by switching of a switch unit (not shown). The output of the element decoder 1504 is input to the error determination unit 905. Further, in the communication frame in which the packet corresponding to the second retransmission request is received, the processing parts 1501 to 1504 are also operated by switching the second switch part (not shown). The output of the element decoder 904 is input to the deinterleaver unit 1501, and the output of the element decoder 1504 is input to the error determination unit 905.

The implementation example of the sixth embodiment described above makes it possible to improve the efficiency at the time of packet retransmission.
Next, a seventh embodiment will be described.

An implementation example on the packet transmitter side is the same as that in the sixth embodiment.
The implementation example of the decoder 203 in FIG. 2 when only a new packet is received in the packet receiver in the sixth embodiment shown in FIG. 2 is the same as the implementation example in FIG. 8 in the first embodiment. is there.

18 is a diagram illustrating an implementation example of the decoder 203 in FIG. 2 when a packet corresponding to a retransmission request is received in the packet receiver in the seventh embodiment illustrated in FIG.
In the example of FIG. 18, the element decoders 801 and 803 that input the parity bits P1 and P2 operate only on the information bit S1, and the element decoders 902 and 904 that input the parity bits P3 and P4 are the information bits S2. This is an implementation example that focuses on the point that acts only on. Here, the processing portion consisting of the aforementioned 801 to 803 and 901 for executing the decoding processing for the parity bits P1 and P2, and the processing portion consisting of the aforementioned 902 to 904 and 1501 for executing the decoding processing for the parity bits P3 and P4 are included. Realized as a parallel processing part. Each output of the deinterleaver units 901 and 1501 is converted into a serial data sequence by the parallel / serial converter 1801 and input to the element decoder 1502. Then, the feedback bit sequence obtained as a result of the above-described processes 1502 to 1504, 905, and 804 is separated into sequences corresponding to the information bits S 1 and S 2 by the serial / parallel converter 1802. The series of separation results obtained thereby is input to the element decoders 801 and 902, respectively, and processed again in parallel.

With the implementation example of the seventh embodiment described above, the efficiency of the decoding process can be improved.
Next, an eighth embodiment will be described.

The eighth embodiment is an example of realizing a control channel necessary for systematizing the first embodiment described above.
First, as a general technique, information for demodulating and decoding data is transmitted using a control channel, and after the control channel is decoded, control for demodulation and decoding is performed. 19 and 20 are diagrams showing examples of the data format of the control channel in the eighth embodiment. Here, as described in the first embodiment, a case is considered in which decoding is performed using all the information bits S1 sent at the time of retransmission.

  In the example of the control channel shown in FIG. 19, control information indicating the data size of information bits is transmitted. In the eighth embodiment, the total number of bits of the new packet and the retransmission packet is used as the control information indicating the data size. With this control information, the packet receiver can perform a data decoding process. In addition, the control channel transmits information indicating physical resources, information indicating a modulation scheme, information indicating whether new / retransmission is performed, and the like.

Further, as shown in FIG. 20, the data size of the information bits and the modulation method (QPSK, 1
An implementation example of a control channel that is transmitted at one time using one type of control information called MCS (Modulation and Coding Scheme) information can be employed. In this case, in the eighth embodiment, MCS information indicating the total number of bits of the new packet and the retransmission packet and the modulation method is generated and transmitted. In addition to the control channel in this case, information indicating physical resources, information indicating new / retransmission information, and the like are transmitted.

Next, a ninth embodiment will be described.
The ninth embodiment is an example of realizing a control channel necessary for systematizing the second embodiment described above. In the second embodiment, since only a part of the retransmission packet is used for encoding at the time of retransmission, control information indicating how much of this part is required. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 21, information indicating the retransmission ratio is transmitted in addition to the control channel. This information is equivalent to indicating information bits of a new packet at the time of retransmission. That is, information indicating the number of information bits of a new packet may be added directly to the control channel. In FIG. 21, information such as physical resources, modulation scheme, data size, new / retransmission distinction, and the like is the same as in the eighth embodiment.

  Finally, a tenth embodiment will be described. In the ninth embodiment, the control channel in the second embodiment described above is controlled when the total size of a part of the information bits S1 and the information bits S2 is the same as the size of the information bits S1. This is an implementation example. In this case, as shown in FIG. 22, since the data size is constant, there is no need to send it. Instead, as in the case of the ninth embodiment, information indicating the retransmission ratio at the time of retransmission data generation is transmitted. Alternatively, information indicating the number of information bits of a new packet at the time of retransmission may be added to the control channel. In FIG. 21, information such as physical resource, modulation scheme, new / retransmission type, and the like is the same as in the eighth embodiment.

FIG. 23 is a diagram illustrating an example of the hardware of a computer that can implement the first to tenth embodiments.
The computer shown in FIG. 23 includes a CPU 2301, a memory 2302, an input device 2303, an output device 2304, an external storage device 2305, a portable recording medium driving device 2306 into which a portable recording medium 2309 is inserted, and a network connection device 2307. These are connected to each other by a bus 2308. The implementation example shown in the figure is an example of a computer that can implement the above system, and such a computer is not limited to this implementation example.

  The CPU 2301 controls the entire computer. The memory 2302 is a memory such as a RAM that temporarily stores a program or data stored in the external storage device 2305 (or portable recording medium 2309) when executing a program, updating data, or the like. The CUP 2301 performs overall control by reading the program into the memory 2302 and executing it.

  The input device 2303 includes, for example, a keyboard, a mouse, etc. and their interface control devices. The input device 2303 detects an input operation by a user using a keyboard, a mouse, or the like, and notifies the CPU 2301 of the detection result.

  The output device 2304 includes a display device, a printing device, etc. and their interface control devices. The output device 2304 outputs data sent under the control of the CPU 2301 to a display device or a printing device.

The external storage device 2305 is, for example, a hard disk storage device. Mainly used for storing various data and programs.
The portable recording medium driving device 2306 accommodates a portable recording medium 2309 such as an optical disc, SDRAM, or Compact Flash (registered trademark), and has an auxiliary role for the external storage device 2305.

The network connection device 2307 is a device for connecting, for example, a LAN (local area network) or WAN (wide area network) communication line.
The system according to the first to tenth embodiments is realized by the CPU 2301 executing a program having functions necessary for each embodiment. For example, the program may be recorded and distributed in the external storage device 2305 or the portable recording medium 2309, or may be acquired from the network by the network connection device 2307.

  In the above-described first to tenth embodiments, the implementation example in which the turbo encoder is used in the packet transmitter and the turbo decoder is used in the packet receiver has been described. However, the disclosed technique is based on the turbo encoding method. It is not limited. The present invention can be similarly applied to an adaptive hybrid automatic retransmission request technique using other parity bits (error correction codes).

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A transmission device that controls retransmission of the transmission of the packet based on the delivery confirmation information returned from the reception device, in order to cause the reception device to decode the packet that failed to be decoded in combination with the retransmitted packet without discarding. Because
A retransmission buffer that holds information bits to be transmitted for retransmission;
When a retransmission request is received as the delivery confirmation information from the receiving device, the information bit corresponding to the retransmission request held in the retransmission buffer unit and the information bit to be newly transmitted are mixed and transmitted. A packet mixing unit for generating information bits for,
When a retransmission request is received as the delivery confirmation information from the receiving device, information bits for transmission generated by the packet mixing unit are input, an error correction code is generated based on the information bits, and the error correction is performed. An encoding unit that generates and outputs a transmission code including a code;
A transmission apparatus comprising: The encoding unit generates and outputs the transmission code including the information bit to be newly transmitted and the error correction code when a retransmission request is received as the delivery confirmation information from the reception device.
The transmission apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: When the packet mixing unit receives a retransmission request as the delivery confirmation information from the receiving device, the packet mixing unit newly transmits a part of the information bits corresponding to the retransmission request held in the retransmission buffer unit Mixing information bits to generate information bits for the transmission,
The transmission device according to claim 1, wherein the transmission device is a transmission device. The packet mixing unit is configured to determine the number of information bits obtained by mixing a part of information bits corresponding to the retransmission request held in the retransmission buffer unit and the information bits to be newly transmitted, Set to the same number of bits as the total number of information bits corresponding to the retransmission request,
The transmission apparatus according to claim 3. When the packet mixing unit receives a retransmission request as the delivery confirmation information from the receiving device, the packet mixing unit sets information bits corresponding to the retransmission request held in the retransmission buffer unit held in the retransmission buffer unit. Mixing information bits obtained by rearrangement and information bits to be newly transmitted to generate information bits for the transmission;
The transmission apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transmission apparatus is a transmission apparatus. When the packet mixing unit further receives a retransmission request as the delivery confirmation information from the receiving device for the retransmitted packet, the packet mixing unit should be newly transmitted to the information bit corresponding to the retransmitted packet Mix information bits to generate information bits for transmission,
The transmission apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transmission apparatus is a transmission apparatus. The packet mixing unit replaces information bits held in the retransmission buffer unit with information bits obtained by the mixing.
The transmission apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transmission apparatus is a transmission apparatus. A transmission device that controls retransmission of the transmission of the packet based on the delivery confirmation information returned from the reception device, in order to cause the reception device to decode the packet that failed to be decoded in combination with the retransmitted packet without discarding. Because
A retransmission buffer that holds information bits to be transmitted for retransmission;
When a plurality of retransmission requests are received as the delivery confirmation information from the receiving device, information bits for transmission are mixed by mixing each information bit corresponding to the plurality of retransmission requests held in the retransmission buffer unit. A packet mixing unit to be generated;
When a retransmission request is received as the delivery confirmation information from the receiving device, information bits for transmission generated by the packet mixing unit are input, an error correction code is generated based on the information bits, and the error correction is performed. An encoding unit that generates and outputs a transmission code including a code;
A transmission apparatus comprising: The encoding unit is a turbo encoder, which generates a first parity bit and a second parity bit as the error correction code, and turbocharges the first parity bit and the second parity bit together with the input information bits. Output as a sign,
The transmission apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transmission apparatus is a transmission apparatus. The total number of bits of the information bits corresponding to the retransmission request held in the retransmission buffer unit mixed by the packet mixing unit and the number of bits of the information bits to be newly transmitted depends on the control channel. Notified to the receiving device;
The transmission device according to claim 1, wherein the transmission device is a transmission device. The number of information bits to be newly transmitted that are mixed by the packet mixing unit is notified to the receiving device by a control channel.
The transmission device according to claim 1, wherein the transmission device is a transmission device. Returning the delivery confirmation information indicating the success or failure of the received packet to the transmitting device, decoding the received packet in combination with the received packet retransmitted from the transmitting device without discarding the received packet, A receiving device for controlling retransmission,
When a retransmission request is transmitted as the delivery confirmation information to the transmission apparatus, the information bit and error correction code of a new packet received in response to the retransmission request and a new reception received in response to the retransmission request A decoding unit that simultaneously performs decoding of a packet corresponding to the retransmission request and a newly received packet corresponding to the retransmission request based on an information bit and an error correction code of the packet;
A receiving apparatus. When the decoding unit detects successful decoding of any one of the packet corresponding to the retransmission request and the newly received packet corresponding to the retransmission request, the decoding unit calculates the likelihood of the packet that has detected the success. Perform decoding processing of packets other than the packet for which the success is detected with the maximum value.
The receiving device according to claim 12. The decoding unit transmits delivery confirmation information indicating successful decoding to the transmitting device when successfully decoding both a packet corresponding to the retransmission request and a newly received packet corresponding to the retransmission request; Transmitting acknowledgment information indicating a retransmission request to the transmitting device when decoding of both a packet corresponding to the retransmission request and a newly received packet corresponding to the retransmission request is not successful;
The receiving device according to claim 12, wherein the receiving device is a receiver. Returning the delivery confirmation information indicating the success or failure of the received packet to the transmitting device, decoding the received packet in combination with the received packet retransmitted from the transmitting device without discarding the received packet, A receiving device for controlling retransmission,
When a plurality of retransmission requests are transmitted as the delivery confirmation information to the transmission device, information bits and error correction codes of new packets previously received corresponding to the retransmission requests, and corresponding to the retransmission requests A decoding unit that simultaneously performs decoding on the packet corresponding to each retransmission request based on the information bit and error correction code of one newly received packet;
A receiving apparatus. In a communication system that controls retransmission of a received packet by communicating the acknowledgment information between the receiving device and the transmitting device, and decoding the received packet that failed to be decoded in combination with the received packet that has been retransmitted without being discarded. There,
The transmitter is
A retransmission buffer that holds information bits to be transmitted for retransmission;
When a retransmission request is received as the delivery confirmation information, an information bit for transmission by mixing an information bit corresponding to the retransmission request held in the retransmission buffer unit and an information bit to be newly transmitted A packet mixing unit for generating
When a retransmission request is received as the delivery confirmation information from the receiving device, information bits for transmission generated by the packet mixing unit are input, an error correction code is generated based on the information bits, and the error correction is performed. An encoding unit that generates and outputs a transmission code including a code;
Including
The receiving device is:
When a retransmission request is transmitted as the delivery confirmation information to the transmission apparatus, the information bit and error correction code of a new packet received in response to the retransmission request and a new reception received in response to the retransmission request A decoding unit that simultaneously performs decoding of a packet corresponding to the retransmission request and a newly received packet corresponding to the retransmission request based on an information bit and an error correction code of the packet;
A communication system characterized by the above. In a communication system that controls retransmission of a received packet by communicating the acknowledgment information between the receiving device and the transmitting device, and decoding the received packet that failed to be decoded in combination with the received packet that has been retransmitted without being discarded. There,
The transmitter is
A retransmission buffer that holds information bits to be transmitted for retransmission;
When a plurality of retransmission requests are received as the delivery confirmation information from the receiving device, information bits for transmission are mixed by mixing each information bit corresponding to the plurality of retransmission requests held in the retransmission buffer unit. A packet mixing unit to be generated;
When a retransmission request is received as the delivery confirmation information from the receiving device, information bits for transmission generated by the packet mixing unit are input, an error correction code is generated based on the information bits, and the error correction is performed. An encoding unit that generates and outputs a transmission code including a code;
Including
The receiving device is:
When a plurality of retransmission requests are transmitted as the delivery confirmation information to the transmission device, information bits and error correction codes of new packets previously received corresponding to the retransmission requests, and corresponding to the retransmission requests A decoding unit that simultaneously performs decoding on the packet corresponding to each retransmission request based on the information bit and error correction code of one newly received packet;
A communication system characterized by the above. A communication method for controlling retransmission of the received packet by communicating the acknowledgment information between the receiving device and the transmitting device, and decoding the received packet that failed to be decoded in combination with the received packet retransmitted without being discarded. There,
In the transmitter,
A retransmission buffering step that retains the information bits to be transmitted for retransmission;
When a retransmission request is received as the delivery confirmation information, information bits corresponding to the retransmission request held in the retransmission buffering step and information bits to be newly transmitted are mixed and transmitted. A packet mixing step to generate information bits;
When a retransmission request is received as the delivery confirmation information from the receiving device, information bits for transmission generated by the packet mixing step are input, an error correction code is generated based on the information bits, and the error correction is performed. An encoding step for generating and outputting a transmission code including the code;
Run
In the receiving device,
When a retransmission request is transmitted as the delivery confirmation information to the transmission apparatus, the information bit and error correction code of a new packet received in response to the retransmission request and a new reception received in response to the retransmission request Based on the information bits of the packet and the error correction code, a decoding step is executed for simultaneously performing decoding on the packet corresponding to the retransmission request and the newly received packet corresponding to the retransmission request.
A communication method characterized by the above. A communication method for controlling retransmission of the received packet by communicating the acknowledgment information between the receiving device and the transmitting device, and decoding the received packet that failed to be decoded in combination with the received packet retransmitted without being discarded. There,
In the transmitter,
A retransmission buffering step that retains the information bits to be transmitted for retransmission;
Information for transmission by mixing each information bit corresponding to the plurality of retransmission requests held in the retransmission buffering step when receiving a plurality of retransmission requests as the delivery confirmation information from the receiving device A packet mixing step to generate bits;
When a retransmission request is received as the delivery confirmation information from the receiving device, information bits for transmission generated by the packet mixing unit are input, an error correction code is generated based on the information bits, and the error correction is performed. An encoding step for generating and outputting a transmission code including the code;
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In the receiving device,
When a plurality of retransmission requests are transmitted as the delivery confirmation information to the transmission device, information bits and error correction codes of new packets previously received corresponding to the retransmission requests, and corresponding to the retransmission requests Based on the information bit and error correction code of one newly received packet, execute a decoding step of simultaneously executing decoding for the packet corresponding to each retransmission request,
A communication method characterized by the above. A transmitting device,
An encoding unit that performs error correction encoding on the first data;
A transmission unit that performs transmission based on the first data that has been error correction encoded by the encoding unit;
A mixing unit that mixes all or part of the first data with the second data to obtain third data;
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The transmitter performs retransmission of the first data based on data obtained by error correction encoding the third data;
A transmission apparatus characterized by the above.

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