Sub-data Block Retransmission for Communication Efficiency

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Solution Overview

Problem

During data transmission, erroneous data blocks are often transmitted, leading to poor retransmission accuracy and inefficient use of transmission resources, as existing methods do not accurately identify and retransmit only the erroneous sub-data blocks.

Innovation Solution

A method where sub-data blocks that need retransmission are combined into a target data block when a predetermined condition is met, such as a specific number or service type, allowing for more accurate retransmission and efficient use of transmission resources by sending the combined blocks.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If the entire data block is retransmitted when errors occur, then the retransmission process is simple, but the retransmission accuracy is poor and transmission resources are wasted

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveretransmission accuracyVSAvoidretransmission process complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The data block is divided into multiple sub-data blocks, allowing the system to identify and retransmit only the erroneous sub-data blocks rather than the entire data block. This segmentation enables precise error localization and targeted retransmission, improving retransmission accuracy while reducing unnecessary transmission of correct data.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system extracts and identifies only the erroneous sub-data blocks from the data block and requests retransmission of these specific segments. By taking out only the problematic portions for retransmission, the system avoids wasting resources on correctly transmitted data while ensuring accurate retransmission of erroneous data.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

2Reliability

If sub-data blocks are retransmitted separately, then retransmission accuracy is improved, but transmission resources are occupied inefficiently

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveretransmission accuracyVSAvoiddata transmission efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

Multiple erroneous sub-data blocks are combined into a single target data block for retransmission. This merging approach allows the system to transmit multiple corrected data segments in one retransmission operation, improving transmission efficiency by reducing the number of separate retransmission operations while maintaining the accuracy benefits of sub-data block-level correction.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The target data block serves multiple functions: it contains corrected sub-data blocks, provides accurate retransmission of erroneous data, and efficiently utilizes transmission resources by consolidating multiple retransmission operations into a single operation. This multi-functional approach optimizes both accuracy and efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Productivity

If more sub-data blocks are combined into a target data block, then transmission efficiency is improved, but the complexity of determining combination conditions increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata transmission efficiencyVSAvoidcombination condition determination complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system uses predetermined conditions based on parameters such as the number of erroneous sub-data blocks and their service types to determine when to combine them into a target data block. By changing these parameters as combination criteria, the system achieves efficient consolidation while maintaining simple, rule-based decision logic that does not significantly increase complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentEP3633897B1Data transmission method and apparatus
Publication Date: 2023.07.05 BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO LTD
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AI summary

The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for transmitting data, pertaining to the technical field of communications. The method includes: receiving at least one retransmission request, wherein a retransmission request is configured to request retransmission of the erroneous sub-data blocks in the previously transmitted data block; combining the sub-data blocks that need to be retransmitted into a target data block when the sub-data blocks that need to be retransmitted satisfy a predetermined condition; and sending the target data block to a second communication device. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, retransmission may be more accurately carried out for the erroneous data in the data block, and thus the retransmission accuracy is improved. Meanwhile, the merged sub-data blocks may be retransmitted in the form of the target data block, so that more data may be transmitted over an allocated transmission resource, not only the occupation of the transmission resources is reduced but also more data may be transmitted at one time over the transmission resource, thereby improving data transmission efficiency.