US 12,238,582 B2
Communication device and communication method
Yusuke Tanaka, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/603,764
Filed by SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Feb. 27, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/008112
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 14, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/217704, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 29, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-082358 (JP), filed on Apr. 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0182884 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 28/14 (2009.01); H04L 1/08 (2006.01); H04W 28/04 (2009.01); H04W 28/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 28/14 (2013.01) [H04L 1/08 (2013.01); H04W 28/04 (2013.01); H04W 28/12 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A communication device, comprising:
a first queue for each of a plurality of bands, wherein the first queue is configured to store first data for transmission in each band of the plurality of bands;
a second queue, common to at least two bands of the plurality of bands, wherein the second queue is configured to:
store second data that includes retransmission data, and
store the retransmission data together with information associated with a first band of a first transmission of the first data; and
a control unit configured to:
control the transmission of the first data in the each band of the plurality of bands,
control transmission of the second data with a second priority, wherein the second priority of the second data is higher than a first priority of the first data, and
control transmission of information associated with both the first queue and the second queue.