A user equipment for physical layer automatic repeat request is disclosed. The user equipment comprises a higher layer automatic repeat request (ARQ) mechanism, a physical layer transmitter, a physical layer receiver, an acknowledgment (ACK) transmitter and an adaptive modulation and control unit (AMC)....http://www.google.com.au/patents/US8102801?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8102801 - User equipment for physical layer automatic repeat request