Communicating information plus an indication of transmission time

A method for wireless communication, comprising:

• receiving a first encoded message during a first transmission time, the first encoded message comprising a transport block cyclically shifted a first bit length;
• receiving a second encoded message during a second transmission time, the second encoded message comprising the transport block cyclically shifted a second bit length;
• identifying a relative time distance between the first transmission time and the second transmission time;
• and
• identifying the difference between the first bit length and the second bit length based at least in part on the identifier relative time distance.

A method for wireless communication, comprising:

• obtaining a decoded transport block that is cyclically shifted a first bit length, the transport block comprising an information component and an error detection code;
• performing an error detection procedure on the transport block by reverse cyclically shifting the transport block for each of one or more other bit lengths;
• identifying the first bit length based at least in part on the error detection procedure passing for the first bit length;
• determining that the error detection procedure passes for at least two of the one or more other bit lengths;
• identifying the at least two of the one or more other bit lengths as candidate bit lengths;
• and
• accessing preconfigured information to identify the first bit length from the candidate bit lengths.

An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

• a processor;
• memory in electronic communication with the processor;
• and
• the processor and memory configured to:
• identify a transport block for transmission comprising an information component and an error detection code;
• transmit a first encoded message during a first transmission time, the first encoded message obtained by encoding the transport block cyclically shifted a first bit length;
• and
• transmit a second encoded message during a second transmission time, the second encoded message obtained by encoding the transport block cyclically shifted a second bit length, wherein a relative time distance between the first transmission time and the second transmission time conveys an indication of the difference between the first bit length and the second bit length.