Increasing capacity in wireless communications

A user equipment (UE) configured for wireless communication, comprising:

• a processing unit;
• a memory communicatively coupled to the processing unit;
• and
• transmit circuitry communicatively coupled to the processing unit, wherein the processing unit is configured to:
• during a first allotted transmission time interval (TTI) comprising a plurality of slots, demodulate a composite channel comprising a plurality of transport channels;
• determine whether to attempt to decode a first transport channel of the plurality of transport channels before receiving all slots of the plurality of slots of the first allotted TTI;
• attempt to decode said first transport channel in response to said determining whether to attempt to decode;
• terminate slot decoding for the first transport channel prior to an end of the first allotted TTI based at least in part on a successful decoding of the first transport channel, wherein the determining whether to attempt to decode is by reference to an integer N, wherein the attempt is made before receiving all slots of the plurality of slots of the first allotted TTI based on an interval of N slots within the first allotted TTI;
• and
• transmit an acknowledgment message (ACK) for at least one of the transport channels during the first allotted TTI, based at least in part on the successful decoding of the first transport channel and terminating the slot decoding.

A user equipment (UE) configured for wireless communication, comprising:

• means for, during a first allotted transmission time interval (TTI) comprising a plurality of slots, demodulating a composite channel comprising a plurality of transport channels;
• means for determining whether to attempt to decode a first transport channel of the plurality of transport channels before receiving all slots of the plurality of slots of the first allotted TTI;
• means for attempting to decode said first transport channel in response to said determining whether to attempt to decode;
• means for terminating slot decoding for the first transport channel prior to an end of the first allotted TTI based at least in part on a successful decoding of the first transport channel,
• wherein the means for determining whether to attempt to decode is configured to determine whether to attempt to decode by reference to an integer N, wherein the attempt is made before receiving all slots of the plurality of slots of the first allotted TTI based on an interval of N slots within the first allotted TTI;
• and
• means for transmitting an acknowledgment message (ACK) for at least one of the transport channels during the first allotted TTI, based at least in part on the successful decoding of the first transport channel and terminating the slot decoding.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable code, comprising:

• instructions for causing a computer to, during a first allotted transmission time interval (TTI) comprising a plurality of slots, demodulate a composite channel comprising a plurality of transport channels;
• instructions for causing a computer to determine whether to attempt to decode a first transport channel of the plurality of transport channels before receiving all slots of the plurality of slots of the first allotted TTI;
• instructions for causing a computer to attempt to decode said first transport channel in response to said determining whether to attempt to decode;
• instructions for causing a computer to terminate slot decoding for the first transport channel prior to an end of the first allotted TTI based at least in part on a successful decoding of the first transport channel,
• wherein the instructions for causing a computer to determine whether to attempt to decode are configured to attempt to decode by reference to an integer N, wherein the attempt is made before receiving all slots of the plurality of slots of the first allotted TTI based on an interval of N slots within the first allotted TTI;
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• instructions for causing a computer to transmit an acknowledgment message (ACK) for at least one of the transport channels during the first allotted TTI, based at least in part on the successful decoding of the first transport channel and terminating the slot decoding.