Downlink control information for dormancy indication and one-shot hybrid automatic repeat request feedback

An apparatus for wireless communication at a network entity, comprising:

• one or more memories;
• and
• one or more processors coupled to the one or more memories, the one or more processors individually or collectively configured to:
• transmit, via a control channel in a primary cell, a secondary cell (SCell) dormancy indication and a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback indication in a downlink control information (DCI) message,
• wherein the DCI message has a format associated with downlink scheduling,
• wherein, when the DCI message does not schedule downlink data, the DCI message includes a field for the SCell dormancy indication and a bit for the HARQ feedback indication, and
• wherein a validity of the SCell dormancy indication depends on whether the bit for the HARQ feedback indication triggers HARQ feedback.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions for wireless communication, the set of instructions comprising:

• one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a network entity, cause the network entity to:
• transmit, via a control channel in a primary cell, a secondary cell (SCell) dormancy indication and a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback indication in a downlink control information (DCI) message,
• wherein the DCI message has a format associated with downlink scheduling,
• wherein, when the DCI message does not schedule downlink data, the DCI message includes a field for the SCell dormancy indication and a bit for the HARQ feedback indication, and
• wherein a validity of the SCell dormancy indication depends on whether the bit for the HARQ feedback indication triggers HARQ feedback.

An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

• means for generating a downlink control information (DCI) message including a secondary cell (SCell) dormancy indication and a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback indication,
• wherein the DCI message has a format associated with downlink scheduling,
• wherein, when the DCI message does not schedule downlink data, the DCI message includes a field for the SCell dormancy indication and a bit for the HARQ feedback indication, and
• wherein a validity of the SCell dormancy indication depends on whether the bit for the HARQ feedback indication triggers HARQ feedback;
• and
• means for transmitting the DCI message via a control channel in a primary cell.