Techniques for implementing Reed-Solomon coding

A method for wireless communications at a network entity, comprising:

• receiving an indication that a user equipment (UE) is capable of decoding Reed-Solomon codes and that the UE is capable of performing near maximal likelihood demodulation;
• transmitting a message indicating that a Reed-Solomon code is applied to one or more scheduled signals based at least in part on the indication;
• applying Reed-Solomon coding to a signal of the one or more scheduled signals based at least in part on the message;
• and
• transmitting a downlink shared channel, the downlink shared channel comprising the signal.

An apparatus for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

• a processor;
• memory coupled with the processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
• transmit an indication that the UE is capable of decoding Reed-Solomon codes and that the UE is capable of performing near maximal likelihood demodulation;
• receive a message indicating that a Reed-Solomon code is applied to one or more scheduled signals based at least in part on the indication;
• receive a downlink shared channel;
• and
• apply near maximal likelihood demodulation and Reed-Solomon decoding to a received signal of the one or more scheduled signals based at least in part on the message, the downlink shared channel comprising the received signal.

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

• a processor;
• memory coupled with the processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
• receive an indication that a user equipment (UE) is capable of decoding Reed-Solomon codes and that the UE is capable of performing near maximal likelihood demodulation;
• transmit a message indicating that a Reed-Solomon code is applied to one or more scheduled signals based at least in part on the indication;
• apply Reed-Solomon coding to a signal of the one or more scheduled signals based at least in part on the message;
• and
• transmit a downlink shared channel, the downlink shared channel comprising the signal.