Dynamic packet re-ordering, discarding, and flow switching

A first communication device, comprising:

• at least one processor configured to:
• establish, with a second communication device, a communication session comprising at least a first traffic flow, wherein the establishing of the communication session comprises receiving a packet discard indication corresponding to the first traffic flow, wherein the packet discard indication comprises a first flow identifier corresponding to the first traffic flow, and wherein the packet discard indication is indicative that an out-of-sequence packet that comprises the first flow identifier is indicative of a packet of the first traffic flow having been discarded by the second communication device;
• receive, from the second communication device, a first packet comprising the first flow identifier;
• receive, from the second communication device, a second packet comprising the first flow identifier;
• determine that the second packet is out-of-sequence with respect to the first packet to result in a determined out-of-sequence packet;
• and
• based on the determined out-of-sequence packet being indicative of at least a third packet of the first traffic flow having been discarded by the second communication device, refrain from transmitting a negative acknowledgment corresponding to the third packet.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a user equipment, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

• receiving, by the user equipment, from a radio access network node, a radio resource control message comprising a downlink control information format indication indicative of a downlink control information format, wherein the downlink control information format comprises a protocol data unit discard indication corresponding to a communication session between the user equipment and the radio access network node, wherein the communication session comprises at least a first protocol data unit set, and wherein the protocol data unit discard indication is indicative that an out-of-sequence data unit of the first protocol data unit set is to be indicative of a data unit of the first protocol data unit set being discarded by the radio access network node;
• receiving, by the user equipment from the radio access network node, an out-of-sequence data unit corresponding to the first protocol data unit set to result in a received out-of-sequence data unit;
• and
• based on the receiving of the received out-of-sequence data unit, according to the protocol data unit discard indication, determining, by the user equipment, to refrain from the transmitting, to the radio access network node, of a negative acknowledgement corresponding to the out-of-sequence data unit.