Hybrid automatic repeat request buffer management

An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor coupled to the memory, the processor and the memory configured to:
• drop, in response to a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) budget that is exceeded relative to a number of active HARQ processes, according to one or more rules, at least one of the transmissions or one or more transport blocks (TBs) associated with the at least one of the transmissions from being processed,
• process the remaining transmissions, and
• take one or more actions based on the processed remaining transmissions.

An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

• a memory;
• a processor coupled to the memory, the processor and the memory configured to:
• drop, in response to a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) budget that is exceeded relative to a number of active HARQ processes, according to one or more rules, at least one of the transmissions or one or more transport blocks (TBs) associated with the at least one of the transmissions from being processed;
• and
• a transmitter configured to transmit the remaining transmissions to the one or more UEs.