Techniques for controlling hybrid automatic repeat request (harq)

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 a first uplink message corresponding to a first hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) identifier;
• receive, in a first HARQ monitoring occasion associated with the first HARQ identifier, a first positive acknowledgment HARQ message;
• refrain, when in a first HARQ skipping mode, from monitoring a first subsequent HARQ monitoring occasion associated with the first HARQ identifier based at least in part on receiving the first positive acknowledgment HARQ message;
• enter a periodic evaluation mode after a time threshold of operating in the first HARQ skipping mode;
• transmit a second uplink message corresponding to a second HARQ identifier;
• receive, in a second HARQ monitoring occasion associated with the second HARQ identifier, a second positive acknowledgment HARQ message;
• and
• monitor, when in the periodic evaluation mode, a second subsequent HARQ monitoring occasion associated with the second HARQ identifier based at least in part on receiving the second positive acknowledgment HARQ message.

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

• means for transmitting a first uplink message corresponding to a first hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) identifier;
• means for receiving, in a first HARQ monitoring occasion associated with the first HARQ identifier, a first positive acknowledgment HARQ message;
• means for refraining, when in a first HARQ skipping mode, from monitoring a first subsequent HARQ monitoring occasion associated with the first HARQ identifier based at least in part on receiving the first positive acknowledgment HARQ message;
• means for entering a periodic evaluation mode after a time threshold of operating in the first HARQ skipping mode;
• means for transmitting a second uplink message corresponding to a second HARQ identifier;
• means for receiving, in a second HARQ monitoring occasion associated with the second HARQ identifier, a second positive acknowledgment HARQ message;
• and
• means for monitoring, when in the periodic evaluation mode, a second subsequent HARQ monitoring occasion associated with the second HARQ identifier based at least in part on receiving the second positive acknowledgment HARQ message.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE), the code comprising instructions executable by a processor to:

• transmit a first uplink message corresponding to a first hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) identifier;
• receive, in a first HARQ monitoring occasion associated with the first HARQ identifier, a first positive acknowledgment HARQ message;
• refrain, when in a first HARQ skipping mode, from monitoring a first subsequent HARQ monitoring occasion associated with the first HARQ identifier based at least in part on receiving the first positive acknowledgment HARQ message;
• enter a periodic evaluation mode after a time threshold of operating in the first HARQ skipping mode;
• transmit a second uplink message corresponding to a second HARQ identifier;
• receive, in a second HARQ monitoring occasion associated with the second HARQ identifier, a second positive acknowledgment HARQ message;
• and
• monitor, when in the periodic evaluation mode, a second subsequent HARQ monitoring occasion associated with the second HARQ identifier based at least in part on receiving the second positive acknowledgment HARQ message.