Hybrid automatic repeat request feedback for outer loop adaptation for 5g or other next generation network

A system, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
• based on a demodulation reference signal interference to noise ratio, estimating a data packet decoding quality associated with a first modulation and coding scheme that is greater than a second modulation and encoding scheme associated with a current data packet;
• in response to estimating the data packet decoding quality, adding an implementation margin to the data packet decoding quality, resulting in a margined data packet decoding quality;
• in response to a value associated with the margined data packet decoding quality being determined to be greater than a threshold value, transmitting, to network equipment, acknowledgement data indicative of a request to the network equipment, wherein the acknowledgement data is encoded with acknowledgement plus data;
• and
• in response to transmitting the acknowledgement data, receiving an adjusted modulation and coding scheme that is different than the first modulation and coding scheme.

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

• based on a demodulation reference signal interference to noise ratio, estimating a data packet decoding quality associated with a first modulation and coding scheme, which is greater than a second modulation and encoding scheme associated with a current data packet;
• in response to estimating the data packet decoding quality, adjusting the data packet decoding quality to include an implementation margin, resulting in an adjusted data packet decoding quality;
• in response to a value associated with the adjusted data packet decoding quality being determined to be greater than a threshold value, transmitting, to network equipment, acknowledgement data indicative of a request to the network equipment, wherein the acknowledgement data is encoded with acknowledgement plus data;
• and
• in response to transmitting the acknowledgement data, receiving an adjusted modulation and coding scheme that is different than the first modulation and coding scheme.