USER EQUIPMENT (UE) REPORTING OF QUANTITY OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (ACKs) IN BUNDLED ACKNOWLEDGEMENT (ACK) CODEBOOK

An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

• at least one memory comprising instructions;
• and
• at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to cause the apparatus to:
• output, for transmission, downlink transmissions;
• and
• obtain an acknowledgement (ACK) payload comprising a modified original ACK codebook and information related to a quantity of one or more positive acknowledgements for the downlink transmissions.

A method for wireless communication at a wireless node, comprising:

• obtaining downlink transmissions;
• generating an original acknowledgement (ACK) codebook based on whether each of the downlink transmissions is successfully decoded;
• modifying the original ACK codebook by transforming a plurality of bits of the original ACK codebook;
• generating an ACK payload comprising the modified original ACK codebook and information related to a quantity of one or more positive acknowledgements for the downlink transmissions;
• and
• outputting, for transmission, the ACK payload.