Method and apparatus for performing harq operation

A wireless user device comprising:

• a transceiver;
• a processor;
• and
• a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the wireless user device to:
• receive, from a network, at least one message associated with sidelink communication comprising:
• a first parameter indicating a starting symbol for sidelink communication;
• and
• a second parameter indicating a quantity of symbols for sidelink communication;
• receive downlink control information (DCI), associated with sidelink communication, comprising a field indicating a slot offset, wherein the slot offset is associated with a quantity of slots between a first slot in which the DCI is received and a second slot for a scheduled sidelink transmission;
• transmit, during at least one symbol of the second slot, sidelink data from the wireless user device to one or more second wireless user devices, wherein transmitting the sidelink data is based on:
• the first parameter;
• the second parameter;
• and
• the slot offset;
• and
• receive, from the one or more second wireless user devices, a response to the sidelink data.