Skipping downlink channel monitoring

An apparatus for wireless communication at a network node, comprising:

• one or more memories;
• and
• one or more processors, coupled to the one or more memories, configured to cause the network node to:
• transmit downlink control information (DCI) that includes a PDCCH monitoring adaptation field indicating to skip PDCCH monitoring for a duration on an active downlink bandwidth part (BWP) of a serving cell;
• and
• receive a negative acknowledgement (NACK), in accordance with a feedback mode, based at least in part on an incorrectly decoded physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission, wherein PDCCH monitoring for PDCCH candidates carrying groupcast scheduling DCIs is performed, and PDCCH monitoring for PDCCH candidates carrying unicast scheduling DCIs is skipped.

A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

• receiving downlink control information (DCI) that includes a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring adaptation field indicating to skip PDCCH monitoring for a duration on an active downlink bandwidth part (BWP) of a serving cell;
• transmitting a NACK, in accordance with a feedback mode, based at least in part on an incorrectly decoded physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission, wherein the feedback mode is a NACK-only feedback mode or an acknowledgement (ACK)-NACK feedback mode;
• and
• performing, based at least in part on the NACK, PDCCH monitoring for PDCCH candidates carrying groupcast scheduling DCIs;
• and
• skipping, based at least in part on the NACK, PDCCH monitoring for PDCCH candidates carrying unicast scheduling DCIs.