Methods, architectures, apparatuses and systems for network coding control

A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) comprising circuitry, including any of a transmitter, a receiver, a processor, and a memory, wherein the circuitry is configured to:

• receive configuration information from a network, wherein the configuration information indicates a first network coding (NC) configuration and a second NC configuration, wherein the first NC configuration indicates (i) a first condition associated with a first amount of missing service data units (SDUs) and (ii) a missing SDU event condition, and wherein any of the first NC configuration and the second NC configuration indicate a switching prohibit duration;
• send to the network a first set of network coded packets according to the first NC configuration;
• receive from the network a first plurality of status reports associated with the first set of network coded packets;
• determine that a first number of status reports of the first plurality of status reports for which the first condition is satisfied, satisfy the missing SDU event condition;
• and
• send to the network a second set of network coded packets according to the second NC configuration based on the first number of status reports satisfying the missing SDU event condition, wherein the second NC configuration is applied for at least the switching prohibit duration.