Early radio link control retransmission

A method for wireless communications at a first wireless communication device, comprising:

• receiving an indication of triggering criteria associated with a radio link control early retransmission procedure;
• performing one or more transmissions of a packet to a second wireless communication device;
• starting a timer associated with the radio link control early retransmission procedure based at least in part on satisfaction of the triggering criteria for the packet;
• and
• evaluating whether to retransmit the packet to the second wireless communication device based at least in part on an expiration status of the timer or on reception of a status report from the second wireless communication device.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communications, the code comprising instructions executable by one or more processors to:

• receive an indication of triggering criteria associated with a radio link control early retransmission procedure;
• perform one or more transmissions of a packet to a second wireless communication device;
• start a timer associated with the radio link control early retransmission procedure based at least in part on satisfaction of the triggering criteria for the packet;
• and
• evaluate whether to retransmit the packet to the second wireless communication device based at least in part on an expiration status of the timer or on reception of a status report from the second wireless communication device.