Continuous rate-matching for harq re-transmission

An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

• one or more memories, individually or in combination, having instructions;
• and
• one or more processors, individually or in combination, configured to execute the instructions and cause the apparatus to:
• encode data for a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process as a plurality of encoded bits;
• select a subset of the plurality of encoded bits for a transmission based on a constant number of bits for the HARQ process and a redundancy version of the transmission;
• transmit control information including a redundancy version identifier (RVID) field that indicates the selected redundancy version;
• and
• transmit the subset of the plurality of encoded bits according to the control information.

A method of wireless communication, comprising:

• receiving control information including a redundancy version identifier (RVID) field associated with a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process;
• loading coded bits of a transmission scheduled by the control information starting at a starting position within a circular buffer based on the RVID and a constant number of bits for the HARQ process;
• and
• decoding the coded bits within the circular buffer.

A method of wireless communication, comprising:

• encoding data for a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process as a plurality of encoded bits;
• selecting a subset of the plurality of encoded bits for a transmission based on a constant number of bits for the HARQ process and a redundancy version of the transmission;
• transmitting control information including a redundancy version identifier (RVID) field that indicates the selected redundancy version;
• and
• transmitting the subset of the plurality of encoded bits according to the control information.