Uplink hybrid automatic repeat request (harq) mode restriction for a radio bearer of application layer measurement reporting

A user equipment (UE), comprising:

• a transceiver;
• and
• a processor configured to:
• perform an application layer measurement or a quality of experience (QoE) measurement for an application executing on the UE;
• prepare a radio resource control (RRC) signaling message for reporting the application layer measurement or the QoE measurement, via the transceiver, using a radio bearer to a base station or a network;
• determine a content of the RRC signaling message;
• and
• based on the determination of the content of the RRC signaling message, determine a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) mode corresponding to the radio bearer for reporting the application layer measurement or the QoE measurement.

A base station, comprising:

• a transceiver;
• and
• a processor configured to:
• transmit, to a user equipment (UE) and via the transceiver, a configuration for a signaling radio bearer 4 (SRB4) for reporting of an application layer measurement or a quality of experience (QoE) measurement to a core network or the base station;
• and
• transmit, to the UE and via the transceiver, a configuration for a logical channel (LCH) corresponding to the SRB4, and a configuration of an uplink (UL) hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) mode restriction corresponding to the LCH.