Method and apparatus for autonomous reliability enhancements in mobile communications

A method, comprising:

• performing, by a processor of an apparatus, an uplink (UL) transmission on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH);
• receiving, by the processor, a feedback corresponding to the UL transmission from a network node on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), wherein the feedback indicates that the UL transmission was not successfully received by the network node;
• and
• applying, by the processor, a reliability enhancement mechanism to subsequent UL transmissions or retransmissions on the PUSCH based on the feedback;
• wherein the reliability enhancement mechanism is applied to avoid a survival time from being exceeded, and wherein the survival time indicates a maximum time period that an application consuming a communication service is allowed to continue without receiving an anticipated message.