Early termination of a hybrid automatic repeat request re-transmission of a discontinuous reception configuration

A network node for wireless communication, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• one or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to:
• output for transmission configuration information indicative of a downlink feedback indicator (DFI) field of a downlink control information (DCI) format;
• and
• output for transmission DCI corresponding to the DCI format, wherein the DCI comprises the DFI field, wherein the DFI field is indicative of at least one DFI value indicating that a user equipment (UE) is to terminate a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) re-transmission operation associated with a discontinuous reception cycle, wherein the configuration information indicates that the UE is to transition from a first state to a second state based on termination of the HARQ re-transmission operation, wherein the second state comprises a power-saving state.

A method of wireless communication performed by an apparatus at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

• receiving downlink control information (DCI) comprising a downlink feedback indicator (DFI) field indicative of at least one DFI value;
• terminating a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) re-transmission operation associated with a discontinuous reception cycle based on receiving the DCI;
• and
• transitioning from a first state to a second state based on terminating the HARQ re-transmission operation, wherein the second state comprises a power-saving state.