Dynamic HARQ buffer management

A method of communicating in accordance with a hybrid automatic repeat request protocol, the method comprising:

• receiving a communication message including soft-bit values, the soft-bit values representing reliability information for received verification data verifying proper transmission of the communication message;
• and
• dynamically managing storage of the soft-bit values in a storage unit in dependency of a relevance criterion indicative of a future relevance of individual soft-bit values or groups thereof for processing of a previously unsuccessfully interpreted part of a transmitted transport block so that soft-bit values failing to fulfill at least one relevance criteria are not maintained in the storage unit.

A non transitory computer-readable medium, in which a communication computer program in accordance with a hybrid automatic repeat request protocol is stored, which computer program, when being executed by a processor, is configured to:

• receive a communication message including soft-bit values, the soft-bit values representing reliability information for received verification data verifying proper transmission of the communication message;
• and
• dynamically manage storage of the soft-bit values in a storage unit in dependency of a relevance criterion indicative of a future relevance of individual soft-bit values or groups thereof for processing of a previously unsuccessfully interpreted part of a transmitted transport block so that soft-bit values failing to fulfill at least one relevance criteria are not maintained in the storage unit.