US Patent 11496251 HARQ resource allocation for MLC-MSD

The apparatus, which may be a receiving device, is disclosed. The apparatus may receive at least one HARQ retransmission of at least one first bit. The HARQ retransmission may be associated with an MLC scheme including MSD. The MLC scheme may include a plurality of bits with the at least one first bit and at least one second bit. The apparatus may decode the at least one first bit of the MLC scheme based on the at least one HARQ retransmission. The apparatus may determine whether the at least one first bit of the MLC scheme is decoded successfully. The apparatus may decode, upon determining that the at least one first bit of the MLC scheme is decoded successfully, the at least one second bit of the MLC scheme based on at least one ARQ retransmission of the at least one second bit.