Patent ID: 11876635
Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 25:
26. An apparatus for wireless communications at an access network entity, comprising:
a processor,
memory coupled with the processor; and
instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
transmit, to a plurality of user equipment (UEs), a new transmission of multicast data;
determine to transmit a retransmission of the multicast data; and
transmit a message in a downlink control channel, the message comprising an identifier that is a first group radio network temporary identifier or a retransmission indicator bit indicating that a downlink shared channel comprises the retransmission of the multicast data, wherein the retransmission includes same multicast data as the new transmission, and the message comprises an identifier indicating the retransmission of the multicast data and differentiating the retransmission of the multicast data from the new transmission of the multicast data.