An apparatus of user equipment, UE, comprising: a transceiver configured to communicate with a base station using quasi-orthogonal multiple access, QOMA, resources in QOMA regions, the QOMA regions comprising an orthogonal multiple access, OMA, region and a non-orthogonal multiple access, NOMA, region (320, 330), the OMA region comprising OMA resources in which UEs are allocated orthogonal resources, the NOMA region (320, 330) comprising NOMA resources in which UEs are allocated non-orthogonal resources; and processing circuitry arranged to: configure the transceiver to receive an allocation of QOMA resources, the QOMA resources comprising the NOMA resources and the OMA resources; configure the transceiver to receive assignment of at least one of a maximum allowed NOMA rate and a maximum allowed NOMA Modulation and Coding Scheme, MCS; configure the transceiver to transmit a first set of data using the NOMA resources, the first set of data comprising at most a predetermined number of packets and being transmitted at at most the maximum allowed NOMA rate and/or the maximum allowed NOMA MCS; configure the transceiver to transmit a second set of data using the OMA resources, the second set of data comprising at least one of greater than the predetermined number of packets and transmitted at at least one of greater than the maximum allowed NOMA rate and/or the maximum allowed NOMA MCS; and retransmit the first set of data using the NOMA resources, using a data rate and a Modulation and Coding Scheme, MCS, associated with the initial transmission of the first set of data, in response to determining an acknowledgement, ACK, response to the initial transmission of the first set of data has not been received from the base station. a transceiver configured to communicate with a base station using quasi-orthogonal multiple access, QOMA, resources in QOMA regions, the QOMA regions comprising an orthogonal multiple access, OMA, region and a non-orthogonal multiple access, NOMA, region (320, 330), the OMA region comprising OMA resources in which UEs are allocated orthogonal resources, the NOMA region (320, 330) comprising NOMA resources in which UEs are allocated non-orthogonal resources; and processing circuitry arranged to: configure the transceiver to receive an allocation of QOMA resources, the QOMA resources comprising the NOMA resources and the OMA resources; configure the transceiver to receive assignment of at least one of a maximum allowed NOMA rate and a maximum allowed NOMA Modulation and Coding Scheme, MCS; configure the transceiver to transmit a first set of data using the NOMA resources, the first set of data comprising at most a predetermined number of packets and being transmitted at at most the maximum allowed NOMA rate and/or the maximum allowed NOMA MCS; configure the transceiver to transmit a second set of data using the OMA resources, the second set of data comprising at least one of greater than the predetermined number of packets and transmitted at at least one of greater than the maximum allowed NOMA rate and/or the maximum allowed NOMA MCS; and retransmit the first set of data using the NOMA resources, using a data rate and a Modulation and Coding Scheme, MCS, associated with the initial transmission of the first set of data, in response to determining an acknowledgement, ACK, response to the initial transmission of the first set of data has not been received from the base station. configure the transceiver to receive an allocation of QOMA resources, the QOMA resources comprising the NOMA resources and the OMA resources; configure the transceiver to receive assignment of at least one of a maximum allowed NOMA rate and a maximum allowed NOMA Modulation and Coding Scheme, MCS; configure the transceiver to transmit a first set of data using the NOMA resources, the first set of data comprising at most a predetermined number of packets and being transmitted at at most the maximum allowed NOMA rate and/or the maximum allowed NOMA MCS; configure the transceiver to transmit a second set of data using the OMA resources, the second set of data comprising at least one of greater than the predetermined number of packets and transmitted at at least one of greater than the maximum allowed NOMA rate and/or the maximum allowed NOMA MCS; and retransmit the first set of data using the NOMA resources, using a data rate and a Modulation and Coding Scheme, MCS, associated with the initial transmission of the first set of data, in response to determining an acknowledgement, ACK, response to the initial transmission of the first set of data has not been received from the base station.