An apparatus, comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: receive a forwarding time parameter for at least one data packet, wherein the forwarding time parameter is associated with a hybrid automatic repeat request process; the receive the forwarding time parameter comprises: receive a radio resource control configuration comprising a mapping between values of the forwarding time parameter and values of a downlink control information field comprising an indication of the forwarding time parameter; and receive an indication of the forwarding time parameter in a downlink control information; receive the at least one data packet; assign the at least one data packet to a hybrid automatic repeat request buffer and hold the at least one data packet in the hybrid automatic repeat request buffer until a delivery time; determine a delivery time for the at least one data packet based on the forwarding time parameter; deliver the at least one data packet from the hybrid automatic repeat request buffer to at least one higher protocol layer, in response to detecting the delivery time has been reached. at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: receive a forwarding time parameter for at least one data packet, wherein the forwarding time parameter is associated with a hybrid automatic repeat request process; the receive the forwarding time parameter comprises: receive a radio resource control configuration comprising a mapping between values of the forwarding time parameter and values of a downlink control information field comprising an indication of the forwarding time parameter; and receive an indication of the forwarding time parameter in a downlink control information; receive the at least one data packet; assign the at least one data packet to a hybrid automatic repeat request buffer and hold the at least one data packet in the hybrid automatic repeat request buffer until a delivery time; determine a delivery time for the at least one data packet based on the forwarding time parameter; deliver the at least one data packet from the hybrid automatic repeat request buffer to at least one higher protocol layer, in response to detecting the delivery time has been reached. receive a radio resource control configuration comprising a mapping between values of the forwarding time parameter and values of a downlink control information field comprising an indication of the forwarding time parameter; and receive an indication of the forwarding time parameter in a downlink control information; receive the at least one data packet; assign the at least one data packet to a hybrid automatic repeat request buffer and hold the at least one data packet in the hybrid automatic repeat request buffer until a delivery time; determine a delivery time for the at least one data packet based on the forwarding time parameter; deliver the at least one data packet from the hybrid automatic repeat request buffer to at least one higher protocol layer, in response to detecting the delivery time has been reached.