A receiving network device for wireless communication comprising a transceiver and a processor, wherein: • the transceiver is configured to: ∘ receive a hybrid automatic repeat request, HARQ, transmission from a transmitting network device, wherein the HARQ transmission comprises at least one first segment of consecutive forward error correction, FEC, encoded bits stored in a buffer of the transmitting network device, and • the processor is configured to: ∘ detect one or more residual errors in the received HARQ transmission; ∘ send a retransmission request comprising a retransmission indication for at least one second segment of consecutive FEC encoded bits stored in the buffer of the transmitting network device, wherein the retransmission indication comprises: ▪ a negative acknowledgement, NACK, signal, and ▪ an indication of a dynamically determined starting position of the at least one second segment of consecutive FEC encoded bits, and ∘ perform the dynamic determination of the starting position of the at least one second segment of consecutive FEC encoded bits based on minimizing a sum reliability of segments of consecutive FEC decoded bits stored in a buffer of the receiving network device. • the transceiver is configured to: ∘ receive a hybrid automatic repeat request, HARQ, transmission from a transmitting network device, wherein the HARQ transmission comprises at least one first segment of consecutive forward error correction, FEC, encoded bits stored in a buffer of the transmitting network device, and ∘ receive a hybrid automatic repeat request, HARQ, transmission from a transmitting network device, wherein the HARQ transmission comprises at least one first segment of consecutive forward error correction, FEC, encoded bits stored in a buffer of the transmitting network device, and • the processor is configured to: ∘ detect one or more residual errors in the received HARQ transmission; ∘ send a retransmission request comprising a retransmission indication for at least one second segment of consecutive FEC encoded bits stored in the buffer of the transmitting network device, wherein the retransmission indication comprises: ▪ a negative acknowledgement, NACK, signal, and ▪ an indication of a dynamically determined starting position of the at least one second segment of consecutive FEC encoded bits, and ∘ perform the dynamic determination of the starting position of the at least one second segment of consecutive FEC encoded bits based on minimizing a sum reliability of segments of consecutive FEC decoded bits stored in a buffer of the receiving network device. ∘ detect one or more residual errors in the received HARQ transmission; ∘ send a retransmission request comprising a retransmission indication for at least one second segment of consecutive FEC encoded bits stored in the buffer of the transmitting network device, wherein the retransmission indication comprises: ▪ a negative acknowledgement, NACK, signal, and ▪ an indication of a dynamically determined starting position of the at least one second segment of consecutive FEC encoded bits, and ▪ a negative acknowledgement, NACK, signal, and ▪ an indication of a dynamically determined starting position of the at least one second segment of consecutive FEC encoded bits, and ∘ perform the dynamic determination of the starting position of the at least one second segment of consecutive FEC encoded bits based on minimizing a sum reliability of segments of consecutive FEC decoded bits stored in a buffer of the receiving network device.