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5G HARQ Explained: Soft Combining, HARQ Processes, ACK/NACK Timing, Codebook Types, Spatial Bundling, and 4G vs 5G Differences (Article)
Introduction * HARQ is one of the most important reliability mechanisms in the 5G MAC layer. It directly affects retransmission speed, uplink control overhead, latency, and overall scheduling efficiency. * In simple words, HARQ gives 5G a fast retransmission loop. It helps recover transmission errors much faster than higher-layer recovery, which is