A method performed by a Wireless Transmit/Receive Unit (WTRU) includes receiving a plurality of scheduling configurations indexed as a sequence for a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process, receiving a non-unicast downlink transmission from a node on a radio access network, wherein the non-unicast downlink transmission contains an information unit processed in accordance with a first scheduling configuration of the plurality of scheduling configurations, detecting errored reception of the information unit, determining a presence of at least a second scheduling configuration associated with the HARQ process, requesting retransmission of the information unit, and receiving a subsequent retransmission of the information unit using the second scheduling configuration.