Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform a method including a user equipment device (UE) receiving from a network entity, a configuration message, wherein the configuration message includes a parameter specifying out-of-order delivery of data units from lower layers to upper layers of a protocol stack implemented on the UE, configuring a radio link control (RLC) layer of a protocol stack for out-of-order delivery based on the received configuration message, and notifying the network entity of the configuration of the RLC layer.