A user equipment (UE) is described that communicates with a base station. The UE includes receiving circuitry configured to receive a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message including first information indicating that limited buffer rate matching is enabled. The receiving circuitry is also configured to receive the RRC message including second information containing a number of repetitions and a redundancy version (RV) pattern. The UE includes processing circuitry configured to apply, according to the first information, limited buffer rate matching for a circular buffer to store coded bits of a transport block (TB). The processing circuitry is also configured to produce RV(s) of repetition(s) of the TB from the circular buffer according to the second information. The UE includes transmitting circuitry configured to transmit the repetitions of the TB.