In one aspect of the disclosure, a method of
wireless communication performed by a receiving device includes receiving, from a transmitting device, a plurality of encoded packets each including at least one respective physical (
PHY) layer symbol. The method includes decoding the plurality of encoded packets based on a
raptor code to generate received data. The method also includes determining a
signal-to-interference-plus-
noise ratio (SINR) associated with receiving the plurality of encoded packets, receiving an indication from the transmitting device, or determining a channel quality indicator (CQI) or a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) associated with receiving the plurality of encoded packets. The method further includes adaptively determining a
PHY packet error rate associated with the plurality of encoded packets based on the SINR, the indication, the CQI, or the MCS. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.