Network configured uplink control feedback for 5G new radio (NR)

A scheduling entity configured for wireless communication, comprising:

• a communication interface configured to communicate wirelessly with one or more scheduled entities;
• a memory comprising executable code;
• and
• a processor coupled to the communication interface and the memory,
• wherein the processor is configured by the executable code to:
• select a short uplink control burst to carry feedback corresponding to a long downlink burst transmitted in a same slot as the short uplink control burst when a scheduled entity can be expected to decode the long downlink burst before completion of transmission of the short uplink control burst;
• select an other uplink control burst in a later-provided slot to carry the feedback when the scheduled entity is not expected to decode the long downlink burst before completion of transmission of the short uplink control burst;
• transmit scheduling information operative to schedule transmission of uplink control information by the scheduled entity;
• and
• transmit a short downlink control burst in at least one slot that provides for a long uplink burst,
• wherein the scheduling information is configured to cause the scheduled entity to use the selected uplink control burst for transmission of feedback.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising executable code for causing a scheduling entity to:

• select a short uplink control burst to carry feedback corresponding to a long downlink burst transmitted in a same slot as the short uplink control burst when a scheduled entity can be expected to decode the long downlink burst before completion of transmission of the short uplink control burst;
• select an other uplink control burst in a later-provided slot to carry the feedback when the scheduled entity is not expected to decode the long downlink burst before completion of transmission of the short uplink control burst;
• transmit scheduling information operative to schedule transmission of uplink control information by the scheduled entity;
• and
• transmit a short downlink control burst in at least one slot that provides for a long uplink burst,
• wherein the scheduling information is configured to cause the scheduled entity to use the selected uplink control burst for transmission of feedback.

An apparatus adapted to communicate as a scheduling entity in a wireless network, comprising:

• means for identifying an uplink control burst to carry feedback corresponding to a long downlink burst, the means for identifying the uplink control burst being configured to:
• select a short uplink control burst provided in a same slot as the long downlink burst to carry the feedback when a scheduled entity can be expected to decode the long downlink burst before completion of transmission of the short uplink control burst;
• select an other uplink control burst in a later-provided slot to carry the feedback when the scheduled entity is not expected to decode the long downlink burst before completion of transmission of the short uplink control burst;
• means for providing scheduling information operative to schedule transmission of uplink control information by the scheduled entity;
• and
• means for transmitting a short downlink control burst in at least one slot that provides for a long uplink burst,
• wherein the scheduling information is configured to cause the scheduled entity to use the selected uplink control burst for transmission of feedback.