Devices and methods for uplink control channel design in regular bursts for new radio (NR) networks

A method of wireless communication, comprising:

• obtaining a payload for an uplink transmission on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH);
• and
• sending the uplink transmission utilizing two or more PUCCHs of a regular burst period of a frame including a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) preceding the regular burst period and a common burst following the regular burst period, wherein each PUCCH is associated with a different frequency band of the regular burst period that does not overlap a frequency band associated with another PUCCH,
• wherein one or both of a frame structure or an error code used in the uplink transmission is selected based, at least in part, on a size of the payload.

A scheduling entity, comprising:

• a transceiver;
• a memory;
• and
• a processing circuit coupled to the transceiver and the memory, the processing circuit adapted to:
• receive via the transceiver an uplink transmission comprising a payload from a scheduled entity on a first physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) of a regular burst period of a frame including a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) preceding the regular burst period and a common burst following the regular burst period, wherein one or both of a frame structure or an error code used in the uplink transmission is based, at least in part, on a size of the payload;
• and
• receive via the transceiver an uplink transmission from the scheduled entity on at least a second PUCCH of the regular burst period;
• wherein the first PUCCH and the second PUCCH are associated with respectively different non-overlapping frequency bands of the regular burst period.

A method of wireless communication, comprising:

• receiving an uplink transmission comprising a payload from a scheduled entity on a first physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) of a regular burst period of a frame including a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) preceding the regular burst period and a common burst following the regular burst period, wherein one or both of a frame structure or an error code used in the uplink transmission is based, at least in part, on a size of the payload;
• and
• receiving an uplink transmission from the scheduled entity on at least a second PUCCH of the regular burst period;
• wherein the first PUCCH and the second PUCCH are associated with respectively different non-overlapping frequency bands of the regular burst period.