Uplink common burst symbol configuration

A method for wireless communication, comprising:

• allocating uplink common burst symbol resources to a user equipment (UE) for transmission of an uplink common burst symbol;
• identifying a set of transmission waveforms available for the uplink common burst symbol, each transmission waveform of the set of transmission waveforms associated with different information to be transmitted in the uplink common burst symbol, wherein the set of transmission waveforms comprise a set of sequences, and wherein the set of sequences are configured to provide detection based at least in part on cyclic shifts from a base sequence;
• receiving the uplink common burst symbol from the UE;
• determining the transmission waveform of the uplink common burst symbol;
• and
• determining the information included in the uplink common burst symbol based at least in part on the determined transmission waveform of the uplink common burst symbol.

An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

• a processor;
• memory in electronic communication with the processor;
• and
• the processor and the memory configured to:
• identify an uplink common burst symbol in a wireless communication subframe;
• determine information to be transmitted in the uplink common burst symbol;
• and
• select a sequence from a set of sequences based at least in part on the information to be transmitted in the uplink common burst symbol, wherein the set of sequences each have a sequence length of N and the information to be transmitted in the uplink common burst symbol having M possible states, and wherein the set of sequences are configured to provide equally spaced sequences for M cyclic shifts associated with the M possible states of the information.