Uplink control information transmission on autonomous uplink in new radio-unlicensed (NR-U)

An apparatus comprising:

• a transceiver configured to:
• communicate, with a second wireless communication device, a downlink communication signal;
• and
• communicate, with the second wireless communication device, an unscheduled uplink communication signal using a resource allocated for an unscheduled uplink data transmission and including an uplink report associated with the downlink communication signal, the unscheduled uplink communication signal communicated based on a listen-before-talk (LBT) procedure, wherein the unscheduled uplink communication signal further includes a transmission configuration used for communicating the unscheduled uplink communication signal, the transmission configuration including at least one of a starting symbol index for the uplink report or an indication of an inclusion of the uplink report in the unscheduled uplink communication signal;
• and
• rate-match the uplink report based on a frequency tone mapping of the transmission configuration.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having program code recorded thereon, the program code comprising:

• code for causing a first wireless communication device to communicate, with a second wireless communication device, a downlink communication signal;
• and
• code for causing the first wireless communication device to communicate, with the second wireless communication device, an unscheduled uplink communication signal using a resource allocated for an unscheduled uplink data transmission and including an uplink report associated with the downlink communication signal, the unscheduled uplink communication signal communicated based on a listen-before-talk (LBT) procedure, wherein the unscheduled uplink communication signal further includes a transmission configuration used for communicating the unscheduled uplink communication signal, the transmission configuration including at least one of a starting symbol index for the uplink report or an indication of an inclusion of the uplink report in the unscheduled uplink communication signal;
• and
• code for causing the first wireless device to rate-match the uplink report based on a frequency tone mapping of the transmission configuration.