Control signaling structure

A non-transitory storage medium storing a program product comprising instructions causing processing circuitry to at least one of control and perform a method of operating a transmitting node in a millimeter-wave communication network, the method comprising:

• generating communication signaling in a transmission timing structure, the communication signaling comprising N signaling blocks, N being an integer multiple of 2;
• a subset of M consecutive blocks of the signaling blocks representing control signaling, M being a power of 2 and less than N;
• a subset of I blocks of the N signaling blocks representing demodulation reference signaling (DMRS) elements, I being an integer greater than one;
• N-M-I signaling blocks of the N signaling blocks representing data signaling blocks;
• the M consecutive control signaling blocks being preceded by a first adjacent DMRS element and being followed by a second adjacent DMRS elements depending on a number of the M consecutive control signaling blocks, the first adjacent DMRS element and the second adjacent DMRS element having a same reference signaling time domain sequence and indicating a cyclic prefix for the M consecutive control signaling blocks;
• and
• transmitting the communication signaling.

A transmitting node for a millimeter-wave communication network, the transmitting node being configured to:

• generate communication signaling in a transmission timing structure, the communication signaling comprising N signaling blocks, N being an integer multiple of 2;
• a subset of M consecutive blocks of the signaling blocks representing control signaling, M being a power of 2 and less than N;
• a subset of I blocks of the N signaling blocks representing demodulation reference signaling (DMRS) elements, I being an integer greater than one;
• N-M-I signaling blocks of the N signaling blocks representing data signaling blocks;
• the M consecutive control signaling blocks being preceded by a first adjacent DMRS element and being followed by a second adjacent DMRS elements depending on a number of the M consecutive control signaling blocks, the first adjacent DMRS element and the second adjacent DMRS element having a same reference signaling time domain sequence and indicating a cyclic prefix for the M consecutive control signaling blocks;
• and
• transmit the communication signaling.

A method of operating a receiving node in a millimeter-wave communication network, the method comprising:

• receiving communication signaling in a transmission timing structure, the communication signaling comprising N signaling blocks, N being an integer multiple of 2;
• a subset of M consecutive blocks of the signaling blocks representing control signaling, M being a power of 2 and less than N;
• a subset of I blocks of the N signaling blocks representing demodulation reference signaling (DMRS) elements, I being an integer greater than one;
• N-M-I signaling blocks of the N signaling blocks representing data signaling blocks;
• the M consecutive control signaling blocks being preceded by a first adjacent DMRS element and being followed by a second adjacent DMRS elements depending on a number of the M consecutive control signaling blocks, the first adjacent DMRS element and the second adjacent DMRS element having a same reference signaling time domain sequence and indicating a cyclic prefix for the M consecutive control signaling blocks;
• and
• demodulating the communication signaling.

A receiving node for a millimeter-wave communication network, the receiving node being configured to:

• receive communication signaling in a transmission timing structure, the communication signaling comprising N signaling blocks, N being an integer multiple of 2;
• a subset of M consecutive blocks of the signaling blocks representing control signaling, M being a power of 2 and less than N;
• a subset of I blocks of the N signaling blocks representing demodulation reference signaling (DMRS) elements, I being an integer greater than one;
• N-M-I signaling blocks of the N signaling blocks representing data signaling blocks;
• the M consecutive control signaling blocks being preceded by a first adjacent DMRS element and being followed by a second adjacent DMRS elements depending on a number of the M consecutive control signaling blocks, the first adjacent DMRS element and the second adjacent DMRS element having a same reference signaling time domain sequence and indicating a cyclic prefix for the M consecutive control signaling blocks;
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• demodulate the communication signaling.