Mixed waveform communications

An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

• a processor;
• memory in electronic communication with the processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to:
• receive an indication of a set of frequency domain resources allocated to the UE for communicating data over a wireless channel;
• receive an indication of a waveform type associated with the set of frequency domain resources, wherein the waveform type is based at least in part on a data type of the data, is to be used for a defined amount of time, and is one of a plurality of waveform types that are multiplexed together over different frequency domain resources within a total system bandwidth;
• communicate within the set of frequency domain resources according to the indicated waveform type and the data type;
• wherein the plurality of waveform types that are multiplexed together over different frequency domain resources within the total system bandwidth comprises a combination of one or more frequency domain processing-based waveforms and one or more time domain processing-based waveforms;
• and
• wherein:
• the one or more frequency domain processing-based waveforms comprise one or more of a contiguous Fourier spread waveform, an orthogonal frequency domain multiple access waveform, a frequency modulated continuous wave waveform, or any combination thereof;
• the one or more time domain processing-based waveforms comprise one or more of a direct sequence waveform, a resource spread multiple access waveform, an up-sampling waveform, a distributed Fourier spread waveform, a constant envelope waveform, or any combination thereof;
• or
• the one or more time domain processing-based waveforms occupy frequency domain resources located at an edge of the total system bandwidth.

An apparatus for wireless communication at a network entity, comprising:

• a processor;
• memory in electronic communication with the processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to:
• transmit an indication of a set of frequency domain resources allocated to a user equipment (UE) for communicating data over a wireless channel;
• transmit an indication of a waveform type associated with the set of frequency domain resources, wherein the waveform type is to be used for a defined amount of time and is one of a plurality of waveform types that are multiplexed together over different frequency domain resources within a total system bandwidth, wherein the waveform type comprises a direct sequence waveform type and the set of frequency domain resources comprises multiple contiguous subbands of the total system bandwidth;
• transmit scheduling information associated with the direct sequence waveform type comprising a center frequency, a chip rate, a spreading factor, a data rate, or any combination thereof;
• and
• communicate within the set of frequency domain resources according to the direct sequence waveform type and the scheduling information.

An apparatus for wireless communication at a network entity, comprising:

• a processor:
• memory in electronic communication with the processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to:
• transmit an indication of a set of frequency domain resources allocated to a user equipment (UE) for communicating data over a wireless channel;
• transmit an indication of a waveform type associated with the set of frequency domain resources, wherein the waveform type is based at least in part on a data type of the data, is to be used for a defined amount of time, and is one of a plurality of waveform types that are multiplexed together over different frequency domain resources within a total system bandwidth;
• communicate within the set of frequency domain resources according to the indicated waveform type and the data type;
• wherein the plurality of waveform types that are multiplexed together over different frequency domain resources within the total system bandwidth comprises a combination of one or more frequency domain processing-based waveforms and one or more time domain processing-based waveforms;
• and
• wherein:
• the one or more frequency domain processing-based waveforms comprise one or more of a contiguous Fourier spread waveform, an orthogonal frequency domain multiple access waveform, a frequency modulated continuous wave waveform, or any combination thereof;
• the one or more time domain processing-based waveforms comprise one or more of a direct sequence waveform, a resource spread multiple access waveform, an up-sampling waveform, a distributed Fourier spread waveform, a constant envelope waveform, or any combination thereof;
• or
• the one or more time domain processing-based waveforms occupy frequency domain resources located at an edge of the total system bandwidth.

A method for wireless communication at a network entity, comprising:

• transmitting an indication of a set of frequency domain resources allocated to a user equipment (UE) for communicating data over a wireless channel;
• transmitting an indication of a waveform type associated with the set of frequency domain resources, wherein the waveform type is to be used for a defined amount of time and is one of a plurality of waveform types that are multiplexed together over different frequency domain resources within a total system bandwidth, wherein the waveform type comprises a direct sequence waveform type and the set of frequency domain resources comprises multiple contiguous subbands of the total system bandwidth;
• transmitting scheduling information associated with the direct sequence waveform type comprising a center frequency, a chip rate, a spreading factor, a data rate, or any combination thereof;
• and
• communicating within the set of frequency domain resources according to the direct sequence waveform type and the scheduling information.

A method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

• receiving an indication of a set of frequency domain resources allocated to the UE for communicating data over a wireless channel;
• receiving an indication of a waveform type associated with the set of frequency domain resources, wherein the waveform type is based at least in part on a data type of the data, is to be used for a defined amount of time, and is one of a plurality of waveform types that are multiplexed together over different frequency domain resources within a total system bandwidth;
• communicating within the set of frequency domain resources according to the indicated waveform type and the data type;
• wherein the plurality of waveform types that are multiplexed together over different frequency domain resources within the total system bandwidth comprises a combination of one or more frequency domain processing-based waveforms and one or more time domain processing-based waveforms;
• and
• wherein:
• the one or more frequency domain processing-based waveforms comprise one or more of a contiguous Fourier spread waveform, an orthogonal frequency domain multiple access waveform, a frequency modulated continuous wave waveform, or any combination thereof;
• the one or more time domain processing-based waveforms comprise one or more of a direct sequence waveform, a resource spread multiple access waveform, an up-sampling waveform, a distributed Fourier spread waveform, a constant envelope waveform, or any combination thereof;
• or
• the one or more time domain processing-based waveforms occupy frequency domain resources located at an edge of the total system bandwidth.

A method for wireless communication at a network entity, comprising:

• transmitting an indication of a set of frequency domain resources allocated to a user equipment (UE) for communicating data over a wireless channel;
• transmitting an indication of a waveform type associated with the set of frequency domain resources, wherein the waveform type is based at least in part on a data type of the data, is to be used for a defined amount of time, and is one of a plurality of waveform types that are multiplexed together over different frequency domain resources within a total system bandwidth;
• and
• communicating within the set of frequency domain resources according to the indicated waveform type and the data type;
• wherein the plurality of waveform types that are multiplexed together over different frequency domain resources within the total system bandwidth comprises a combination of one or more frequency domain processing-based waveforms and one or more time domain processing-based waveforms;
• and
• wherein:
• the one or more frequency domain processing-based waveforms comprise one or more of a contiguous Fourier spread waveform, an orthogonal frequency domain multiple access waveform, a frequency modulated continuous wave waveform, or any combination thereof;
• the one or more time domain processing-based waveforms comprise one or more of a direct sequence waveform, a resource spread multiple access waveform, an up-sampling waveform, a distributed Fourier spread waveform, a constant envelope waveform, or any combination thereof;
• or
• the one or more time domain processing-based waveforms occupy frequency domain resources located at an edge of the total system bandwidth.