Multiplexing a high priority acknowledgment/ negative acknowledgment and high priority scheduling request with a low priority communication

A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

• determining a total quantity of bits based on a summation of a quantity of bits in a high priority (HP) acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement (A/N), a quantity of bits in an HP scheduling request (SR), and a quantity of bits in a low priority (LP) PUCCH communication;
• determining, based on the total quantity of bits, a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource to be used for transmitting a PUCCH communication including the HP A/N, the HP SR, and the LP PUCCH communication;
• identifying a PUCCH format configured for the PUCCH resource;
• and
• transmitting, using a cyclic shift from a pool of cyclic shifts, the PUCCH communication in the PUCCH resource based at least in part on the PUCCH format,
• wherein within a group of cyclic shifts in the pool of cyclic shifts, a distance between cyclic shifts associated with different values for an HP A/N bit is greater than a distance between cyclic shifts associated with different values for an LP PUCCH communication bit, and wherein a payload of the PUCCH communication includes the HP A/N, the HP SR, and the LP PUCCH communication.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions for wireless communication, the set of instructions comprising:

• one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a user equipment (UE), cause the UE to:
• determine a total quantity of bits based on a summation of a quantity of bits in a high priority (HP) acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement (A/N), a quantity of bits in an HP scheduling request (SR), and a quantity of bits in a low priority (LP) PUCCH communication;
• determine, based on the total quantity of bits, a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource to be used for transmitting a PUCCH communication including the HP A/N, the HP SR, and the LP PUCCH communication;
• identify a PUCCH format configured for the PUCCH resource;
• and
• transmit, using a cyclic shift from a pool of cyclic shifts, the PUCCH communication in the PUCCH resource based at least in part on the PUCCH format,
• wherein within a group of cyclic shifts in the pool of cyclic shifts, a distance between cyclic shifts associated with different values for an HP A/N bit is greater than a distance between cyclic shifts associated with different values for an LP PUCCH communication bit, and wherein a payload of the PUCCH communication includes the HP A/N, the HP SR, and the LP PUCCH communication.

An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

• means for determining a total quantity of bits based on a summation of a quantity of bits in a high priority (HP) acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement (A/N), a quantity of bits in an HP scheduling request (SR), and a quantity of bits in a low priority (LP) PUCCH communication;
• means for determining, based on the total quantity of bits, a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource to be used for transmitting a PUCCH communication including the HP A/N, the HP SR, and the LP PUCCH communication;
• means for identifying a PUCCH format configured for the PUCCH resource;
• and
• means for transmitting, using a cyclic shift from a pool of cyclic shifts, the PUCCH communication in the PUCCH resource based at least in part on the PUCCH format,
• wherein within a group of cyclic shifts in the pool of cyclic shifts, a distance between cyclic shifts associated with different values for an HP A/N bit is greater than a distance between cyclic shifts associated with different values for an LP PUCCH communication bit, and wherein a payload of the PUCCH communication includes the HP A/N, the HP SR, and the LP PUCCH communication.