Configuration and transmission of a uplink short burst

A method of transmitting a uplink (UL) short burst from a user equipment (UE), comprising:

• receiving, at the UE, one or more tone assignments from an eNB for one or more channels of the UL short burst, wherein the one or more channels of the UL short burst include a sounding reference signal (SRS), a demodulation reference signal (DMRS), a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH);
• generating the UL short burst based at least on the one or more tone assignments received from the eNB;
• and
• transmitting the UL short burst to the eNB.

An eNB for receiving an uplink (UL) short burst, comprising:

• a transceiver;
• a memory;
• and
• one or more processors coupled to the transceiver and the memory, the one or more processors configured to:
• determine one or more tone assignments for one or more channels of the UL short burst, wherein the one or more channels of the UL short burst include a sounding reference signal (SRS), a demodulation reference signal (DMRS), a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH);
• transmit the one or more tone assignments to the UE;
• and
• receive the UL short burst from the UE, wherein the UL short burst is generated at the UE based at least on the one or more tone assignments transmitted from the eNB.