SHORT PUCCH FORMATS AND SCHEDULING REQUEST (SR) TRANSMISSION FOR 5th GENERATION (5G) NEW RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY (NR)

A base station, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• memory in electronic communication with the processor, wherein instructions stored in the memory are executable to:
• determine a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource and a PUCCH format;
• and
• receive uplink control information (UCI) on the PUCCH resource using the PUCCH format, wherein
• if the PUCCH format is a 2-symbol short PUCCH, 1-symbol PUCCH structure is used in each symbol, and if the UCI is up to 2 bits, the UCI is repeated in two symbols using repetition of a 1-symbol PUCCH, and
• if the PUCCH format is a 2-symbol short PUCCH, and if the UCI is more than 2 bits, the UCI is jointly encoded, and the encoded UCI bits are distributed across two symbols.

A method for a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

• determining a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource and a PUCCH format;
• and
• transmitting uplink control information (UCI) on the PUCCH resource using the PUCCH format, wherein
• if the PUCCH format is a 2-symbol short PUCCH, 1-symbol PUCCH structure is used in each symbol, and if the UCI is up to 2 bits, the UCI is repeated in two symbols using repetition of a 1-symbol PUCCH, and
• if the PUCCH format is a 2-symbol short PUCCH, and if the UCI is more than 2 bits, the UCI is jointly encoded, and the encoded UCI bits are distributed across two symbols.

A method for a base station, the method comprising:

• determining a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource and a PUCCH format;
• and
• receiving uplink control information (UCI) on the PUCCH resource using the PUCCH format, wherein
• if the PUCCH format is a 2-symbol short PUCCH, 1-symbol PUCCH structure is used in each symbol, and if the UCI is up to 2 bits, the UCI is repeated in two symbols using repetition of a 1-symbol PUCCH, and
• if the PUCCH format is a 2-symbol short PUCCH, and if the UCI is more than 2 bits, the UCI is jointly encoded, and the encoded UCI bits are distributed across two symbols.