System and method for multiplexing control and data channels in a multiple input, multiple output communications system

A method for transmitting control symbols and data symbols on multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) layers, the method comprising:

• multiplexing data symbols and control symbols of two codewords, comprising a first codeword and a second codeword, onto a plurality of multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) layers for a transmission, wherein the multiplexing comprises determining a number of the control symbols for each of the plurality of MIMO layers for physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission by using an offset value of the two codewords and a linear combination of a number of bits in the first codeword equal to
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• transmitting the data symbols and control symbols on the plurality of MIMO layers on a PUSCH channel.

A system for transmitting control symbols and data symbols of two codewords, comprising a first codeword and a second codeword, onto a plurality of multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) layers for a transmission, the system comprising:

• a transmitter configured to determine a number of the control symbols for each of the plurality of MIMO layers for physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission by using an offset value of the two codewords and a linear combination of a number of bits in the first codeword equal to
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• where Kr,n is a size of a codeblock r for codeword n, Cn is a number of code blocks for codeword n, and r is an index variable, the transmitter including a plurality of antennas for transmitting the control symbols and data symbols on the MIMO layers.