Power control for transmitting control information with more than one priority on an uplink control channel

1 . An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

determine a transmit power for transmitting an uplink control channel transmission including first uplink control information (UCI) having a first priority and second UCI having a second priority that is lower than the first priority, wherein the transmit power is based on at least one parameter that is configured for either the first UCI or the second UCI, wherein the at least one parameter is configurable with a first value when at least one of a first payload size of the first UCI or a second payload size of the second UCI is less than or equal to a threshold, and the at least one parameter is configurable with a second value different from the first value when each of the first payload size and the second payload size is greater than the threshold; and

transmit, to a network entity using the transmit power, the uplink control channel transmission including the first UCI having the first priority and the second UCI having the second priority.

2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first UCI is encoded based on a first code rate that is different from a second code rate used to encode the second UCI.

3 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first UCI is scheduled on a first at least one physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource that overlaps in time with a second at least one PUCCH resource on which the second UCI is scheduled.

4 . The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein to transmit the uplink control channel transmission, the at least one processor is configured to transmit the uplink control channel transmission on one of:

the first at least one PUCCH resource,

the second at least one PUCCH resource, or

a third at least one PUCCH resource that is different from the first at least one PUCCH resource and the second at least one PUCCH resource.

5 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one parameter comprises at least one of:

an open-loop power control parameter,

a delta parameter specific to a PUCCH format,

a power adjustment parameter, or

a scale factor associated with the power adjustment parameter.

6 . The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the power adjustment parameter is associated with a spectral efficiency corresponding to at least one of the first UCI or the second UCI.

7 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first value is based on a sum of the second value and an offset value.

8 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the threshold is equal to two (2) bits.

9 . The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein to determine the transmit power, the at least one processor is configured to:

determine a third value based on a spectral efficiency associated with the uplink control channel transmission, a number of resource elements associated with the uplink control channel transmission, and the scale factor configured with either the first value or the second value, wherein a total number of bits of both the first UCI and the second UCI is greater than the threshold and less than or equal to another threshold and the PUCCH format is configured to be used with the total number of bits;

determine a fourth value based on the open-loop power control parameter, the power adjustment parameter configured with the third value, and the delta parameter specific to the PUCCH format; and

determine the transmit power based on the fourth value.

10 . The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the second value is configured in storage accessible at the apparatus or the at least one processor is configured to receive the second value from the network entity, and wherein the second value is greater than the first value.

11 . The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the at least one parameter is configured for either the first UCI scheduled on a first set of PUCCH resources or the second UCI scheduled on a second set of PUCCH resources.

12 . The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the at least one parameter comprises at least one of the open-loop power control parameter, the delta parameter specific to the PUCCH format, or the power adjustment parameter.

13 . The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

determine a third value associated with the transmit power using the first value with which the at least one parameter is configured when a sum of the first payload size of the first UCI and the second payload size of the second UCI is greater than the threshold, wherein the at least one parameter is configured with the first value based on the first UCI having the first priority and not based on the second UCI having the second priority.

14 . The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the at least one parameter is configured with the first value when the first payload size of the first UCI is less than or equal to the threshold, and the at least one parameter is configured with the second value different from the first value when the first payload size is greater than the threshold.

15 . The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the at least one parameter is configured with at least one value based on uplink power control information from the network entity.

16 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein to determine the transmit power, the at least one processor is configured to:

determine the first value associated with the transmit power based on the first UCI having the first priority;

determine the second value associated with the transmit power based on the second UCI having the second priority; and

determine the transmit power based on at least one of the first value or the second value.

17 . The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the transmit power is based on the first value when the first value is greater than the second value or the second value when the first value is less than the second value.

18 . An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

determine a transmit power for transmitting an uplink control channel transmission including first uplink control information (UCI) having a first priority and second UCI having a second priority that is lower than the first priority, wherein the transmit power is based on a delta parameter specific to a PUCCH format, and wherein:

a first value corresponds to the delta parameter specific to the PUCCH format when at least one of a first payload size of the first UCI or a second payload size of the second UCI is less than or equal to a threshold, and

a second value corresponds to the delta parameter specific to the PUCCH format when each of the first payload size and the second payload size is greater than the threshold; and

transmit, to a network entity using the transmit power, the uplink control channel transmission including the first UCI having the first priority and the second UCI having the second priority.

19 . An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

determine a transmit power for transmitting an uplink control channel transmission including first uplink control information (UCI) having a first priority and second UCI having a second priority that is lower than the first priority, wherein the transmit power is based on a power adjustment parameter, and wherein:

a first value corresponds to the power adjustment parameter when at least one of a first payload size of the first UCI or a second payload size of the second UCI is less than or equal to a threshold, and

a second value corresponds to the power adjustment parameter when each of the first payload size and the second payload size is greater than the threshold; and

transmit, to a network entity using the transmit power, the uplink control channel transmission including the first UCI having the first priority and the second UCI having the second priority.

20 . An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

determine a transmit power for transmitting an uplink control channel transmission including first uplink control information (UCI) having a first priority and second UCI having a second priority that is lower than the first priority, wherein the transmit power is based on a scale factor associated with a power adjustment parameter, and wherein:

a first value corresponds to the scale factor when at least one of a first payload size of the first UCI or a second payload size of the second UCI is less than or equal to a threshold, and

a second value corresponds to the scale factor when each of the first payload size and the second payload size is greater than the threshold; and

transmit, to a network entity using the transmit power, the uplink control channel transmission including the first UCI having the first priority and the second UCI having the second priority.

21 . An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

determine a transmit power for transmitting an uplink control channel transmission including first uplink control information (UCI) having a first priority and second UCI having a second priority that is lower than the first priority, wherein the transmit power is based on an open-loop power control parameter, and wherein:

a first value corresponds to the open-loop power control parameter when at least one of a first payload size of the first UCI or a second payload size of the second UCI is less than or equal to a threshold, and

a second value corresponds to the open-loop power control parameter when each of the first payload size and the second payload size is greater than the threshold; and

transmit, to a network entity using the transmit power, the uplink control channel transmission including the first UCI having the first priority and the second UCI having the second priority.

22 . The apparatus of claim 21 , wherein the threshold is equal to two ( 2 ) bits.

23 . The apparatus of claim 21 , wherein a difference between the first value and the second value corresponds to a coding gain difference.

24 . The apparatus of claim 23 , wherein the coding gain difference is between 2 decibels (dB) and 7 dB.

25 . The apparatus of claim 21 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to receive, from the network entity, information indicative of the first value or the second value.

26 . The apparatus of claim 21 , wherein to determine the first value or the second value, the at least one processor is configured to receive information associated with the first value or the second value from the network entity.