Electronic device and method for physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource configuration

1 . A method for wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving, by the UE, configuration information for physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource configuration from a network in a wireless communication system, the configuration information indicating a first interlace that includes a first set of frequency domain physical resources;

determining, by the UE, resource allocation in a frequency domain for a PUCCH resource based at least on the first interlace; and

transmitting, by the UE, uplink control information (UCI) on the PUCCH resource;

wherein the configuration information further indicates sub-band allocation information of at least one sub-band within a bandwidth for the PUCCH resource, and determining the resource allocation includes determining the resource allocation in the frequency domain for the PUCCH resource based at least on the first interlace and the sub-band allocation information;

wherein the configuration information further indicates a second interlace that includes a second set of frequency domain physical resources, and determining the resource allocation includes determining the resource allocation in the frequency domain for the PUCCH resource as an intersection of the first set and the second set of frequency domain physical resources and the at least one sub-band.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the configuration information further indicates a second interlace that includes a second set of frequency domain physical resources; and

determining the resource allocation includes determining the resource allocation in the frequency domain for the PUCCH resource based on the first interlace and the second interlace.

3 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein the configuration information further indicates a PUCCH format configuration for the PUCCH resource and the PUCCH format configuration indicates the second interlace.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the configuration information further indicates a number of one or more interlaces for the PUCCH resource, the one or more interlaces including the first interlace; and

determining the resource allocation includes determining the resource allocation in the frequency domain for the PUCCH resource based on the one or more interlaces.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein determining the resource allocation comprises:

determining the resource allocation in the frequency domain for the PUCCH resource as an intersection of the first set of frequency domain physical resources and the at least one sub-band.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the bandwidth is a carrier or a bandwidth part (BWP) in a carrier.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the configuration information further indicates sub-band allocation information of at least one sub-band within a bandwidth for the PUCCH resource; and

determining the resource allocation further includes:

determining resource allocation in the frequency domain for at least one candidate resource based at least on the first interlace and the sub-band allocation information; and

determining the resource allocation in the frequency domain for the PUCCH resource from the at least one candidate resource.

8 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein determining the resource allocation in the frequency domain for the at least one candidate resource comprises:

determining the resource allocation in the frequency domain for each of the at least one candidate resource as an intersection of the first set of frequency domain physical resources and a corresponding one of the at least one sub-band.

9 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein

the configuration information further indicates a second interlace that includes a second set of frequency domain physical resources; and

determining the resource allocation in the frequency domain for the at least one candidate resource includes determining the resource allocation in the frequency domain for each of the at least one candidate resource as an intersection of the first set and the second set of frequency domain physical resources and a corresponding one of the at least one sub-band.

10 . An electronic device for wireless communication, comprising:

a transceiver configured to:

receive, at a user equipment (UE), configuration information for physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource configuration from a network in a wireless communication system, the configuration information indicating a first interlace that includes a first set of frequency domain physical resources; and

transmit, from the UE, uplink control information (UCI) on a PUCCH resource; and

processing circuitry configured to determine, at the UE, resource allocation in a frequency domain for the PUCCH resource based at least on the first interlace;

wherein the configuration information further indicates sub-band allocation information of at least one sub-band within a bandwidth for the PUCCH resource, and the processing circuitry is configured to determine the resource allocation in the frequency domain for the PUCCH resource based at least on the first interlace and the sub-band allocation information;

wherein the configuration information further indicates a second interlace that includes a second set of frequency domain physical resources, and the processing circuitry is configured to determine the resource allocation in the frequency domain for the PUCCH resource as an intersection of the first set and the second set of frequency domain physical resources and the at least one sub-band.

11 . The electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein

the configuration information further indicates a second interlace that includes a second set of frequency domain physical resources; and

the processing circuitry is configured to determine the resource allocation in the frequency domain for the PUCCH resource based on the first interlace and the second interlace.

12 . The electronic device according to claim 11 , wherein

the configuration information further indicates a PUCCH format configuration for the PUCCH resource and the PUCCH format configuration indicates the second interlace.

13 . The electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein

the configuration information further indicates a number of one or more interlaces for the PUCCH resource, the one or more interlaces including the first interlace; and

the processing circuitry is configured to determine the resource allocation in the frequency domain for the PUCCH resource based on the one or more interlaces.

14 . The electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to determine the resource allocation in the frequency domain for the PUCCH resource as an intersection of the first set of frequency domain physical resources and the at least one sub-band.

15 . The electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein the bandwidth is a carrier or a bandwidth part (BWP) in a carrier.

16 . The electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein

the configuration information further indicates sub-band allocation information of at least one sub-band within a bandwidth for the PUCCH resource; and

the processing circuitry is configured to:

determine resource allocation in the frequency domain for at least one candidate resource based at least on the first interlace and the sub-band allocation information; and

determine the resource allocation in the frequency domain for the PUCCH resource from the at least one candidate resource.