Configurations of common physical uplink control channel resource sets

1. A user equipment (UE), comprising:

a memory;

at least one transceiver; and

at least one processor communicatively coupled to the memory and the at least one transceiver, the at least one processor configured to:

determine a configuration associated with a common physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource set that is based on a frequency hopping pattern and includes a first set of resource blocks (RBs) of a bandwidth part (BWP) in a first group of symbols and a second set of RBs of the BWP in a second group of symbols;

transmit, via the at least one transceiver, during the first group of symbols, a first uplink transmission on the first set of RBs of the BWP in accordance with the frequency hopping pattern; and

transmit, via the at least one transceiver, during the second group of symbols, a second uplink transmission on the second set of RBs of the BWP in accordance with the frequency hopping pattern,

wherein the second set of RBs is offset in frequency from the first set of RBs by a fixed hopping distance; and

determine to implement the fixed hopping distance between the first and second sets of RBs based in part on a number of RBs among each of the first and second sets of RBs.

2. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the first and second sets of RBs each includes a single RB.

3. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the first and second sets of RBs each includes multiple RBs.

4. The UE of claim 3 , wherein the fixed hopping distance is configured via radio resource control (RRC) signaling.

5. The UE of claim 4 , wherein the fixed hopping distance is configured via system information block (SIB).

6. The UE of claim 3 , wherein the fixed hopping distance is derived at the UE using a hopping distance derivation rule.

7. The UE of claim 6 , wherein the hopping distance derivation rule is based on a number of RBs in the BWP, a BWP physical RB (PRB) offset, a number of RBs among each of the first and second sets of RBs, and a number of cyclic shifts (CSs) per RB.

8. The UE of claim 6 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

receive, via the at least one transceiver, an indication of whether to implement the hopping distance derivation rule for derivation of the fixed hopping distance.

9. The UE of claim 8 , wherein the indication is received at the UE via system information block (SIB).

10. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the first and second sets of RBs are arranged within the BWP in part based on a number of RBs among each of the first and second sets of RBs.

11. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the BWP is associated with a plurality of common PUCCH resource sets that each include respective sets of RBs that do not overlap with respective sets of RBs of any other common PUCCH resource set in the same group of symbols.

12. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the fixed hopping distance is implemented if the number of RBs is greater than a threshold.

13. The UE of claim 1 ,

wherein the fixed hopping distance is configured via radio resource control (RRC) signaling, or

wherein the fixed hopping distance is derived at the UE using a hopping distance derivation rule.

14. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the first and second uplink transmissions are associated with a random access channel (RACH) procedure.

15. The UE of claim 14 , wherein the RACH procedure is a 4-step RACH procedure and the first and second uplink transmissions are associated with an acknowledgement for Msg-4 of the RACH procedure.

16. The UE of claim 14 , wherein the RACH procedure is a 2-step RACH procedure and the first and second uplink transmissions are associated with an acknowledgement for Msg-B of the RACH procedure.

17. A user equipment (UE), comprising:

a memory;

at least one transceiver; and

at least one processor communicatively coupled to the memory and the at least one transceiver, the at least one processor configured to:

determine a configuration associated with a first common physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource set that is based on a frequency hopping pattern and includes a first set of resource blocks (RBs) of a bandwidth part (BWP) in a first group of symbols and a second set of RBs of the BWP in a second group of symbols;

transmit, via the at least one transceiver, during the first group of symbols, a first uplink transmission on the first set of RBs of the BWP in accordance with the frequency hopping pattern; and

transmit, via the at least one transceiver, during the second group of symbols, a second uplink transmission on the second set of RBs of the BWP in accordance with the frequency hopping pattern,

wherein the BWP is further associated with a second PUCCH resource set that includes a third set of RBs of the BWP that overlaps in part with the first set of RBs of the BWP in the first group of symbols, a fourth set of RBs of the BWP that overlaps in part with the second set of RBs of the BWP in the second group of symbols, or a combination thereof.

18. The UE of claim 17 , wherein the second set of RBs is offset in frequency from the first set of RBs by a fixed hopping distance and the third set of RBs is offset in frequency from the fourth set of RBs by the fixed hopping distance.

19. The UE of claim 17 , wherein the second set of RBs is offset in frequency from the first set of RBs by a first hopping distance and the third set of RBs is offset in frequency from the fourth set of RBs by a second hopping distance that is different than the first hopping distance.

20. The UE of claim 17 , wherein the third set of RBs is shifted in frequency relative to the first set of RBs, the fourth set of RBs is shifted in frequency relative to the second set of RBs, or a combination thereof.

21. A method of operating a user equipment (UE), comprising:

determining a configuration associated with a common physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource set that is based on a frequency hopping pattern and includes a first set of resource blocks (RBs) of a bandwidth part (BWP) in a first group of symbols and a second set of RBs of the BWP in a second group of symbols;

transmitting, during the first group of symbols, a first uplink transmission on the first set of RBs of the BWP in accordance with the frequency hopping pattern; and

transmitting, during the second group of symbols, a second uplink transmission on the second set of RBs of the BWP in accordance with the frequency hopping pattern,

wherein the second set of RBs is offset in frequency from the first set of RBs by a fixed hopping distance; and

determining to implement the fixed hopping distance between the first and second sets of RBs based in part on a number of RBs among each of the first and second sets of RBs.

22. The method of claim 21 , wherein the first and second sets of RBs each includes multiple RBs.

23. The method of claim 21 , wherein the first and second sets of RBs are arranged within the BWP in part based on a number of RBs among each of the first and second sets of RBs.

24. The method of claim 21 , wherein the BWP is associated with a plurality of common PUCCH resource sets that each include respective sets of RBs that do not overlap with respective sets of RBs of any other common PUCCH resource set in the same group of symbols.

25. The method of claim 21 , wherein the first and second uplink transmissions are associated with a random access channel (RACH) procedure.

26. A method of operating a user equipment (UE), comprising:

determining a configuration associated with a first common physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource set that is based on a frequency hopping pattern and includes a first set of resource blocks (RBs) of a bandwidth part (BWP) in a first group of symbols and a second set of RBs of the BWP in a second group of symbols;

transmitting, during the first group of symbols, a first uplink transmission on the first set of RBs of the BWP in accordance with the frequency hopping pattern; and

transmitting, during the second group of symbols, a second uplink transmission on the second set of RBs of the BWP in accordance with the frequency hopping pattern,

wherein the BWP is further associated with a second PUCCH resource set that includes a third set of RBs of the BWP that overlaps in part with the first set of RBs of the BWP in the first group of symbols, a fourth set of RBs of the BWP that overlaps in part with the second set of RBs of the BWP in the second group of symbols, or a combination thereof.

27. The method of claim 26 , wherein the second set of RBs is offset in frequency from the first set of RBs by a fixed hopping distance and the third set of RBs is offset in frequency from the fourth set of RBs by the fixed hopping distance.

28. The method of claim 26 , wherein the second set of RBs is offset in frequency from the first set of RBs by a first hopping distance and the third set of RBs is offset in frequency from the fourth set of RBs by a second hopping distance that is different than the first hopping distance.

29. The method of claim 26 , wherein the third set of RBs is shifted in frequency relative to the first set of RBs, the fourth set of RBs is shifted in frequency relative to the second set of RBs, or a combination thereof.