Control channel for new radio
Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are described herein that may be used to determine one or more control channel operational parameters associated with transmitting first uplink control information (UCI) and second UCI in a same control channel. The parameters may include respective repetition factors and/or spreading factors associated with the first UCI and the second UCI. The parameters may be determined based on respective characteristics of the first UCI and the second UCI. These characteristics may include reliability requirements, usage scenarios, and/or the like. Self-contained subframes may be employed to transmit data and/or control information. The control information may be transmitted using different numerologies than the data.
1. A method implemented by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), the method comprising:
receiving a downlink control transmission using a first subcarrier spacing in a subframe;
receiving a downlink data transmission using a second subcarrier spacing the subframe, wherein the second subcarrier spacing is different from the first subcarrier spacing; and
transmitting a first uplink transmission using the first subcarrier spacing or the second subcarrier spacing, wherein the first uplink transmission comprises a bit indicating hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) negative acknowledgment (NACK) feedback for the downlink data transmission, and wherein the bit is repeated a configured number of times in the first uplink control transmission.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first subcarrier spacing being different from the first subcarrier spacing comprises the first subcarrier spacing being twice of the second subcarrier spacing.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configured number of times corresponds to a configured repetition factor.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the configured repetition factor is four.
5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the configured repetition factor is one.
6. The method of claim 3 , wherein the method further comprises a second uplink control transmission comprising a second bit, the second uplink control transmission being repeated a different number of times.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the downlink control transmission is received in a first symbol duration associated with the first subcarrier spacing, the downlink data transmission is received in a second symbol duration associated with the second subcarrier spacing, and the first symbol duration is twice of the second symbol duration.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first subcarrier spacing is used for transmitting the first uplink control transmission.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second subcarrier spacing is used for transmitting the first uplink control transmission.
10. A wireless transmit/receive unit receiver, a processor and memory, the WTRU configured to:
receive a downlink control transmission using a first subcarrier spacing in a subframe;
receive a downlink data transmission using a second subcarrier spacing in the subframe, wherein the second subcarrier spacing is different from the first subcarrier spacing; and
transmit a first uplink control transmission using the first subcarrier spacing or the second subcarrier spacing, wherein the first uplink control transmission comprises a bit indicating hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) negative acknowledgement (NACK) feedback for the downlink data transmission, and wherein the bit is repeated a configured number of times in the first uplink control transmission.
11. The WTRU of claim 10 , wherein the second subcarrier spacing being different from the first subcarrier spacing comprises the first subcarrier spacing being twice of the second subcarrier spacing.
12. The WTRU of claim 10 , wherein the configured number of times corresponds to a configured repetition factor.
13. The WTRU of claim 12 , wherein the configured repetition factor is four.
14. The WTRU of claim 12 , wherein the configured repetition factor is one.
15. The WTRU of claim 12 , wherein the WTRU further comprises a second uplink control transmission comprising a second bit, the second uplink control transmission being repeated a different number of times.
16. The WTRU of claim 10 , wherein the WTRU is further configured to:
receive the downlink control transmission in a first symbol duration associated with the first subcarrier spacing, and
receive the downlink data transmission in a second symbol duration associated with the second subcarrier spacing,
wherein the first symbol duration is twice of the second symbol duration.
17. The WTRU of claim 10 , wherein the WTRU is further configured to transmit the uplink control transmission in the subframe.
18. The WTRU of claim 10 , wherein the first subcarrier spacing is used for transmitting the first uplink control transmission.
19. The WTRU of claim 10 , wherein the second subcarrier spacing is used for transmitting the first uplink control transmission.
20. A base station for wireless communications, comprising circuitry, including a transmitter, a receiver, a processor and memory, the base station configured to:
transmit a downlink control transmission using a first subcarrier spacing in a subframe;
transmit a downlink data transmission using a second subcarrier spacing in the subframe, wherein the second subcarrier spacing is different from the first subcarrier spacing; and
receive a first uplink control transmission using the first subcarrier spacing or the second subcarrier spacing, wherein the first uplink control transmission comprises a bit indicating hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) negative acknowledgement (NACK) feedback for the downlink data transmission, and wherein the bit is repeated a configured number of times in the first uplink control transmission.