Retransmission of physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) for ultra reliable low latency communications (URLLC)

1. A method for wireless communication by a User Equipment (UE), comprising:

assigning bit indices of at least one code block of a control channel to bit channels in a particular order of reliabilities of the bit channels, the at least one code block including Channel State Information (CSI);

polar encoding the at least one code block, including the CSI, based on the bit indices assigned in the particular order of reliabilities of the bit channels;

transmitting the polar encoded at least one code block, including the CSI;

detecting a trigger;

assigning, in response to the trigger, the bit indices of at least a portion of the at least one code block, including the CSI, to the bit channels in a reverse order of reliabilities of the bit channels as compared to the particular order of reliabilities of the bit channels;

polar encoding the portion of the at least one code block, including the CSI, based on the bit indices assigned in the reverse order of reliabilities of the bit channels; and

retransmitting the polar encoded portion of the at least one code block, including the CSI.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein for each code block of the at least one code block:

for the transmitting, the bit indices of the code block are assigned to the bit channels in decreasing order of reliabilities of the bit channels, wherein the CSI is assigned the bit channels starting from a lowest CSI bit index to a highest CSI bit index;

for the retransmitting, the bit indices of the portion are assigned to the bit channels in decreasing order of reliabilities of the bit channels, and wherein the CSI is assigned bit channels starting from the highest CSI bit index to the lowest CSI bit index.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

dividing the CSI into multiple parts;

transmitting each part of the CSI in a different code block,

wherein the retransmitted polar encoded portion of the at least one code block includes a portion of at least one of the transmitted parts of the CSI.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the retransmitted polar encoded portion of the at least one code block does not include Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) bits.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the retransmitted polar encoded portion of the at least one code block includes only a portion of the CSI.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the retransmitting includes retransmitting the polar encoded portion of the at least one code block at a preconfigured retransmission opportunity, wherein the trigger includes detecting the retransmission opportunity.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein a retransmission opportunity for retransmitting the polar encoded portion of the at least one code block is configured between every two transmissions for the control channel.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein detecting the trigger includes receiving decoding results regarding the transmission of the polar encoded at least one code block, wherein the retransmission of the polar encoded portion of the at least one code block is based on the decoding results.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising receiving the decoding results on a Physical Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARD) Indicator Channel (PHICH).

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein receiving the decoding results comprises receiving the decoding results in the PHICH only when the PHICH is not scheduled to include feedback regarding a transmission on a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH).

11. The method of claim 8 , further comprising receiving the decoding results as part of Downlink Control Information (DCI).

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the DCI includes an additional bit for indicating the decoding results.

13. The method of claim 8 , further comprising receiving the decoding results on a channel configured for indicating the decoding results.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the control channel includes a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH).

15. A method for wireless communication by a Base Station (BS), comprising:

receiving a transmission of at least one code block of a control channel, the at least one code block including Channel State Information (CSI), wherein:

bit indices of the at least one code block are assigned to bit channels in a particular order of reliabilities of the bit channels, and

the at least one code block, including the CSI, is polar encoded based on the bit indices assigned in the particular order of reliabilities of the bit channels;

receiving a retransmission of at least a portion of the at least one code block including the CSI, wherein:

bit indices of the portion of the at least one code block, including the CSI, are assigned to the bit channels in a reverse order of reliabilities of the bit channels as compared to the particular order of reliabilities of the bit channels, and

the portion of the at least one code block, including the CSI, is polar encoded based on the bit indices assigned in the reverse order of reliabilities of the bit channels; and

decoding the at least one code block based on the transmission and the retransmission.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein for each code block of the at least one code block:

for the transmission, the bit indices of the code block are assigned to the bit channels in decreasing order of reliabilities of the bit channels, wherein the CSI is assigned the bit channels starting from a lowest CSI bit index to a highest CSI bit index;

for the retransmission, the bit indices of the portion are assigned to the bit channels in decreasing order of reliabilities of the bit channels, and wherein the CSI is assigned bit channels starting from the highest CSI bit index to the lowest CSI bit index.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the decoding includes decoding the at least one code block by combining the transmission and the retransmission.

18. The method of claim 15 , wherein the decoding includes:

decoding the retransmission;

designating successfully decoded bits of the retransmission as frozen bits; and

decoding, based on the transmission, remaining bits of the at least one code block not decoded from the retransmission.

19. The method of claim 15 , wherein the retransmitted portion of the at least one code block includes only a portion of the CSI.

20. The method of claim 15 , wherein receiving the retransmission includes receiving the retransmission of the portion of the at least one code block at a preconfigured retransmission opportunity.

21. The method of claim 20 , wherein a retransmission opportunity is configured between every two transmissions of the control channel.

22. The method of claim 15 , further comprising transmitting decoding results regarding the transmission of the at least one code block, wherein the retransmission is based on the decoding results.

23. The method of claim 22 , further comprising transmitting the decoding results on a Physical Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARD) Indicator Channel (PHICH).

24. The method of claim 23 , wherein transmitting the decoding results comprises transmitting the decoding results in the PHICH only when the PHICH is not scheduled to include feedback regarding a transmission received on a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH).

25. The method of claim 22 , further comprising transmitting the decoding results as part of Downlink Control Information (DCI).

26. The method of claim 25 , wherein the DCI includes an additional bit for indicating the decoding results.

27. The method of claim 22 , further comprising transmitting the decoding results on a channel configured for indicating the decoding results.

28. The method of claim 15 , wherein the control channel includes a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH).

29. An apparatus for wireless communication by a User Equipment (UE), comprising:

means for assigning bit indices of at least one code block of a control channel to bit channels in a particular order of reliabilities of the bit channels, the at least one code block including Channel State Information (CSI);

means for polar encoding the at least one code block, including the CSI, based on the bit indices assigned in the particular order of reliabilities of the bit channels;

means for transmitting the polar encoded at least one code block, including the CSI;

means for detecting a trigger;

means for assigning, in response to the trigger, the bit indices of at least a portion of the at least one code block, including the CSI, to the bit channels in a reverse order of reliabilities of the bit channels as compared to the particular order of reliabilities of the bit channels;

means for polar encoding the portion of the at least one code block, including the CSI, based on the bit indices assigned in the reverse order of reliabilities of the bit channels; and

means for retransmitting the polar encoded portion of the at least one code block, including the CSI.

30. An apparatus for wireless communication by a Base Station (BS), comprising:

means for receiving a transmission of at least one code block of a control channel, the at least one code block including Channel State Information (CSI), wherein:

bit indices of the at least one code block are assigned to bit channels in a particular order of reliabilities of the bit channels, and

the at least one code block, including the CSI, is polar encoded based on the bit indices assigned in the particular order of reliabilities of the bit channels;

means for receiving a retransmission of at least a portion of the at least one code block including the CSI, wherein:

bit indices of the portion of the at least one code block, including the CSI, are assigned to the bit channels in a reverse order of reliabilities of the bit channels as compared to the particular order of reliabilities of the bit channels, and

the portion of the at least one code block, including the CSI, is polar encoded based on the bit indices assigned in the reverse order of reliabilities of the bit channels; and

means for decoding the at least one code block based on the transmission and the retransmission.