| CPC H04W 56/0015 (2013.01) [H04W 72/04 (2013.01); H04W 74/0808 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims | 

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               1. A base station, comprising: 
            a transceiver configured to wirelessly communicate with a user equipment (UE); and 
                a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver and configured to: 
              generate a Downlink Channel Indicator (DCI), wherein the DCI comprises interlace resource allocation information for a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) and a mapping between an Orthogonal Cover Code (OCC) index applied on an Uplink Control Information (UCI) symbol and a cyclic shift applied to a DeModulation Reference Signal (DMRS) symbol; and 
                  transmit, using the transceiver, the DCI to the UE. 
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