BACKGROUND

1. Field

The disclosure relates, generally, to an electronic device, and more particularly, to an electronic device configured for indicating uplink (UL) control channel resources in a wireless cellular communication system.

2. Description of the Related Art

To meet the demand for wireless data traffic having increased since deployment of 4G communication systems, efforts have been made to develop an improved 5G or pre-5G communication system. Therefore, the 5G or pre-5G communication system is also called a ‘Beyond 4G Network’ or a ‘Post LTE System’. The 5G communication system is considered to be implemented in higher frequency (mmWave) bands, e.g., 60 GHz bands, so as to accomplish higher data rates. To decrease propagation loss of the radio waves and increase the transmission distance, the beamforming, massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO), Full Dimensional MIMO (FD-MIMO), array antenna, an analog beam forming, large scale antenna techniques are discussed in 5G communication systems. In addition, in 5G communication systems, development for system network improvement is under way based on advanced small cells, cloud Radio Access Networks (RANs), ultra-dense networks, device-to-device (D2D) communication, wireless backhaul, moving network, cooperative communication, Coordinated Multi-Points (CoMP), reception-end interference cancellation and the like. In the 5G system, Hybrid FSK and QAM Modulation (FQAM) and sliding window superposition coding (SWSC) as an advanced coding modulation (ACM), and filter bank multi carrier (FBMC), non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA), and sparse code multiple access (SCMA) as an advanced access technology have been developed.

The Internet, which is a human centered connectivity network where humans generate and consume information, is now evolving to the Internet of Things (IoT) where distributed entities, such as things, exchange and process information without human intervention. The Internet of Everything (IoE), which is a combination of the IoT technology and the Big Data processing technology through connection with a cloud server, has emerged. As technology elements, such as “sensing technology”, “wired/wireless communication and network infrastructure”, “service interface technology”, and “Security technology” have been demanded for IoT implementation, a sensor network, a Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication, Machine Type Communication (MTC), and so forth have been recently researched. Such an IoT environment may provide intelligent Internet technology services that create a new value to human life by collecting and analyzing data generated among connected things. IoT may be applied to a variety of fields including smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected cars, smart grid, health care, smart appliances and advanced medical services through convergence and combination between existing Information Technology (IT) and various industrial applications.

In line with this, various attempts have been made to apply 5G communication systems to IoT networks. For example, technologies such as a sensor network, Machine Type Communication (MTC), and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication may be implemented by beamforming, MIMO, and array antennas. Application of a cloud Radio Access Network (RAN) as the above-described Big Data processing technology may also be considered to be as an example of convergence between the 5G technology and the IoT technology.

However, because the 5G communication system provides various slot formats, the number of UL orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols in one slot may vary.

SUMMARY

The disclosure has been made to address at least the disadvantages described above and to provide at least the advantages described below.

Accordingly, an aspect of the disclosure provides a method and apparatus that indicate, when the number of UL OFDM symbols varies according to a slot format, a transmission interval (or, start symbol and end symbol) of the long physical UL control channel (PUCCH) suitable for the number of UL OFDM symbols.

An aspect of the disclosure provides a method and apparatus that indicate, when UL control channels such as long PUCCH, short PUCCH and sounding reference signal (SRS) coexist in one TTI or one slot, the transmission interval (or, start symbol and end symbol) of the long PUCCH to avoid resource conflicts and maximize resource utilization.

In accordance with an aspect of the disclosure, there is provided a method of receiving UL control information in a communication system. The method includes identifying a resource for receiving the UL control information on a first UL control channel from a terminal, transmitting first information associated with the resource to the terminal, transmitting second information associated with the resource to the terminal, and receiving the UL control information on the UL control channel based on the first information and the second information from the terminal.

In accordance with an aspect of the disclosure, there is provided a method of transmitting UL control information in a communication system. The method includes receiving, from a base station, first information associated with a resource for transmitting the UL control information on a first UL control channel to the base station, receiving, to the base station, second information associated with the resource, identifying the resource for the first UL control channel based on the first information and the second information, and transmitting, to the base station, the UL control information on the first UL control channel on the identified resource.

In accordance with an aspect of the disclosure, there is provided a base station for receiving UL control information in a communication system. The base station includes a transceiver and a processor coupled with the transceiver and configured to identify a resource for receiving the UL control information on a first UL control channel from a terminal, transmit first information associated with the resource to the terminal, transmit second information associated with the resource to the terminal, and receive the UL control information on the UL control channel based on the first information and the second information from the terminal.

In accordance with an aspect of the disclosure, there is provided a terminal for transmitting UL control information in a communication system. The terminal includes a transceiver and at least one processor coupled with the transceiver and configured to receive, from a base station, first information associated with a resource for transmitting the UL control information on a first UL control channel to the base station, receive, from the base station, second information associated with the resource, identify the resource for the first UL control channel based on the first information and the second information, and transmit, to the base station, the UL control information on the first UL control channel on the identified resource.

