A method of wireless communication for user equipment, UE, comprising: receiving downlink control information, DCI, that indicates an allocated resource from a base station; receiving data from the base station; generating a cyclically shifted sequence for transmission, the cyclically shifted sequence corresponding to a sequence that is cyclically shifted based on a scheduling request, SR, and at least one of an acknowledgment, ACK, or negative ACK, NACK, for the received data; and transmitting the cyclically shifted sequence in the allocated resource within a symbol period of a slot of a subframe to the base station, wherein the SR and the at least one of the ACK or the NACK are transmitted jointly in the symbol period of a same set of resource blocks, RBs, wherein the SR and the at least one of the ACK or the NACK are transmitted in one of four sequences each having a different cyclic shift, wherein each of the four sequences represent different values of a combined two bit payload for the SR combined with the at least one of the ACK or the NACK for the joint transmission, wherein: a first two of the four sequences indicate that SR is 1 and each of the first two sequences differentiate between ACK and NACK, and wherein a second two of the four sequences indicate that SR is 0 and each of the second two sequences differentiate between ACK and NACK, and the four sequences are interlaced to maximize the cyclic shift distance between the different values of the joint payload. receiving downlink control information, DCI, that indicates an allocated resource from a base station; receiving data from the base station; generating a cyclically shifted sequence for transmission, the cyclically shifted sequence corresponding to a sequence that is cyclically shifted based on a scheduling request, SR, and at least one of an acknowledgment, ACK, or negative ACK, NACK, for the received data; and transmitting the cyclically shifted sequence in the allocated resource within a symbol period of a slot of a subframe to the base station, wherein the SR and the at least one of the ACK or the NACK are transmitted jointly in the symbol period of a same set of resource blocks, RBs, wherein the SR and the at least one of the ACK or the NACK are transmitted in one of four sequences each having a different cyclic shift, wherein each of the four sequences represent different values of a combined two bit payload for the SR combined with the at least one of the ACK or the NACK for the joint transmission, wherein: a first two of the four sequences indicate that SR is 1 and each of the first two sequences differentiate between ACK and NACK, and wherein a second two of the four sequences indicate that SR is 0 and each of the second two sequences differentiate between ACK and NACK, and the four sequences are interlaced to maximize the cyclic shift distance between the different values of the joint payload. a first two of the four sequences indicate that SR is 1 and each of the first two sequences differentiate between ACK and NACK, and wherein a second two of the four sequences indicate that SR is 0 and each of the second two sequences differentiate between ACK and NACK, and the four sequences are interlaced to maximize the cyclic shift distance between the different values of the joint payload.