A wireless device (16-1, 16-2, 16-3, 16-4) configured to operate in a cellular communications network, the device comprising: a radio subsystem; and a processing subsystem associated with the radio subsystem configured to, for a decoupled uplink and downlink mode of operation: make (2002, 2006, 2010) a determination as to whether content for an uplink control channel transmission to be transmitted according to an uplink control channel format is targeted to an uplink reception node serving the wireless device (16-1, 16-2, 16-3, 16-4) or to a downlink transmission node serving the wireless device (16-1, 16-2, 16-3, 16-4); select (1002, 2004, 2008, 2012) a value for at least one parameter for the uplink control channel format based on the determination as to whether the content for the uplink control channel transmission to be transmitted according to the uplink control channel format is targeted to the uplink reception node serving the wireless device (16-1, 16-2, 16-3, 16-4) or to the downlink transmission node serving the wireless device (16-1, 16-2, 16-3, 16-4); and transmit the content for the uplink control channel transmission, for which the determination is made, in the uplink control channel transmission according to the uplink control channel format and the value for the at least one parameter for the uplink control channel format selected based on the determination. a radio subsystem; and a processing subsystem associated with the radio subsystem configured to, for a decoupled uplink and downlink mode of operation: make (2002, 2006, 2010) a determination as to whether content for an uplink control channel transmission to be transmitted according to an uplink control channel format is targeted to an uplink reception node serving the wireless device (16-1, 16-2, 16-3, 16-4) or to a downlink transmission node serving the wireless device (16-1, 16-2, 16-3, 16-4); select (1002, 2004, 2008, 2012) a value for at least one parameter for the uplink control channel format based on the determination as to whether the content for the uplink control channel transmission to be transmitted according to the uplink control channel format is targeted to the uplink reception node serving the wireless device (16-1, 16-2, 16-3, 16-4) or to the downlink transmission node serving the wireless device (16-1, 16-2, 16-3, 16-4); and transmit the content for the uplink control channel transmission, for which the determination is made, in the uplink control channel transmission according to the uplink control channel format and the value for the at least one parameter for the uplink control channel format selected based on the determination. make (2002, 2006, 2010) a determination as to whether content for an uplink control channel transmission to be transmitted according to an uplink control channel format is targeted to an uplink reception node serving the wireless device (16-1, 16-2, 16-3, 16-4) or to a downlink transmission node serving the wireless device (16-1, 16-2, 16-3, 16-4); select (1002, 2004, 2008, 2012) a value for at least one parameter for the uplink control channel format based on the determination as to whether the content for the uplink control channel transmission to be transmitted according to the uplink control channel format is targeted to the uplink reception node serving the wireless device (16-1, 16-2, 16-3, 16-4) or to the downlink transmission node serving the wireless device (16-1, 16-2, 16-3, 16-4); and transmit the content for the uplink control channel transmission, for which the determination is made, in the uplink control channel transmission according to the uplink control channel format and the value for the at least one parameter for the uplink control channel format selected based on the determination.