A method for transmitting information bearing sounding reference signals, SRSs, in a fifth generation, 5G, New Radio system architecture, the method comprising: receiving from an access node, by an uncalibrated user equipment, UE, a resource configuration for at least one network resource allocated for transmitting SRSs, the resource configuration comprising beam information of a receive beam used by the access node for receiving on each network resource of the at least one network resource and beam information of a transmit beam used by the UE for transmitting on each network resource of the at least one network resource; and for each network resource of the at least one network resource, determining, by the UE, a transmit beam based on the beam information of the receive beam and the beam information of the transmit beam indicated by the access node, wherein the beam information of the receive beam used by the access node comprises an index of the receive beam, and when codebook beamforming is used by the access node, knowledge of the index allows the UE to know the orientation of the receive beam used by the access node, and the UE selects a transmit beam to match the orientation of the receive beam, selecting, by the UE, a SRS sequence from a plurality of N SRS sequences available to the UE in accordance with information to be conveyed in the network resource, wherein the plurality of N SRS sequences is associated with the network resource, transmitting, by the UE, the selected SRS sequence on the network resource, and upon detecting, by the access node, which one of of the N SRS sequences was transmitted by the UE, recovering log2 bits of information from the received SRS sequence. receiving from an access node, by an uncalibrated user equipment, UE, a resource configuration for at least one network resource allocated for transmitting SRSs, the resource configuration comprising beam information of a receive beam used by the access node for receiving on each network resource of the at least one network resource and beam information of a transmit beam used by the UE for transmitting on each network resource of the at least one network resource; and for each network resource of the at least one network resource, determining, by the UE, a transmit beam based on the beam information of the receive beam and the beam information of the transmit beam indicated by the access node, wherein the beam information of the receive beam used by the access node comprises an index of the receive beam, and when codebook beamforming is used by the access node, knowledge of the index allows the UE to know the orientation of the receive beam used by the access node, and the UE selects a transmit beam to match the orientation of the receive beam, selecting, by the UE, a SRS sequence from a plurality of N SRS sequences available to the UE in accordance with information to be conveyed in the network resource, wherein the plurality of N SRS sequences is associated with the network resource, transmitting, by the UE, the selected SRS sequence on the network resource, and determining, by the UE, a transmit beam based on the beam information of the receive beam and the beam information of the transmit beam indicated by the access node, wherein the beam information of the receive beam used by the access node comprises an index of the receive beam, and when codebook beamforming is used by the access node, knowledge of the index allows the UE to know the orientation of the receive beam used by the access node, and the UE selects a transmit beam to match the orientation of the receive beam, selecting, by the UE, a SRS sequence from a plurality of N SRS sequences available to the UE in accordance with information to be conveyed in the network resource, wherein the plurality of N SRS sequences is associated with the network resource, transmitting, by the UE, the selected SRS sequence on the network resource, and upon detecting, by the access node, which one of of the N SRS sequences was transmitted by the UE, recovering log2 bits of information from the received SRS sequence.