Methods, systems, and devices for
wireless communication are described. In some cases, a randomized shift of a
base sequence can be used to transmit uplink control information. For example, a
user equipment (UE) can identify a
base sequence for an uplink control message. The UE can also receive signaling indicating a UE-specific initial shift that can be applied to the
base sequence. In some examples, the signaling indicating the randomized shift can be explicit, implicit, or a combination thereof. After determining one or more shifted sequences based on the UE-specific initial shift, a
payload of the uplink control message, and the base sequence, the UE can select a shifted sequence to be transmitted, where the selection is based on the
payload of the uplink control message. For example, different shifted sequences can be selected for respective transmissions of a scheduling request, a 1-bit
acknowledgement (ACK), a 2-bit ACK, and the like.