Patent ID: 11863475
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 15:
16. An apparatus for allocating a downlink, the apparatus comprising:
a transceiver; and
a processor configured to:
receive, from a user equipment (UE), an indication that the UE supports partial transmission of a reference signal,
determine whether the downlink transmitted to the UE is rate matched, and
in response to determining that the downlink is rate-matched, determine that a rate matching pattern of the downlink is applicable for the partial transmission of the reference signal, and allocate, to the UE, the downlink with the partial transmission of the reference signal,

wherein the processor is further configured to determine that the rate-matching pattern of the downlink is applicable for the partial transmission of the reference signal based on a characteristic of the downlink,
wherein the characteristic of the downlink includes processing time, and
wherein the processing time includes a normal processing time and a fast processing time corresponding to the indication.