Patent ID: 11962387
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 6:
7. A terminal device, comprising:
at least one processor; and
a memory storing programming instructions for execution by the at least one processor, the programming instructions instructing a network device to perform operations comprising:
receiving first indication information from the network device, wherein the first indication information is used to indicate a first maximum multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) layer quantity N used by the terminal device to perform wireless communication, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 1; and
performing wireless communication with the network device based on the first maximum MIMO layer quantity N, wherein:
the first indication information comprises a target minimum slot offset value that is indicated by the network device to be used by the terminal device, and the method further comprises:
determining, by the terminal device based on a first mapping relationship, a maximum MIMO layer quantity corresponding to the target minimum slot offset value as the first maximum MIMO layer quantity N, wherein the first mapping relationship indicates correspondences between a plurality of minimum slot offset values between a control channel and a data channel and a plurality of maximum MIMO layer quantities, and one minimum slot offset value of the plurality of minimum slot offset values corresponds to one maximum MIMO layer quantity of the plurality of maximum MIMO layer quantities; or

the first indication information comprises a target slot offset value that is indicated by the network device to be used by the terminal device, and the method further comprises:
determining, by the terminal device based on a second mapping relationship, a maximum MIMO layer quantity corresponding to the target slot offset value as the first maximum MIMO layer quantity N, wherein the second mapping relationship indicates correspondences between a plurality of slot offset values between a control channel and a data channel and a plurality of maximum MIMO layer quantities, and one slot offset value of the plurality of slot offset values corresponds to one maximum MIMO layer quantity of the plurality of maximum MIMO layer quantities.