Patent ID: 11963187
Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 15:
16. A communication device comprising a memory for storing computer instructions and a processor in communication with the memory, wherein, when the processor executes the computer instructions, the processor is configured to cause the communication device to:
receive slot offset indication information from a communication node, wherein the slot offset indication information classifies a slot offset information set as either a first kind or a second kind based on high-layer configuration signaling,
wherein the slot offset information set characterizes an offset from one of:
a first offset between a downlink control information time slot and a physical downlink shared channel time slot, and
a second offset between the downlink control information time slot and a physical uplink shared channel time slot, and

wherein:
in response to the slot offset information set being the first kind, the slot offset information set indicates that the offset is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to Nmax, wherein the Nmax is a positive integer greater than 10, and
in response to the slot offset information set being the second kind, the slot offset information set indicates that the offset is greater than or equal to a minimum threshold value and less than or equal to the Nmax, wherein the minimum threshold value is indicated to the communication device via a radio resource control (RRC) message.