Patent ID: 11877266
Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 6:
7. A network device comprising: a processor and a memory for storing a computer program capable of running on the processor, wherein the processor is configured to, when the computer program is running, perform:
sending first control information containing N pieces of format indication information to a terminal device, wherein N is an integer greater than 1, wherein the N pieces of format indication information correspond to N time slots of the terminal device, wherein each of the N time slots corresponding to the N pieces of format indication information is a time slot of which at least a partial format is flexible, wherein at least part of the N time slots are continuous or discontinuous, and wherein the N time slots comprise at least one time slot of a first type containing an unidentified portion and at least one time slot not containing an unknown symbol;
sending second configuration information providing only an indication of the time slot of the first type and not providing an indication of the time slot not containing an unknown symbol to the terminal device in a case that the N time slots comprise both the time slot of the first type and the slot not containing an unknown symbol, wherein the second configuration information only indicates the time slot of the first type in the N time slots, does not indicate the time slot not containing an unknown symbol in the N time slots, and is used for the terminal device to determine at least one time slot of the first type;
implementing a correspondence according to the time slot of the first type and the N pieces of format indication information of the first control information; and
determining a format only for the time slot of the first type according to the correspondence and not determining a format for the time slot not containing an unknown symbol in the case that the N time slots comprise both the time slot of the first type and the time slot not containing an unknown symbol, wherein the time slot of the first type is a time slot of which a corresponding format is capable of being determined based on control information.