Patent ID: 11916663
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 12:
13. A communications apparatus, comprising:
at least ones processor, configured to determine a slot format of each slot in a first set of slots, wherein the first set of slots comprises slots that are used for communication between a first node and a third node in one or more periods, the third node is a child integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node of the first node or a terminal device served by the first node, and the slot format of each of the slots indicates a type of each symbol in the slot; and
a transmitter, configured to send first configuration information to the first node, wherein the first configuration information indicates the slot format of each slot in the first set of slots, and send second configuration information to the first node, wherein the second configuration information is used by the first node to modify slot formats of a subset of slots of the first set of slots to obtain modified slot formats of the subset of slots.