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

Claim 4:
5. A terminal device, comprising: a transceiver, 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:
acquiring N pieces of format indication information from first control information sent from a network side; wherein N is an integer greater than 1;
determining N time slots corresponding to the N pieces of format indication information in the first control information;
determining formats of the N time slots based on the N pieces of format indication information; 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, 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;
controlling the transceiver to receive second configuration information sent from the network side, wherein the second configuration information only indicates the time slot of the first type in the N time slots and does not indicate the time slot not containing an unknown symbol in the N time slots;
controlling the transceiver to receive only an indication of the time slot of the first type and not receive an indication of the time slot not containing an unknown symbol based on the second configuration information in a case that the N time slots comprise both the time slot of the first type and the time slot not containing an unknown symbol; and
determining at least one time slot of the first type based on the second configuration information sent from the network side, 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,
wherein determining the N time slots corresponding to the N pieces of format indication information in the first control information comprises 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
wherein determining formats of the N time slots based on the N pieces of format indication information comprises 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.