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

Claim 8:
9. A communications apparatus, comprising:
a receiver, configured to receive first configuration information from a second node, wherein the second node is a parent node of the communications apparatus; and
at least one processor, configured to determine a slot format of each slot in a first set of slots based on the first configuration information, wherein the first set of slots comprises slots that are used for communication between the communications apparatus and a third node in one or more periods, the third node is a child integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node of the communications apparatus or a terminal device served by the communications apparatus, and the slot format of each of the slots indicates a type of each symbol in the slot, wherein
wherein the receiver is further configured to receive second configuration information from the second node, wherein the second configuration information is used to reconfigure slot formats of a subset of slots of the first set of slots, and
the at least one processor is further configured to modify the slot formats of the subset of slots of the first set of slots based on the second configuration information to obtain modified slot formats of the subset of slots.