Patent ID: 11902197
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 4:
5. An apparatus, comprising:
a storage medium for storing program instructions; and
at least one processor coupled to the storage medium, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:
receive, through a downlink channel, a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) configuration information code, the CSI-RS configuration information code comprising a first code and a third code;
determine a CSI-RS pattern based on the first code and a first relationship, the first relationship comprising a relationship among the first code, the quantity of antenna ports of the base station to transmit the CSI-RS, and the CSI-RS pattern; and
determine a data muting resource element (RE) according to the third code.