Patent ID: 11963142
Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. A user equipment, comprising:
one or more processors; and
a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for storing a plurality of instructions executable by the one or more processors;
wherein the one or more processors are configured to:
receive slot format indication information sent by a base station through a target channel, the slot format indication information is configured to indicate link formats of each of N symbols comprised in a target partial slot, and N is a positive integer less than 14, wherein the N symbols comprised in the target partial slot are a subset of 14 symbols comprised in a full slot;
wherein the slot format indication information is sent by the base station in response to detecting that the target channel is in an idle state, the target partial slot is in a time period during which the base station occupies the target channel, and the target channel is on an unlicensed spectrum,
wherein the target partial slot is a last slot in the time period during which the base station occupies the target channel, and
the slot format indication information is configured to indicate that the link formats of each of the N symbols comprised in the target partial slot are the same as link formats of each of first N symbols in 14 symbols comprised in a last full slot.