Patent ID: 11863475
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 12:
13. A method of allocating a downlink by a base station, the method comprising:
receiving, from a user equipment (UE), an indication that the UE supports partial transmission of a reference signal;
determining, by the base station, whether the downlink transmitted to the UE is rate matched; and
in response to determining that the downlink is rate-matched, determining, by the base station, that a rate matching pattern of the downlink is applicable for the partial transmission of the reference signal, and allocating, by the base station, to the UE, the downlink with the partial transmission of the reference signal,
wherein determining that the rate-matching pattern of the downlink is applicable for the partial transmission of the reference signal is based on a characteristic of the downlink,
wherein the characteristic of the downlink includes processing time, and
wherein the processing time includes a normal processing time and a fast processing time corresponding to the indication.