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

Claim 4:
5. A slot format configuration method, comprising:
determining, by a second node, a slot format of each slot in a first set of slots, wherein the first set of slots comprises slots that are used for communication between a first node and a third node in one or more periods, the third node is a child integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node of the first node or a terminal device served by the first node, and the slot format of each of the slots indicates a type of each symbol in the slot;
sending, by the second node, first configuration information to the first node, wherein the first configuration information indicates the slot format of each slot in the first set of slots; and
sending, by the second node, second configuration information to the first node, wherein the second configuration information is used by the first node to modify slot formats of a subset of slots of the first set of slots to obtain modified slot formats of the subset of slots.