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

Claim 0:
1. A slot format configuration method, comprising:
receiving, by a first node, first configuration information from a second node, wherein the second node is a parent node of the first node;
determining, by the first node, 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 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;
receiving, by the first node, 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
modifying, by the first node, 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.