Patent ID: 9445420
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A downlink data rate-matching method, comprising: a user equipment (UE) acquiring one of the following information: one or more sets of rate-matching resource indication information configured by a base station for instructing the UE to carry out rate-matching, the one or more sets of rate-matching resource indication information and combined rate-matching resource indication information, wherein the combined rate-matching resource indication information is used for indicating combination of the one or more sets of rate-matching resource indication information, and rate-matching resource indication information of a serving cell of the UE acquired when the UE accesses a network; the UE determining downlink control information format (DCI Format) corresponding to downlink grant indication information in a subframe of downlink control information transmitted from the base station; and the UE determining rate-matching resource information for rate-matching corresponding to the DCI Format according to the DCI Format and a preset corresponding relationship, and carrying out a rate-matching operation for downlink data according to the rate-matching resource information, wherein the preset corresponding relationship comprises one of the following: a corresponding relationship between the one or more sets of rate-matching resource indication information and the DCI Format, a corresponding relationship between the rate-matching resource indication information of the serving cell and the DCI Format, and a corresponding relationship between the combined rate-matching resource indication information and the DCI Format.