A method performed by a communication node, comprising: determining slot offset indication information that classifies a slot offset information set as either a first kind or a second kind based on a high-layer configuration signaling, wherein the slot offset information set characterizes an offset from one of: a first offset between a downlink control information time slot and a physical downlink shared channel time slot, and a second offset between the downlink control information time slot and a physical uplink shared channel time slot, and wherein: in response to the slot offset information set being the first kind, the slot offset information set indicates that the offset is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to Nmax, wherein the Nmax is a positive integer greater than 10, and in response to the slot offset information set being the second kind the slot offset information set indicates that the offset is greater than or equal to a minimum threshold value and less than or equal to the Nmax, wherein the minimum threshold value is an integer greater than zero and is indicated to a communication device via a radio resource control, RRC, message; and sending the slot offset indication information to the communication device. determining slot offset indication information that classifies a slot offset information set as either a first kind or a second kind based on a high-layer configuration signaling, wherein the slot offset information set characterizes an offset from one of: a first offset between a downlink control information time slot and a physical downlink shared channel time slot, and a second offset between the downlink control information time slot and a physical uplink shared channel time slot, and wherein: in response to the slot offset information set being the first kind, the slot offset information set indicates that the offset is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to Nmax, wherein the Nmax is a positive integer greater than 10, and in response to the slot offset information set being the second kind the slot offset information set indicates that the offset is greater than or equal to a minimum threshold value and less than or equal to the Nmax, wherein the minimum threshold value is an integer greater than zero and is indicated to a communication device via a radio resource control, RRC, message; and wherein the slot offset information set characterizes an offset from one of: a first offset between a downlink control information time slot and a physical downlink shared channel time slot, and a second offset between the downlink control information time slot and a physical uplink shared channel time slot, and a first offset between a downlink control information time slot and a physical downlink shared channel time slot, and a second offset between the downlink control information time slot and a physical uplink shared channel time slot, and wherein: in response to the slot offset information set being the first kind, the slot offset information set indicates that the offset is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to Nmax, wherein the Nmax is a positive integer greater than 10, and in response to the slot offset information set being the second kind the slot offset information set indicates that the offset is greater than or equal to a minimum threshold value and less than or equal to the Nmax, wherein the minimum threshold value is an integer greater than zero and is indicated to a communication device via a radio resource control, RRC, message; and in response to the slot offset information set being the first kind, the slot offset information set indicates that the offset is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to Nmax, wherein the Nmax is a positive integer greater than 10, and in response to the slot offset information set being the second kind the slot offset information set indicates that the offset is greater than or equal to a minimum threshold value and less than or equal to the Nmax, wherein the minimum threshold value is an integer greater than zero and is indicated to a communication device via a radio resource control, RRC, message; and sending the slot offset indication information to the communication device.