Method and apparatus for determining slot formats of uplink and downlink transmission
The present application relates to a method and an apparatus for determining slot formats of UL/DL transmission. The method includes: receiving a first UL/DL configuration and a second UL/DL configuration: and determining slot formats for a set of non-flexible slots and non-flexible symbols by at least one of the first UL/DL configuration and the second UL/DL configuration.
1 . A method performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:
receiving a first uplink and downlink (UL/DL) configuration and a second UL/DL configuration;
determining slot formats for a set of non-flexible slots and non-flexible symbols based on at least one of the first UL/DL configuration and the second UL/DL configuration;
determining that a slot or a symbol is configured as one of downlink, uplink, or flexible in the first UL/DL configuration and is configured differently from another one of downlink, uplink, or flexible in the second UL/DL configuration; and
determining that the slot or the symbol is utilized for full-duplex communication based on the slot or the symbol being configured differently in the first UL/DL configuration and the second UL/DL configuration.
2 . A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:
at least one memory; and
at least one processor coupled with the at least one memory and configured to cause the UE to:
receive a first uplink and downlink (UL/DL) configuration and a second UL/DL configuration;
determine slot formats for a set of non-flexible slots and non-flexible symbols based on at least one of the first UL/DL configuration and the second UL/DL configuration;
determine that a slot or a symbol is configured as one of downlink, uplink, or flexible in the first UL/DL configuration and is configured differently from another one of downlink, uplink, or flexible in the second UL/DL configuration; and
determine that the slot or the symbol is utilized for full-duplex communication based on the slot or the symbol being configured differently in the first UL/DL configuration and the second UL/DL configuration.
3 . The UE of claim 2 , wherein the first UL/DL configuration includes a cell common UL/DL configuration and the second UL/DL configuration includes a UE specific UL/DL configuration.
4 . The UE of claim 3 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to cause the UE to:
receive at least one configuration;
wherein, to determine the slot formats based on the at least one of the first UL/DL configuration and the second UL/DL configuration, the at least one processor is configured to cause the UE to; determine the slot formats based on according to the at least one configuration.
5 . The UE of claim 4 , wherein to determine the slot formats based on the first UL/DL configuration and the second UL/DL configuration according to the at least one configuration is to:
determine the slot formats based on the first UL/DL configuration; and
change the slot formats for the set of non-flexible slots and non-flexible symbols based on the second UL/DL configuration according to the at least one configuration.
6 . The UE of claim 3 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to cause the UE to:
receive at least one configuration;
wherein, to determine the slot formats based on the at least one of the first UL/DL configuration and the second UL/DL configuration, the at least one processor is configured to cause the UE to; determine the slot formats based on the first UL/DL configuration according to the at least one configuration.
7 . The UE of claim 3 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to cause the UE to:
receive at least one configuration;
wherein, to determine the slot formats based on the at least one of the first UL/DL configuration and the second UL/DL configuration, the at least one processor is configured to cause the UE to; determine the slot formats based on the first UL/DL configuration when a function associated with the at least one configuration is not enabled.
8 . The UE of claim 2 , wherein the first UL/DL configuration includes a cell common UL/DL configuration and the second UL/DL configuration includes another cell common UL/DL configuration.
9 . The UE of claim 8 , wherein the first UL/DL configuration and the second UL/DL configuration have a same format, and wherein, to determine the slot formats based on the at least one of the first UL/DL configuration and the second UL/DL configuration, the at least one processor is configured to cause the UE to; determine the slot formats based on the second UL/DL configuration when a function associated with the second UL/DL configuration is enabled.
10 . The UE of claim 9 , wherein at least one field of the second UL/DL configuration is different from a corresponding field of the first UL/DL configuration.
11 . The UE of claim 8 , wherein, to determine the slot formats based on the at least one of the first UL/DL configuration and the second UL/DL configuration, the at least one processor is further configured to cause the UE to:
determine the slot formats by the first UL/DL configuration; and
change the slot formats for the set of non-flexible slots and non-flexible symbols by the second UL/DL configuration when a function associated with the second UL/DL configuration is enabled.
12 . The UE of claim 8 , wherein, to determine the slot formats based on the at least one of the first UL/DL configuration and the second UL/DL configuration, the at least one processor is further configured to cause the UE to:
determine the slot formats based on the first UL/DL configuration when a function associated with the second UL/DL configuration is not enabled.
13 . The UE of claim 2 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to cause the UE to:
determine that whether a set of slots and symbols is configured as one of downlink, uplink, or flexible is changed according to the first UL/DL configuration and the second UL/DL configuration; and
determine that the set of slots and symbols is utilized for full duplex communication.
14 . The UE of claim 13 , wherein, to determine that the set of slots and symbols is utilized for the full duplex communication, the at least one processor is further configured to cause the UE to:
determine that at least one element of the set of slots and symbols is utilized for the full duplex communication according to a bitmap configuration.
15 . The UE of claim 2 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to cause the UE to apply the slot formats during an initial network access.
16 . A processor for wireless communication, comprising:
at least one controller coupled with at least one memory and configured to cause the processor to:
receive a first uplink and downlink (UL/DL) configuration and a second UL/DL configuration;
determine slot formats for a set of non-flexible slots and non-flexible symbols based on at least one of the first UL/DL configuration and the second UL/DL configuration;
determine that a slot or a symbol is configured as one of downlink, uplink, or flexible in the first UL/DL configuration and is configured differently from another one of downlink, uplink, or flexible in the second UL/DL configuration; and
determine that the slot or the symbol is utilized for full-duplex communication based on the slot or the symbol being configured differently in the first UL/DL configuration and the second UL/DL configuration.
17 . The processor of claim 16 , wherein the first UL/DL configuration includes a cell common UL/DL configuration and the second UL/DL configuration includes a UL/DL configuration specific to a user equipment (UE) that includes the processor.
18 . The processor of claim 17 , wherein the at least one controller is configured to cause the processor to:
receive at least one configuration;
wherein, to determine the slot formats based on the at least one of the first UL/DL configuration and the second UL/DL configuration, the at least one controller is configured to cause the processor to; determine the slot formats based on the first UL/DL configuration according to the at least one configuration.
19 . The processor of claim 17 , wherein the at least one controller is configured to cause the processor to:
receive at least one configuration;
wherein to determine the slot formats based on the at least one of the first UL/DL configuration and the second UL/DL configuration, the at least one controller is configured to cause the processor to; determine the slot formats based on the first UL/DL configuration when a function associated with the at least one configuration is not enabled.
20 . The processor of claim 16 , wherein the first UL/DL configuration includes a cell common UL/DL configuration and the second UL/DL configuration includes another cell common UL/DL configuration.