CPC H04W 72/1268 (2013.01) [H04W 72/04 (2013.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01)] | 17 Claims |
1. A communications apparatus, comprising:
a memory for storing instructions;
one or more processors, coupled to the memory, wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the communications apparatus to:
send, in a grant-free mode to a network device, first data by using a grant-free resource;
receive an acknowledgement for the first data from the network device, the acknowledgement comprising an instruction; and
in response to the acknowledgement comprising the instruction being received in a resource that is a preset instruction resource, determine that the instruction indicates the communications apparatus to switch from the grant-free mode to a grant mode, and send, in the grant mode after receiving the instruction, second data by using a grant resource to the network device, the preset instruction resource configured for indicating switching to the grant mode.
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