US 12,261,789 B2
Communication method and apparatus
Zhe Liu, Shanghai (CN); Pengpeng Dong, Shanghai (CN); and Jinlin Peng, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Oct. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/513,065.
Application 17/513,065 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2020/087915, filed on Apr. 29, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201910356583.4 (CN), filed on Apr. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0052812 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 72/044 (2023.01)
CPC H04L 5/0048 (2013.01) [H04L 5/0094 (2013.01); H04W 72/044 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
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1. A communication method, comprising:
sending, by a network device, first configuration information, wherein the first configuration information is useable to map a first reference signal to a first resource element set in a first time element, and the first resource element set comprises at least a first resource element; and
sending, by the network device, second configuration information, wherein the second configuration information is useable to map a second reference signal to a second resource element set in a second time element, and the second resource element set comprises at least a second resource element, wherein
a frequency domain resource occupied by the first resource element overlaps a frequency domain resource occupied by the second resource element in response to the first time element and the second time element overlapping each other in a time domain;
wherein a subcarrier spacing of the first reference signal is a first subcarrier spacing, and a subcarrier index of the first resource element is a first value, and is in the first subcarrier spacing; and
the second resource element fails to be useable to transmit the second reference signal in response to a value of the first value being an integer multiple of 2n; or
the second resource element is useable to transmit the second reference signal in response to a value of the first value failing to be an integer multiple of 2n, and n is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1.