| CPC H04W 72/20 (2023.01) [H04L 5/1469 (2013.01); H04W 24/10 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01)] | 16 Claims |

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15. A method for a time division duplex communication system, performed by a base station, comprising:
setting a first guard period for downlink-to-uplink switching for a first terminal device in a first cell;
setting a second guard period for downlink-to-uplink switching for a second terminal device in the first cell, wherein the second guard period for downlink-to-uplink switching is different from the first guard period for downlink-to-uplink switching; and
setting a third guard period for downlink-to-uplink switching for the first terminal device, where the third guard period for downlink-to-uplink switching is different from the first guard period for downlink-to-uplink switching,
wherein the first guard period for downlink-to-uplink switching is associated with a first resource, the second guard period for downlink-to-uplink switching is associated with a second resource, and the first resource and the second resource have orthogonality, and
wherein the third guard period for downlink-to-uplink switching is associated with a third resource, and the first resource and the third resource have orthogonality.
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