US 12,302,372 B2
Frame structure indicating method and device, frame structure determining method and device, storage medium, and processor
Chenchen Zhang, Shenzhen (CN); and Feng Bi, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to ZTE CORPORATION, Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by ZTE CORPORATION, Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Sep. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/467,228.
Application 18/467,228 is a continuation of application No. 17/054,588, granted, now 11,800,544, previously published as PCT/CN2019/086096, filed on May 9, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 201810459922.7 (CN), filed on May 11, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0008065 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 72/0446 (2023.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04W 72/53 (2023.01); H04W 76/28 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 72/53 (2023.01) [H04L 5/0007 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04W 76/28 (2018.02)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for indicating a frame structure, applied to a first node in a wireless communication system, wherein the wireless communication system comprises the first node and a target node, wherein the first node comprises at least one of a base station or a relay node, and the target node comprises at least one of a base station, a relay node or a terminal, wherein the method comprises:
determining one or a plurality of first time units; and
indicating the frame structure of the one or the plurality of first time units;
wherein a transmission direction on the one or the plurality of first time units is indicated by the frame structure, the transmission direction comprises downlink transmission, uplink transmission or flexible direction;
wherein a time domain interval between any two adjacent first time units of the plurality of first time units comprises at least one of a fixed time domain interval or an unfixed time domain interval, wherein each first time unit of the one or the plurality of first time units comprises a slot; and
wherein the fixed time domain interval is predefined by the wireless communication system or is semi-statically configured by the first node, and the unfixed time domain interval is determined according to a link type.