# US 12,010,663 B2 · Configurations for dynamic indication of soft resource availability > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,010,663 B2 - Document ID: US12010663B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/442,006 - Filed: 2020-03-27 - Published: 2022-06-09 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2019-03-29 - Assignees: Apple Inc. - Applicants: Apple Inc. - Inventors: Lili Wei; Qian Li; Geng Wu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12010663B2 ## CPC - H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals} - H04W 72/0446: Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames - H04L 5/0092: {Indication of how the channel is divided} - H04W 88/085: {Access point devices with remote components} - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract One or more methods for an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) wireless network. At least one of the methods includes determining, by an IAB node including a mobile termination (MT) block and a co-located distributed unit (DU) block, two slot format indications (SFIs) by configuring the co-located DU block, the two SFIs indications including a first SFI that indicates a resource availability for communicating with a parent node and a second SFI that indicates a soft resource availability for communicating with a child node, in which each of the two SFIs include at least one RRCconfigured slot formats; and transmitting the two SFI indications to a second DU block. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) wireless network, comprising: determining, by an IAB node comprising a mobile termination (MT) block and a co-located distributed unit (DU) block, two slot format indications (SFIs) by configuring the co-located DU block, the two SFIs indications comprising a first SFI that indicates a resource availability for communicating with a parent node and a second SFI that indicates a soft resource availability for communicating with a child node, wherein each of the two SFIs comprise at least one RRC-configured slot formats; and transmitting the two SFI indications to a second DU block; the method further comprising configuring a first DU block of the IAB wireless network with a plurality of slot format lists, each list of the plurality of slot format lists corresponding to one child link of the first DU; wherein each child link is configured with a slot format combination based on a multi-slot scheduling mechanism. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein configuring the co-located DU block comprises configuring the co-located DU block with a different SFI Radio Network Temporary Identity (RNTI) than the MT block. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein, configuring the co-located DU block comprises configuring the co-located DU block with RRC-configured slot formats that are the same as RRC-configured slot formats as the MT block. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein configuring the co-located DU block comprises configuring the co-located DU block with RRC configured slot formats that are different than RRC-configured slot formats of the MT block. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein configuring the co-located DU block comprises configuring the co-located DU block with a different control resource set (CORESET) than a CORESET of the MT block. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein configuring the co-located DU block comprises configuring the co-located DU block with a different search space than a search space of the MT block. ### Claim 7 A non-transitory computer-readable media comprising instructions to cause an electronic device, upon execution of the instructions by one or more processors of the electronic device, to perform: determining, by an IAB node comprising a mobile termination (MT) block and a co-located distributed unit (DU) block of an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) wireless network, two slot format indications (SFIs) by configuring the co-located DU block, the two SFIs indications comprising a first SFI that indicates a resource availability for communicating with a parent node and a second SFI that indicates a soft resource availability for communicating with a child node, wherein each of the two SFIs comprise at least one RRC-configured slot formats; and transmitting the two SFI indications to a second DU block; wherein the instructions cause the electronic device, upon execution of the instructions, to perform configuring a first DU block of the IAB wireless network with a plurality of slot format lists, each list of the plurality of slot format lists corresponding to one child link of the first DU; wherein each child link is configured with a slot format combination based on a multi-slot scheduling mechanism. ### Claim 8 An apparatus comprising: one or more processors; and one or more computer-readable media comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising: determining, by an IAB node comprising a mobile termination (MT) block and a co-located distributed unit (DU) block of an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) wireless network, two slot format indications (SFIs) by configuring the co-located DU block, the two SFIs indications comprising a first SFI that indicates a resource availability for communicating with a parent node and a second SFI that indicates a soft resource availability for communicating with a child node, wherein each of the two SFIs comprise at least one RRC-configured slot formats; and transmitting the two SFI indications to a second DU block; wherein the operations further comprise configuring a first DU block of the IAB wireless network with a plurality of slot format lists, each list of the plurality of slot format lists corresponding to one child link of the first DU; and wherein each child link is configured with a slot format combination based on a multi-slot scheduling mechanism.