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US 12,308,946 B2Granted
Method for determining transmission mode and apparatus
AssigneeHuawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
InventorsMingzhe Wang, Hongzhe Shi, Xiang Ren, Liuliu Ji, Haicun Hang, Xiaoyan Bi
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for determining a transmission mode. A method embodiment includes obtaining, by a terminal device, configuration indication information, the configuration indication information comprising one or more of: DMRS indication information, repeated-transmission indication information, or transmission configuration indication information; and determining a transmission mode based on the configuration indication information, the transmission mode is one or more of: a space division multiplexing mode, a frequency division multiplexing mode, or a time division multiplexing mode.
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A method for determining a transmission mode, comprising:
- obtaining configuration indication information, the configuration indication information comprising demodulation reference signal (DMRS) indication information, or a combination of repeated-transmission indication information and transmission configuration indication information, wherein the DMRS indication information indicates one or more DMRS port identifiers;
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- determining a transmission mode based on the configuration indication information;
- when the configuration indication information comprises the DMRS indication information, the determining the transmission mode based on the configuration indication information comprises determining the transmission mode as a frequency division multiplexing (FDM) mode or a space division multiplexing (SDM) mode based on the one or more DMRS port identifiers;
- when the configuration indication information comprises the combination of repeated-transmission indication information and transmission configuration indication information, the determining the transmission mode based on the configuration indication information comprises determining the transmission mode as a time division multiplexing (TDM) mode.
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A communications apparatus, comprising:
- at least one processor configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations comprising:
- obtaining configuration indication information, the configuration indication information comprising demodulation reference signal (DMRS) indication information, or a combination of repeated-transmission indication information and transmission configuration indication information, wherein the DMRS indication information indicates one or more DMRS port identifiers;
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- determining a transmission mode based on the configuration indication information;
- when the configuration indication information comprises the DMRS indication information, the determining the transmission mode based on the configuration indication information comprises determining the transmission mode as a frequency division multiplexing (FDM) mode or a space division multiplexing (SDM) mode based on the one or more DMRS port identifiers;
- when the configuration indication information comprises the combination of repeated-transmission indication information and transmission configuration indication information, the determining the transmission mode based on the configuration indication information comprises determining the transmission mode as a time division multiplexing (TDM) mode.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer instructions that when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform at least operations of:
- obtaining configuration indication information, the configuration indication information comprising demodulation reference signal (DMRS) indication information, or a combination of repeated-transmission indication information and transmission configuration indication information, wherein the DMRS indication information indicates one or more DMRS port identifiers;
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- determining a transmission mode based on the configuration indication information;
- when the configuration indication information comprises the DMRS indication information, the determining the transmission mode based on the configuration indication information comprises determining the transmission mode as a frequency division multiplexing (FDM) mode or a space division multiplexing (SDM) mode based on the one or more DMRS port identifiers;
- when the configuration indication information comprises the combination of repeated-transmission indication information and transmission configuration indication information, the determining the transmission mode based on the configuration indication information comprises determining the transmission mode as a time division multiplexing (TDM) mode.
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A communications chip comprising:
- at least one processor, the at least one processor being coupled with at least one memory that stores computer instructions, that when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
- obtaining configuration indication information, the configuration indication information comprising demodulation reference signal (DMRS) indication information, or a combination of repeated-transmission indication information and transmission configuration indication information, wherein the DMRS indication information indicates one or more DMRS port identifiers;
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- determining a transmission mode based on the configuration indication information;
- when the configuration indication information comprises the DMRS indication information, the determining the transmission mode based on the configuration indication information comprises determining the transmission mode as a frequency division multiplexing (FDM) mode or a space division multiplexing (SDM) mode based on the one or more DMRS port identifiers;
- when the configuration indication information comprises the combination of repeated-transmission indication information and transmission configuration indication information, the determining the transmission mode based on the configuration indication information comprises determining the transmission mode as a time division multiplexing (TDM) mode.
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