# US 2025/0096982 A1 · Communication method and apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2025/0096982 A1 - Document ID: US20250096982A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/962,895 - Filed: 2024-11-27 - Published: 2025-03-20 - Earliest claimed: 2022-06-01 - Applicants: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Haicun Hang; Jiaxuan Chen - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250096982A1 ## CPC - H04B 7/0486: {taking channel rank into account} - H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals} - H04B 7/0632: {Channel quality parameters, e.g. channel quality indicator [CQI]} - H04B 7/0658: {Feedback reduction} - H04L 1/0036: {arrangements specific to the receiver} - H04B: TRANSMISSION - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract This application provides a communication method, including: receiving first information from an access network device, where the first information indicates a first performance difference between performance of a first decoder in the access network device and performance of a second decoder in a terminal device; decoding, via the second decoder, an encoded bit stream corresponding to channel data, to obtain channel information; determining a first value of a rank based on the first performance difference and the channel information; and sending, to the access network device, the first value and a channel quality indicator corresponding to the first value. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 -20. (canceled) ### Claim 21 A method, applied to a terminal device side, the method comprising: receiving first information from an access network device, wherein the first information is used for determining a first performance difference between performance of a first decoder in the access network device and performance of a second decoder in a terminal device; decoding, via the second decoder, an encoded bit stream corresponding to channel data, to obtain channel information; determining a first value of a rank based on the first performance difference and the channel information; and sending, to the access network device, a rank indicator and a channel quality indicator corresponding to the first value, wherein the rank indicator indicates the first value. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The method according to claim 21, further comprising: sending, to the access network device, the encoded bit stream corresponding to the channel data. ### Claim 23 (depends on 21) The method according to claim 21, wherein the first information and the first performance difference satisfy a relationship of a preset function, and the method further comprises: using, as the first performance difference, an output value that is of the preset function and that is obtained by using the first information as an input value to the preset function. ### Claim 24 (depends on 21) The method according to claim 21, wherein the first information is an index of the first performance difference, and the method further comprises: using a performance difference whose index is the first information as the first performance difference. ### Claim 25 (depends on 21) The method according to claim 21, wherein the first information is an index of a second performance difference, and the second performance difference is a performance difference between the performance of the first decoder and a pre-configured reference performance; and the method further comprises: determining the first performance difference based on the second performance difference and the pre-configured reference performance. ### Claim 26 (depends on 21) The method according to claim 21, wherein a maximum value of the rank is N, the first information indicates N first performance differences, and N is an integer greater than 0. ### Claim 27 (depends on 21) The method according to claim 21, wherein determining the first value of the rank based on the first performance difference and the channel information comprises: determining, based on the first performance difference and the channel information, a channel indicator corresponding to each of N values of the rank, wherein N is an integer greater than 0; and using a value of an optimal channel indicator in one or more channel indicators corresponding to the N values as the first value. ### Claim 28 A method, applied to an access network device side, the method comprising: determining a first performance difference between performance of a first decoder in an access network device and performance of a second decoder in a terminal device; sending first information to the terminal device, wherein the first information is related to the first performance difference; and receiving, from the terminal device, a rank indicator and a channel quality indicator corresponding to a first value of a rank, wherein the rank indicator indicates the first value of the rank, the first value is determined based on the first performance difference and channel information, and the channel information is obtained by decoding, via the second decoder, an encoded bit stream corresponding to channel data. ### Claim 29 (depends on 28) The method according to claim 28, further comprising: sending, to the access network device, the encoded bit stream corresponding to the channel data. ### Claim 30 (depends on 28) The method according to claim 28, wherein the first information and the first performance difference satisfy a relationship of a preset function, and when an input value of the preset function is the first information, an output value of the preset function is the first performance difference. ### Claim 31 (depends on 28) The method according to claim 28, wherein the first information is an index of the first performance difference. ### Claim 32 (depends on 28) The method according to claim 28, wherein the first information is an index of a second performance difference, the second performance difference is a performance difference between the performance of the first decoder and pre-configured reference performance, and the first performance difference is determined based on the second performance difference and the pre-configured reference performance. ### Claim 33 (depends on 28) The method according to claim 28, wherein a maximum value of the rank is N, the first information indicates N first performance differences, and N is an integer greater than 0. ### Claim 34 (depends on 28) The method according to claim 28, wherein the first value is a value of an optimal channel indicator in one or more channel indicators corresponding to N values of the rank, N is an integer greater than 0, and a channel indicator corresponding to each of the N values of the rank is determined based on the first performance difference and the channel information. ### Claim 35 An apparatus, comprising at least one processor and a communication circuit, wherein the at least one processor is configured to perform: receiving first information from an access network device, wherein the first information is used for determining a first performance difference between performance of a first decoder in the access network device and performance of a second decoder in a terminal device; decoding, via the second decoder, an encoded bit stream corresponding to channel data, to obtain channel information; determining a first value of a rank based on the first performance difference and the channel information; and sending, to the access network device, a rank indicator and a channel quality indicator corresponding to the first value, wherein the rank indicator indicates the first value. ### Claim 36 (depends on 35) The apparatus according to claim 35, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to perform: sending, to the access network device, the encoded bit stream corresponding to the channel data. ### Claim 37 (depends on 35) The apparatus according to claim 35, wherein the first information and the first performance difference satisfy a relationship of a preset function, and the at least one processor is further configured to perform: using, as the first performance difference, an output value that is of the preset function and that is obtained by using the first information as an input value to the preset function. ### Claim 38 (depends on 35) The apparatus according to claim 35, wherein the first information is an index of the first performance difference, and the at least one processor is further configured to perform: using a performance difference whose index is the first information as the first performance difference. ### Claim 39 (depends on 35) The apparatus according to claim 35, wherein the first information is an index of a second performance difference, and the second performance difference is a performance difference between the performance of the first decoder and a pre-configured reference performance; and the at least one processor is further configured to perform: determining the first performance difference based on the second performance difference and the pre-configured reference performance. ### Claim 40 (depends on 35) The apparatus according to claim 35, wherein a maximum value of the rank is N, the first information indicates N first performance differences, and N is an integer greater than 0.