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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2020
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Zhiheng Guo, Beijing, CN;
Xinqian Xie, Beijing, CN;
Zukang Shen, Beijing, CN;
Yi Long, Beijing, CN;
Yang Zhao, Shanghai, CN;
Lei Wan, Beijing, CN;
David Jean-Marie Mazzarese, Beijing, CN;
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
A communication method and an apparatus are provided. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, downlink control information (DCI) from a network device on a first downlink carrier; and determining a first uplink carrier or a second uplink carrier based on the DCI, where the DCI indicates an uplink carrier to be used by the terminal device to send an uplink signal to the network device is the first uplink carrier or the second uplink carrier; the DCI for indicating the first uplink carrier and the DCI for indicating the second uplink carrier having equal bit quantity; and the first downlink carrier, the first uplink carrier, and the second uplink carrier belong to a same cell.