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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2016
Zte Corporation, Guangdong, CN;
Xianming Chen, Guangdong, CN;
Bo Dai, Guangdong, CN;
Jing Shi, Guangdong, CN;
Shuqiang Xia, Guangdong, CN;
Wen Zhang, Guangdong, CN;
Huiying Fang, Guangdong, CN;
ZTE CORPORATION, Guangdong, CN;
Abstract
The present invention provides a data transmission method and apparatus. The method includes: transmitting physical downlink channel data according to a first-type reference signal (RS) or a second-type RS or a third-type RS. The method of the present invention ensures a balance between data transmission performance and RS overheads for different NarrowBand-Internet Of Things (NB-IOT) physical downlink channel data, thereby resolving the problem in the related art of not knowing which RS is to be used to transmit NB-IOT physical channel data.