Method and device for performing communication

Abstract

Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method and device for performing communication. The method comprises: determining a target transmission pattern from a set of candidate transmission patterns, wherein the target transmission pattern is indicated by a signal including one or more of: a reference signal, a signal for performing CRC, and a feedback signal; and performing communication between a network device and a terminal device by using the target transmission pattern.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method performed by a device, comprising:
 determining a target transmission pattern from a set of candidate transmission patterns, wherein the target transmission pattern is indicated by a signal including one or more of: a reference signal, a signal for performing Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC), and a feedback signal; and   performing communication between a network device and a terminal device by using the target transmission pattern.   
     
     
         2 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the target transmission pattern is indicated by one or more of:
 locations of the reference signal in frequency domain,   locations of the reference signal in time domain,   densities of the reference signal in frequency domain,   densities of the reference signal in time domain,   subcarrier spaces of the reference signal in frequency domain,   symbol durations of the reference signal in time domain,   a number of symbols of the reference signal in time domain,   initialization parameters or initialization sequences for generating the reference signal, and   cyclic shifts of the reference signal.   
     
     
         3 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the target transmission pattern is indicated by one or more of:
 mask of the signal for performing CRC,   length of the signal for performing CRC, and   whether the CRC is correct.   
     
     
         4 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the feedback signal is Acknowledgement (ACK) or Negative Acknowledgement (NACK), and
 wherein the target transmission pattern is indicated by locations of the feedback signal in time domain or frequency domain.   
     
     
         5 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein each of the candidate transmission patterns contains a downlink (DL) transmission part and/or an uplink (UL) transmission part, and the candidate transmission patterns differ from one another in terms of time durations and/or subcarrier spaces of the respective DL transmission parts and/or the UL transmission parts. 
     
     
         6 . The method according to  claim 5 , wherein the signal transmitted in the target transmission pattern indicates one or more of:
 the time duration of the DL transmission part and/or the UL transmission part;   the subcarrier space of the DL transmission part and/or the UL transmission part;   a time duration of a guard period (GP) part between the DL transmission part and the UL transmission part; and   whether there is communication on the DL transmission part or the UL transmission part.   
     
     
         7 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein determining the target transmission pattern comprises:
 determining, at the network device, a target transmission pattern from the set of candidate transmission patterns for each of terminal devices served by the network device, without requiring the target transmission pattern is the same for each of the terminal devices.   
     
     
         8 . A device for performing communication, comprising:
 a controller configured to determine a target transmission pattern from a set of candidate transmission patterns, wherein the target transmission pattern is indicated by a signal including one or more of: a reference signal, a signal for performing Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC), and a feedback signal; and   a transceiver configured to perform communication between a network device and a terminal device by using the target transmission pattern.   
     
     
         9 . The device according to  claim 8 , wherein the target transmission pattern is indicated by one or more of:
 locations of the reference signal in frequency domain,   locations of the reference signal in time domain,   densities of the reference signal in frequency domain,   densities of the reference signal in time domain,   subcarrier spaces of the reference signal in frequency domain,   symbol durations of the reference signal in time domain,   a number of symbols of the reference signal in time domain,   initialization parameters or initialization sequences for generating the reference signal, and   cyclic shifts of the reference signal.   
     
     
         10 . The device according to  claim 8 , wherein the target transmission pattern is indicated by one or more of:
 mask of the signal for performing CRC,   length of the signal for performing CRC, and   whether the CRC is correct.   
     
     
         11 . The device according to  claim 8 , wherein the feedback signal is Acknowledgement (ACK) or Negative Acknowledgement (NACK), and
 wherein the target transmission pattern is indicated by locations of the feedback signal in time domain or frequency domain.   
     
     
         12 . The device according to  claim 8 , wherein each of the candidate transmission patterns contains a downlink (DL) transmission part and/or an uplink (UL) transmission part, and the candidate transmission patterns differ from one another in terms of time durations and/or subcarrier spaces of the respective DL transmission parts and/or the UL transmission parts. 
     
     
         13 . The device according to  claim 5 , wherein the signal transmitted in the target transmission pattern indicates one or more of:
 the time duration of the DL transmission part and/or the UL transmission part;   the subcarrier space of the DL transmission part and/or the UL transmission part;   a time duration of a guard period (GP) part between the DL transmission part and the UL transmission part; and   whether there is communication on the DL transmission part or the UL transmission part.   
     
     
         14 . The device according to  claim 8 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
 determine, at the network device, a target transmission pattern from the set of candidate transmission patterns for each of terminal devices served by the network device, without requiring the target transmission pattern is the same for each of the terminal devices.