ALIGNING SLOTS ALLOCATED TO EXTENDED CYCLIC PREFIX SYMBOLS WITH SLOTS ALLOCATED TO NORMAL CYCLIC PREFIX SYMBOLS

摘要

In an embodiment, to avoid a misalignment between NCP and ECP symbols caused by an SCS, at least a portion of a CP of at least one ECP symbol is punctured, and at least one startpoint of at least one ECP slot carrying the at least one punctured ECP symbol is aligned with at least one startpoint of at least one NCP slot carrying at least one NCP symbol. In another embodiment, a symbol control channel is scheduled within an initial control part of a slot before any other symbols are scheduled, and NCP symbols and ECP symbols are scheduled in a remaining data part of the slot that is after the initial control part. In another embodiment, either endpoints or startpoints of NCP and ECP uplink symbols are aligned by extending the ECP uplink symbol or an ECP guard period.