In the case of option C, slot formats with respect to links (an access link with a UE and a backhaul link with a child node) on which a node performs scheduling may be as follows. That is, the present disclosure proposes a method of using slot formats which will be described below for links (an access link with a UE and a backhaul link with a child node) on which a node performs scheduling in an NR IAB environment. Slots may have different slot formats. (A slot format may mean a format in which slots in an SFI interval are configured in the present disclosure).
(a) A slot format may be configured in the order of D, X and U as illustrated in
(b) A slot format may be configured as X as illustrated in
F. Access and backhaul link multiplexing and Tx/Rx timing
F-1. Transmission/Reception Timing
An IAB node is composed of MT and DU. Here, the MT relates to a backhaul link LP with a parent node and the DU relates to a backhaul link LC with a child node and a backhaul link LA with an access link.