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Granted Patent B2
US 11,129,217 · App. 16/069,827 · Granted Sep 21, 2021

Data sending method and apparatus, and base station

Inventor: Bin Feng (Dongguan, CN)
Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
H04W76/14H04W4/70H04W28/0278H04W72/04H04W76/11H04W76/27H04W88/02H04W88/04H04W80/02
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Patent No.
US 11,129,217
App. No.
16/069,827
Granted
Sep 21, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a data sending method, comprising: a first terminal sends to a base station a resource allocation request, the resource allocation request containing device attribute information of a second terminal; the first terminal receives transmission resource allocation information transmitted by the base station, wherein the transmission resource is determined by the base station according to the device attribute information; and the first terminal employs the transmission resource to transmit to the second terminal D2D data. In this way, when a second terminal is a low-cost terminal, and a first terminal is requesting for a resource in a semi-static or dynamic manner, the method in the embodiments of the present invention can determine, by sufficiently utilizing device attribute information of the low-cost terminal, a transmission resource within a receiving capability range of the second terminal, thus ensuring successful D2D transmission between the two terminals.

Claims (30)

1. A data transmission method, comprising:

sending, by a first terminal, a resource allocation request to a base station, wherein the resource allocation request comprises device attribute information of a second terminal, such that resources allocated by the base station do not exceed a receiving capability range of the second terminal, and the device attribute information of the second terminal comprises at least one of: a number of receiving antennas of the second terminal, or a number of sending antennas of the second terminal;

receiving, by the first terminal, configuration information for transmission resources sent by the base station, wherein the transmission resources are determined by the base station according to the device attribute information; and

sending, by the first terminal, Device to Device (D2D) data to the second terminal by using the transmission resources,

wherein the resource allocation request is carried in a Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocol Data Unit (PDU), the MAC PDU comprises a low-cost Buffer Status Report (BSR), the low-cost BSR is generated by adding one byte to an existing BSR format, and the added one byte is used to indicate the device attribute information of the second terminal.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein receiving, by the first terminal, the configuration information for the transmission resources sent by the base station comprises:

receiving, by the first terminal, configuration information for transmission resource pools sent by the base station, wherein the transmission resource pools comprise the transmission resources.

3. The method according to claim 2 , further comprising:

before sending, by the first terminal, the D2D data to the second terminal by using the transmission resources,

selecting, by the first terminal, the transmission resources from the transmission resource pools.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the device attribute information is identified by a Logical Channel ID (LCD) in the MAC PDU.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a format of the BSR is identified by an LCD.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second terminal is a low-cost terminal.

7. A data transmission method, comprising:

receiving, by a base station, a resource allocation request sent by a first terminal, wherein the resource allocation request comprises device attribute information of a second terminal, such that resources allocated by the base station do not exceed a receiving capability range of the second terminal, and the device attribute information of the second terminal comprises at least one of: a number of receiving antennas of the second terminal, or a number of sending antennas of the second terminal;

determining, by the base station, transmission resources to be used by the first terminal according to the resource allocation request; and

sending, by the base station, configuration information for the transmission resources to the first terminal, to enable the first terminal to send Device to Device (D2D) data to the second terminal by using the transmission resources,

wherein the resource allocation request is carried in a Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocol Data Unit (PDU), the MAC PDU comprises a low-cost Buffer Status Report (BSR), the low-cost BSR is generated by adding one byte to an existing BSR format, and the added one byte is used to indicate the device attribute information of the second terminal.

8. A terminal, comprising: a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored on the memory and capable of running on the processor, wherein the computer program, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to execute operations comprising:

sending a resource allocation request to a base station, wherein the resource allocation request comprises device attribute information of a second terminal, such that resources allocated by the base station do not exceed a receiving capability range of the second terminal, and the device attribute information of the second terminal comprises at least one of: a number of receiving antennas of the second terminal, or a number of sending antennas of the second terminal; and

receiving configuration information for transmission resources sent by the base station, wherein the transmission resources are determined by the base station according to the device attribute information;

wherein the processor is further configured to: send Device to Device (D2D) data to the second terminal through the transmission resources,

wherein the resource allocation request is carried in a Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocol Data Unit (PDU), the MAC PDU comprises a low-cost Buffer Status Report (BSR), the low-cost BSR is generated by adding one byte to an existing BSR format, and the added one byte is used to indicate the device attribute information of the second terminal.

9. The terminal according to claim 8 , wherein the processor is specifically configured to:

receive configuration information for transmission resource pools sent by the base station, wherein the transmission resource pools comprise the transmission resources.

10. The terminal according to claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

select the transmission resources from the transmission resource pools.

11. The terminal according to claim 8 , wherein the device attribute information is identified by a Logical Channel ID (LCD) in the MAC PDU.

12. The terminal according to claim 8 , wherein a format of the BSR is identified by an LCD.

13. The terminal according to claim 8 , wherein the second terminal is a low-cost terminal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 12, 2018
From: FENG, BIN
To: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046337/0633 →
Continuity (1)
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