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Granted Patent B2
US 11,770,865 · App. 17/555,066 · Granted Sep 26, 2023

Relay communication method and relay communications apparatus and system

Inventors: Jing Wang (Shenzhen, CN); Xiao Xiao (Shenzhen, CN); Bo Lin (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
H04W76/10H04W88/04
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Patent No.
US 11,770,865
App. No.
17/555,066
Granted
Sep 26, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A relay communication method and a relay communications apparatus and system for receiving, by a relay terminal, a first message sent by an access network device, where the first message includes configuration information of a first bearer; and configuring, by the relay terminal, an adaptation layer logical entity for the first bearer based on the first message, where the first bearer is a bearer between the relay terminal and the access network device, and the adaptation layer logical entity is used to distinguish between data of the relay terminal and data of a remote terminal or between data of different remote terminals.

Claims (34)

1. A relay communication method, comprising:

receiving, a message, wherein the message includes configuration information of a bearer between a relay terminal and an access network device; and

configuring an adaptation layer logical entity for the bearer based on the message.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the configuration information of the bearer includes an identifier of the bearer, an identifier of a remote terminal and a bearer identifier of the remote terminal.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the configuring of the adaptation layer logical entity comprises:

in response to existing bearers not including the bearer, setting up the bearer, and setting up the adaptation layer logical entity for the bearer based on the configuration information of the bearer.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the adaptation layer logical entity distinguishes between data of the relay terminal and data of a remote terminal or between data of different remote terminals.

5. A relay communication method, comprising:

determining configuration information of a bearer between an access network device and a relay terminal; and

sending a message to the relay terminal, wherein the message includes the configuration information of the bearer.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the configuration information of the bearer includes an identifier of the bearer, an identifier of a remote terminal and a bearer identifier of the remote terminal.

7. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the message instructs the relay terminal to configure an adaptation layer logical entity for the bearer.

8. An apparatus, comprising:

a storage medium including executable instructions; and

at least one processor, wherein the executable instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:

receive a message, wherein the message includes configuration information of a bearer between a relay terminal and an access network device; and

configure an adaptation layer logical entity for the bearer based on the message.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the configuration information of the bearer includes an identifier of the bearer, an identifier of a remote terminal and a bearer identifier of the remote terminal.

10. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the executable instructions, when executed by the at least one processor to configure the adaptation layer logical entity, cause the apparatus to:

in response to existing bearers not including the bearer, set up the bearer, and set up the adaptation layer logical entity for the bearer based on the configuration information of the bearer.

11. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the adaptation layer logical entity distinguishes between data of the relay terminal and data of a remote terminal or between data of different remote terminals.

12. An apparatus, comprising:

a storage medium including executable instructions; and

at least one processor, wherein the executable instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:

determine configuration information of a bearer between an access network device and a relay terminal; and

send a message to the relay terminal, wherein the message comprises includes the configuration information of the bearer.

13. The apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the configuration information of the bearer includes an identifier of the bearer, an identifier of a remote terminal and a bearer identifier of the remote terminal.

14. The apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the message instructs the relay terminal to configure an adaptation layer logical entity for the bearer.

15. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the configuration information of the bearer indicates that the bearer is a relay bearer.

16. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the configuration information of the bearer indicates that the bearer is a relay bearer.

17. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the adaptation layer logical entity distinguishes between data of the relay terminal and data of a remote terminal or between data of different remote terminals.

18. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the configuration information of the bearer indicates that the bearer is a relay bearer.

19. The apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the configuration information of the bearer indicates that the bearer is a relay bearer.

20. The apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the adaptation layer logical entity distinguishes between data of the relay terminal and data of a remote terminal or between data of different remote terminals.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 27, 2023
From: WANG, JING; XIAO, XIAO
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062873/0941 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 13, 2022
From: LIN, BO
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062071/0200 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16584154 · Sep 26, 2019
Continuation PCTCN2017079116 · Mar 31, 2017
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