Granted Patent B2

US 12,193,003 · App. 17/791,379 · Granted Jan 7, 2025

Inventors: Mengchen Zhang (Beijing, CN); Haibo Xu (Beijing, CN); Jian Wang (Beijing, CN)

Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

H04W72/20H04W76/28

Abstract

Claims (42)

1. A sidelink discontinuous reception (DRX) parameter configuration method implemented by a first communication apparatus, wherein the sidelink DRX parameter configuration method is applied to a device-to-device (D2D) communication scenario, and wherein the sidelink DRX parameter configuration method comprises:

obtaining a sidelink DRX parameter, wherein the sidelink DRX parameter is used by the first communication apparatus to send data, on a sidelink based on the sidelink DRX parameter, to at least one second communication apparatus connected to the first communication apparatus;

sending, to the at least one second communication apparatus, the sidelink DRX parameter;

receiving sidelink resource information;

determining based on the sidelink DRX parameter, the sidelink resource information, and a logical channel priority, a third communication apparatus in an active time of sidelink, which is one of the at least one second communication apparatus; and

performing, based on the sidelink resource information, communication with the third communication apparatus.

2. The sidelink DRX parameter configuration method of claim 1 , wherein determining the third communication apparatus comprises: determining, based on the sidelink DRX parameter and the sidelink resource information, at least one communication apparatus that is in the active time of sidelink within a time corresponding to the sidelink resource information among the at least one second communication apparatus, wherein the at least one communication apparatus comprises the third communication apparatus.

3. The sidelink DRX parameter configuration method of claim 2 , wherein the third communication apparatus has a logical channel with a highest priority among the at least one communication apparatus being in the active time of sidelink within the time corresponding to the sidelink resource information.

4. The sidelink DRX parameter configuration method of claim 1 , wherein obtaining the sidelink DRX parameter comprises receiving, from a network device, the sidelink DRX parameter, and wherein the first communication apparatus is located within a coverage area of the network device.

5. The sidelink DRX parameter configuration method of claim 4 , wherein receiving the sidelink DRX parameter further comprises receiving, from the network device, a configuration message comprising the sidelink DRX parameter and an identifier of the at least one second communication apparatus.

6. The sidelink DRX parameter configuration method of claim 1 , wherein obtaining the sidelink DRX parameter comprises determining, based on a data transmission requirement of the first communication apparatus on a sidelink, the sidelink DRX parameter of the at least one second communication apparatus.

7. The sidelink DRX parameter configuration method of claim 6 , further comprising sending, to a network device, the sidelink DRX parameter and an identifier of the at least one second communication apparatus.

8. The sidelink DRX parameter configuration method of claim 6 , wherein the data transmission requirement is quality of service (QoS) for a service of the first communication apparatus on the sidelink.

9. The sidelink DRX parameter configuration method of claim 1 , wherein sending the sidelink DRX parameter comprises sending, to the at least one second communication apparatus, a configuration message comprising the sidelink DRX parameter.

10. The sidelink DRX parameter configuration method of claim 1 , further comprising:

storing the sidelink DRX parameter; and

establishing a correspondence between the sidelink DRX parameter and an identifier of the at least one second communication apparatus.

11. The sidelink DRX parameter configuration method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the sidelink resource information comprises receiving, from a network device, downlink control information (DCI) comprising the sidelink resource information and that is allocated to the first communication apparatus.

12. The sidelink DRX parameter configuration method of claim 1 , wherein the sidelink DRX parameter comprises at least one of sidelink DRX-onDurationTimer, sidelink DRX-SlotOffset, sidelink DRX-InactivityTimer, sidelink DRX-RetransmissionTimer, sidelink DRX-ShortCycle, sidelink DRX-ShortCycleTimer, or sidelink DRX-HARQ-RTT-Timer.

13. The sidelink DRX parameter configuration method of claim 1 , wherein the active time of sidelink comprises:

sidelink DRX-onDurationTimer or sidelink DRX-InactivityTimer comprised in the sidelink DRX parameter is running;

sidelink DRX-RetransmissionTimer comprised in the sidelink DRX parameter running; or

ra-ContentionResolutionTimer comprised in the sidelink DRX parameter running; or

wherein the second communication apparatus has sent a scheduling request (SR) on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) and the SR is currently in a pending state.

14. The sidelink DRX parameter configuration method of claim 1 , wherein the first communication apparatus is a first terminal device or a first communication chip, and wherein the at least one second communication apparatus is a second terminal device or a second communication chip.

15. A sidelink discontinuous reception (DRX) parameter configuration method implemented by a network device, wherein the sidelink DRX parameter configuration method is applied to a device-to-device (D2D) communication scenario, and wherein the sidelink DRX parameter configuration method comprises:

determining a sidelink DRX parameter, wherein the sidelink DRX parameter is used by a first communication apparatus to send data, on a sidelink based on the sidelink DRX parameter, to at least one second communication apparatus connected to the first communication apparatus;

sending, to the first communication apparatus, the sidelink DRX parameter; and

sending, to the first communication apparatus, sidelink resource information,

wherein the sidelink resource information enables the first communication apparatus based on the sidelink DRX parameter, the sidelink resource information, and a logical channel priority, to determine a third communication apparatus that is in an active time of sidelink, which is one of the at least one second communication apparatus and to perform communication with the third communication apparatus based on the sidelink resource information.

16. The sidelink DRX parameter configuration method of claim 15 , wherein sending sidelink DRX parameter comprises sending, to the first communication apparatus, a configuration message comprising the sidelink DRX parameter and an identifier of the at least one second communication apparatus.

17. The sidelink DRX parameter configuration method of claim 15 , wherein the first communication apparatus is a terminal device or a communication chip, and the second communication apparatus is a terminal device or a communication chip.

18. A first communication apparatus applied to a device-to-device (D2D) communication scenario and comprising:

a memory configured to store instructions; and

a processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute the instructions to cause the first communication apparatus to:

obtain a sidelink discontinuous reception (DRX) parameter, wherein the sidelink DRX parameter is used by the first communication apparatus to send data, on a sidelink based on the sidelink DRX parameter, to at least one second communication apparatus connected to the first communication apparatus;

send, to the at least one second communication apparatus, the sidelink DRX parameter;

receive sidelink resource information;

determine, based on the sidelink DRX parameter the sidelink resource information, and a logical channel priority, a third communication apparatus in an active time of sidelink, which is one of the at least one second communication apparatus; and

perform, based on the sidelink resource information, communication with the third communication apparatus.

19. The sidelink DRX parameter configuration method of claim 4 , wherein before receiving the sidelink DRX parameter, obtaining the sidelink DRX parameter further comprises sending assistance information and an identifier of the at least one second communication apparatus to the network device, wherein the assistance information is used to determine the sidelink DRX parameter.

20. The sidelink DRX parameter configuration method of claim 15 , wherein before determining the sidelink DRX parameter, the method further comprises receiving assistance information and an identifier of the at least one second communication apparatus from the first communication apparatus, wherein the assistance information is used to determine the sidelink DRX parameter, and wherein the first communication apparatus is located within a coverage area of the network device.

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