Granted Patent B2

US 12,425,945 · App. 17/986,553 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Inventors: Mengzhen Wang (Shenzhen, CN); Wei Luo (Shenzhen, CN); Boyuan Zhang (Shenzhen, CN); Weiqiang Du (Shenzhen, CN)

Assignee: ZTE Corporation

H04W40/22

Abstract

Claims (58)

1. A wireless communication method for use in a first wireless terminal, the wireless communication method comprising:

transmitting, to a first wireless network node, assistance information related to a second wireless terminal, and

receiving, from the first wireless network node, a configuration message of configuring the first wireless terminal to forward data traffic for the second wireless terminal,

wherein the assistance information includes a Uu radio access technology (RAT) of the second wireless terminal,

wherein the first wireless terminal is in multi-radio dual connectivity with the first wireless network node and a second wireless network node,

wherein the configuration message comprises at least one of: a connection indication indicating the second wireless terminal is connected to the first wireless network node or the second wireless network node, a path indication indicating a path of forwarding the data traffic to the second wireless network node, a master cell group (MCG) backhaul bearer configuration, or a secondary cell group (SCG) backhaul bearer configuration.

2. The wireless communication method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from the second wireless terminal, RAT information including a Uu RAT of the second wireless terminal,

wherein the RAT information is received in one of a PC5-S signaling, a PC5 radio resource control (RRC) signaling or an adaptation header of an adaptation packet data unit containing a connection request message.

3. The wireless communication method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting, to the second wireless terminal, dual connectivity information related to a dual connectivity of the first wireless terminal.

4. The wireless communication method of claim 3 , wherein the dual connectivity information comprises at least one of an RAT of the first wireless network node, an RAT of the second wireless network node, a dual connectivity indication, at least one cell global identifier of at least one serving cell or a multi-Radio dual connectivity (MR-DC) type.

5. A wireless communication method for use in a first wireless network node, the wireless communication method comprising:

transmitting a secondary node request to a second wireless network node which connects to a first wireless terminal connecting the first wireless network node,

receiving, from the second wireless network node, a secondary node bearer configuration of configuring the first wireless terminal to forward data traffic for a second wireless terminal,

receiving, from the first wireless terminal, assistance information related to the second wireless terminal, wherein the assistance information includes a Uu RAT of the second wireless terminal, and

transmitting, to the first wireless terminal, a configuration message of configuring the first wireless terminal to forward the data traffic for the second wireless terminal.

6. The wireless communication method of claim 5 , wherein the secondary node request comprises at least one of a list of requested secondary cell group (SCG) backhaul bearer, an SCG backhaul bearer indication, a relaying backhaul bearer indication, a radio bearer type indication, a Uu RB identifier (ID) a Uu RB priority, or a layer 2 ID of the second wireless terminal.

7. The wireless communication method of claim 6 , wherein the secondary node request and the secondary node bearer configuration are transmitted via first wireless terminal associated signaling.

8. The wireless communication method of claim 5 , wherein the secondary node bearer configuration comprises at least one of an SCG backhaul bearer ID, a Uu RB ID allowed to map to the SCG backhaul bearer, a Uu RB priority allowed to map to the SCG backhaul bearer, an SCG backhaul bearer priority, a logical channel ID, a radio-link-control sequence number (RLC SN) length, or the maximum number of retransmissions.

9. The wireless communication method of claim 5 , further comprising:

transmitting, to the second wireless network node, a radio resource control (RRC) transfer message between the first wireless network node and the second wireless network node,

wherein the RRC transfer message comprising at least one of a layer 2 ID of the second wireless terminal, a Uu signaling radio bearer (SRB) ID of the second wireless terminal, or an RRC container of encapsulating at least one control message of the second wireless terminal.

10. The wireless communication method of claim 9 , wherein the RRC transfer message is transmitted via first wireless terminal associated signaling.

11. The wireless communication method of claim 5 , wherein the configuration message comprises at least one of a connection indication indicating the second wireless terminal is connected to the first wireless network node or the second wireless network node, a path indication indicating a path of forwarding the data traffic, a master cell group (MCG) backhaul bearer configuration, or an SCG backhaul bearer configuration.

12. The wireless communication method of claim 11 , wherein the configuration of the MCG or SCG backhaul bearer comprises at least one of a cell group ID, a backhaul bearer indication, a backhaul bearer ID, a Uu RB ID allowed to map to the backhaul bearer, a Uu RB priority allowed to map to the backhaul bearer, a backhaul bearer priority, a backhaul logical channel ID, or a radio-link-control (RLC) configuration.

13. A wireless communication method for use in a second wireless network node, the wireless communication method comprising:

receiving a secondary node request from a first wireless network node which connects to a first wireless terminal connecting the second wireless network node,

transmitting, to the first wireless network node, a secondary node bearer configuration of configuring the first wireless terminal to forward data traffic for a second wireless terminal, and

receiving, from the first wireless network node, a radio resource control (RRC) transfer message between the first wireless network node and the second wireless network node,

wherein the RRC transfer message comprises at least one of a layer 2 ID of the second wireless terminal, a Uu signaling resource bearer (SRB) ID of the second wireless terminal, or an RRC container of encapsulating at least one control message of the second wireless terminal.

14. The wireless communication method of claim 13 , wherein the secondary node request comprises at least one of a list of requested secondary cell group, SCG, backhaul bearer, an SCG backhaul bearer indication, a relaying backhaul bearer indication, a radio bearer type indication, a Uu RB identifier (ID) a Uu RB priority, or a layer 2 ID of the first wireless terminal.

15. The wireless communication method of claim 13 , wherein the secondary node bearer configuration comprises at least one of an SCG backhaul bearer ID, a Uu RB ID allowed to map to the SCG backhaul bearer, a Uu RB priority allowed to map to the SCG backhaul bearer, an SCG backhaul bearer priority, a logical channel ID, a radio-link-control sequence number (RLC SN) length, or the maximum number of retransmissions.

16. A first wireless terminal, comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory, which is configured to store at least one program;

wherein the at least one program, when executed by the at least one processor, enables the at least one processor to perform:

transmitting, to a first wireless network node, assistance information related to a second wireless terminal, and

receiving, from the first wireless network node, a configuration message of configuring the first wireless terminal to forward data traffic for the second wireless terminal,

wherein the assistance information includes a Uu radio access technology (RAT) of the second wireless terminal,

wherein the first wireless terminal is in multi-radio dual connectivity with the first wireless network node and a second wireless network node,

wherein the configuration message comprises at least one of: a connection indication indicating the second wireless terminal is connected to the first wireless network node or the second wireless network node, a path indication indicating a path of forwarding the data traffic to the second wireless network node, a master cell group (MCG) backhaul bearer configuration, or a secondary cell group (SCG) backhaul bearer configuration.

17. A first wireless network node, comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory, which is configured to store at least one program;

wherein the at least one program, when executed by the at least one processor, enables the at least one processor to perform:

transmitting a secondary node request to a second wireless network node which connects to a first wireless terminal connecting the first wireless network node,

receiving, from the second wireless network node, a secondary node bearer configuration of configuring the first wireless terminal to forward data traffic for a second wireless terminal,

receiving, from the first wireless terminal, assistance information related to the second wireless terminal, wherein the assistance information includes a Uu RAT of the second wireless terminal, and

transmitting, to the first wireless terminal, a configuration message of configuring the first wireless terminal to forward the data traffic for the second wireless terminal.

18. A second wireless network node, comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory, which is configured to store at least one program;

wherein the at least one program, when executed by the at least one processor, enables the at least one processor to perform:

receiving a secondary node request from a first wireless network node which connects to a first wireless terminal connecting the second wireless network node,

transmitting, to the first wireless network node, a secondary node bearer configuration of configuring the first wireless terminal to forward data traffic for a second wireless terminal, and

receiving, from the first wireless network node, a radio resource control (RRC) transfer message between the first wireless network node and the second wireless network node,

wherein the RRC transfer message comprises at least one of a layer 2 ID of the second wireless terminal, a Uu signaling resource bearer (SRB) ID of the second wireless terminal, or an RRC container of encapsulating at least one control message of the second wireless terminal.

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