Granted Patent B2

US 12,513,699 · App. 18/354,916 · Granted Dec 30, 2025

Inventors: Boyuan Zhang (Guangdong, CN); Qianxi Lu (Guangdong, CN)

Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.

H04W72/20H04W72/1263H04W88/04

Abstract

Claims (46)

1 . A method for message transmission, the method being executed by a relay terminal in sidelink (SL) communication and comprising:

forwarding an uplink (UL) message carried on a common control channel (CCCH) to a network device;

wherein an adaptation layer sub-header for the UL message comprises a terminal-information field, and the method further comprises:

reading identity information of a remote terminal in the UL message, wherein the identity information of the remote terminal is located in another information field outside an adaptation layer for the UL message, and the identity information of the remote terminal is information capable of indicating an identity of the remote terminal except a destination layer-2 identifier (ID); and

filling the identity information of the remote terminal into the terminal-information field.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein filling the identity information of the remote terminal into the terminal-information field comprises:

filling the identity information of the remote terminal into the terminal-information field and supplementing the terminal-information field with a default value when a first length is less than a second length;

filling the identity information of the remote terminal into the terminal-information field when the first length is equal to the second length; and

filling information of the second length in the identity information of the remote terminal into the terminal-information field when the first length is greater than the second length;

wherein the first length is a length of the identity information of the remote terminal, and the second length is a length of the terminal-information field.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

forwarding a downlink (DL) message carried on the CCCH to the remote terminal, wherein an adaptation layer for the DL message comprises the identity information of the remote terminal.

4 . A method for message reception, the method being executed by a network device and comprising:

receiving an uplink (UL) message that is carried on a common control channel (CCCH) and forwarded by a relay terminal in sidelink (SL) communication; and

executing a response operation corresponding to the UL message;

wherein an adaptation layer sub-header for the UL message comprises a terminal-information field, wherein the terminal-information field is filled with identity information of a remote terminal, and the identity information of the remote terminal is located in another information field outside an adaptation layer for the UL message, and the identity information of the remote terminal is information capable of indicating an identity of the remote terminal except a destination layer-2 identifier (ID); and

executing the response operation corresponding to the UL message comprises:

determining the identity of the remote terminal according to the identity information of the remote terminal.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein a length of the identity information of the remote terminal filled in the terminal-information field is equal to or smaller than a length of identity information of the remote terminal in the another information field outside the adaptation layer.

6 . The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

transmitting a downlink (DL) message carried on the CCCH to the relay terminal, wherein an adaptation layer for the DL message comprises the identity information of the remote terminal.

7 . A relay terminal, comprising:

a processor;

a transceiver coupled to the processor;

a memory configured to store executable instructions;

wherein the processor being configured to load and execute the executable instructions to cause the terminal to:

forward an uplink (UL) message carried on a common control channel (CCCH) to a network device;

wherein an adaptation layer sub-header for the UL message comprises a terminal-information field, and the processor is further configured to load and execute the executable instructions to cause the relay terminal to:

read identity information of a remote terminal in the UL message, wherein the identity information of the remote terminal is located in another information field outside an adaptation layer for the UL message, and the identity information of the remote terminal is information capable of indicating an identity of the remote terminal except a destination layer-2 identifier (ID); and

fill the identity information of the remote terminal into the terminal-information field.

8 . The relay terminal of claim 7 , wherein the processor configured to load and execute the executable instructions to cause the relay terminal to fill the identity information of the remote terminal into the terminal-information field is configured to load and execute the executable instructions to cause the relay terminal to:

fill the identity information of the remote terminal into the terminal-information field and supplement the terminal-information field with a default value when a first length is less than a second length;

fill the identity information of the remote terminal into the terminal-information field when the first length is equal to the second length; and

fill information of the second length in the identity information of the remote terminal into the terminal-information field when the first length is greater than the second length;

wherein the first length is a length of the identity information of the remote terminal, and the second length is a length of the terminal-information field.

9 . A network device comprising:

a processor;

a transceiver coupled to the processor;

a memory configured to store executable instructions;

wherein the processor being configured to load and execute the executable instructions to cause the network device to:

receive an uplink (UL) message that is carried on a common control channel (CCCH) and forwarded by a relay terminal in sidelink (SL) communication; and

execute a response operation corresponding to the UL message;

wherein an adaptation layer sub-header for the UL message comprises a terminal-information field, wherein the terminal-information field is filled with identity information of a remote terminal, and the identity information of the remote terminal is located in another information field outside an adaptation layer for the UL message, and the identity information of the remote terminal is information capable of indicating an identity of the remote terminal except a destination layer-2 identifier (ID); and

the processor configured to load and execute the executable instructions to cause the network device to execute the response operation corresponding to the UL message is configured to load and execute the executable instructions to cause the network device to:

determine the identity of the remote terminal according to the identity information of the remote terminal.

10 . The network device of claim 9 , wherein a length of the identity information of the remote terminal filled in the terminal-information field is equal to or smaller than a length of identity information of the remote terminal in the another information field outside the adaptation layer.

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