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US 11,297,669 · App. 16/672,351 · Granted Apr 5, 2022

Method for transmitting control signaling in relay network, configuration method and device

Inventors: Weiwei Wang (Beijing, CN); Lixiang Xu (Beijing, CN); Hong Wang (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04W76/15H04B7/155H04L41/0806H04W28/0252H04W72/0406H04W72/10H04W80/02
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Patent No.
US 11,297,669
App. No.
16/672,351
Granted
Apr 5, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a pre-5 th -Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4 th -Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). According to the present application, a method for transmitting control signaling in a relay network comprises: a second relay node acquires a first control signaling and a second control signaling, wherein the first control signaling contains an F1AP message; the second relay node processes the first control signaling and the second control signaling in the same manner or different manners; and the second relay node transmits the first control signaling and the second control signaling to a first relay node.

Claims (66)

1. A method performed by a first integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node for a distributed unit (DU) in a communication system, the method comprising:

receiving a request message from a central unit (CU) of a donor node, the request message including:

identification information for one or more backhaul link channels to be established, and

indication information for indicating a type of information carried over each backhaul link channel of the one or more backhaul link channels to be established, wherein the type of information is associated with a control plane of F1 interface, the type of information is used to generate a priority for a backhaul link channel to be established; and

transmitting a response message to the CU of the donor node, the response message including at least one of:

identification information for one or more backhaul link channels that are accepted to be established; and

identification information for one or more backhaul link channels that are not accepted to be established,

wherein each backhaul link channel corresponds to a channel for a radio link control (RLC) layer used for a backhaul link between the first IAB node and a second IAB node that is different from the first IAB node.

2. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the request message comprises a user equipment (UE) context setup request message or a UE context modification request message, and

wherein the response message comprises a UE context setup response message or a UE context modification response message.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein different values of the type of information correspond to different priorities, and

wherein, in case that a value of the type of information is one, the value indicates a highest priority.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the DU of the first IAB node correspond to a DU of the donor node.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the type of information is one of types including a user equipment (UE) associated F1 application protocol (F1AP) signaling and a non-UE associated F1AP signaling.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a downlink (DL) radio resource control (RRC) message transfer message from the CU of the donor node, the DL RRC message transfer message comprising RRC reconfiguration message; and

transmitting the RRC reconfiguration message to the second IAB node.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the response message includes cell group configuration information, and

wherein a priority of a logical channel corresponding to a backhaul link channel is configured by the first IAB node.

8. A first integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node for a distributed unit (DU) in a communication system, the first IAB node comprising:

at least one transceiver; and

at least one processor operably coupled to the at least one transceiver, configured to:

receive a request message from a central unit (CU) of a donor node, the request message including:

identification information for one or more backhaul link channels to be established, and

indication information for indicating a type of information carried over each backhaul link channel of the one or more backhaul link channels to be established, wherein the type of information is associated with a control plane of F1 interface, the type of information is used to generate a priority for a backhaul link channel to be established; and

transmit a response message to the CU of the donor node, the response message including at least one of:

identification information for one or more backhaul link channels that are accepted to be established; and

identification information for one or more backhaul link channels that are not accepted to be established,

wherein each backhaul link channel corresponds to a channel for a radio link control (RLC) layer used for a backhaul link between the first IAB node and a second IAB node that is different from the first IAB node.

9. The first IAB node of claim 8 ,

wherein the request message comprises a user equipment (UE) context setup request message or a UE context modification request message, and

wherein the response message comprises a UE context setup response message or a UE context modification response message.

10. The first IAB node of claim 8 , wherein

different values of the type of information correspond to different priorities, and

wherein, in case that a value of the type of information is one, the value indicates a highest priority.

11. The first IAB node of claim 8 , wherein the DU of the first IAB node correspond to a DU of the donor node.

12. The first IAB node of claim 8 , wherein the type of information is one of types including a user equipment (UE) associated F1 application protocol (F1AP) signaling and a non-UE associated F1AP signaling.

13. The first IAB node of claim 8 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

receive a downlink (DL) radio resource control (RRC) message transfer message from the CU of the donor node, the DL RRC message transfer message comprising RRC reconfiguration message; and

transmit the RRC reconfiguration message to the second IAB node.

14. The first IAB node of claim 8 , wherein the response message includes cell group configuration information, and

wherein a priority of a logical channel corresponding to a backhaul link channel is configured by the first IAB node.

15. A central unit (CU) of a donor node in a communication system, the CU comprising:

at least one transceiver; and

at least one processor operably coupled to the at least one transceiver, configured to:

transmit a request message to a first integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node for a distributed unit (DU), the request message including:

identification information for one or more backhaul link channels to be established, and

first indication information for indicating a type of information carried over each backhaul link channel of the one or more backhaul link channels to be established, wherein the type of information is associated with a control plane of F1 interface, the type of information is used to generate a priority for a backhaul link channel to be established; and

receive, from the first IAB node, a response message including:

identification information for one or more backhaul link channels that are accepted to be established; and

identification information for one or more backhaul link channels that are not accepted to be established,

wherein each backhaul link channel corresponds to a channel for a radio link control (RLC) layer used for a backhaul link between the first IAB node and a second IAB node that is different from the first IAB node.

16. The CU of claim 15 ,

wherein the request message comprises a user equipment (UE) context setup request message or a UE context modification request message, and

wherein the response message comprises a UE context setup response message or a UE context modification response message.

17. The CU of claim 15 , wherein the type of information indicated by the first indication information is one of types including a user equipment (UE) associated F1 application protocol (F1AP) signaling and a non-UE associated F1AP signaling.

18. The CU of claim 15 , further comprising:

transmitting a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message to the second IAB node via a downlink (DL) RRC message transfer message transmitted to the first IAB node,

wherein the DL RRC message transfer message comprises the RRC reconfiguration message.

19. The CU of claim 15 , wherein the response message includes cell group configuration information, and wherein a priority of a logical channel corresponding to a backhaul link channel is configured by the first IAB node.

20. The CU of claim 15 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

transmit, to the second IAB node, a configuration message including:

address information of a receiving node over a backhaul link channel between the second IAB node and the receiving node, wherein the receiving node corresponds to the first IAB node,

identification information of the backhaul link channel, and

second indication information for indicating a type of information carried over the backhaul link channel, wherein the type is one of types including a user equipment (UE) associated F1 application protocol (F1AP) signaling or a non-UE associated F1AP signaling.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 1, 2019
From: WANG, WEIWEI; XU, LIXIANG; WANG, HONG
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 050894/0979 →
Priority Claims (2)
CN 201811303678.1 · Nov 2, 2018 · national
CN 201910748988.2 · Aug 14, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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