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US 11,909,536 · App. 17/195,400 · Granted Feb 20, 2024

Communication method, terminal device and network device

Inventors: Zhenshan Zhao (Guangdong, CN); Qianxi Lu (Guangdong, CN); Huei-Ming Lin (South Yarra, AU)
Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
H04L1/1896H04W72/02H04W76/11H04W92/18
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Patent No.
US 11,909,536
App. No.
17/195,400
Granted
Feb 20, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided by the implementations of the present application are a communication method and terminal, which may achieve reliability of system transmission by using a terminal-to-terminal mode to carry out communication. The method comprises: a first terminal device receiving a first sidelink transmission channel sent by a second terminal device, the first sidelink transmission channel being used to transmit a first message; in response to the first message, the first terminal device sending a second sidelink transmission channel to the second terminal device, the second sidelink transmission channel being used to transmit a second message, and the second message being a feedback message for the first message.

Claims (45)

1. A communication method, comprising:

receiving, by a first terminal device, a first message on a first sidelink transmission channel sent by a second terminal device, wherein the first sidelink transmission channel is used for transmitting the first message;

sending, by the first terminal device, a second message on a second sidelink transmission channel to the second terminal device in response to the first message, wherein the second sidelink transmission channel is used for transmitting the second message, and the second message is a feedback message of the first message; and

determining, by the first terminal device, a first transmission resource from a first transmission resource set according to a group identifier of a first terminal device group, wherein the group identifier is a device group identifier for identifying a group that the first terminal device group belongs to,

wherein determining, by the first terminal device, the first transmission resource, comprises:

acquiring, by the first terminal device, the first transmission resource set; and

determining, by the first terminal device, the first transmission resource from the first transmission resource set,

wherein determining, by the first terminal device, the first transmission resource from the first transmission resource set comprises:

determining, by the first terminal device, the first transmission resource from the first transmission resource set further according to at least one of the following: an identifier of the first terminal device, or second indication information sent to the first terminal device by the second terminal device,

wherein receiving, by the first terminal device, the second indication information while receiving the first message.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein sending, by the first terminal device, the second message on the second sidelink transmission channel to the second terminal device, comprises:

sending, by the first terminal device, the second message on the second sidelink transmission channel to the second terminal device on the first transmission resource.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein determining, by the first terminal device, the first transmission resource, comprises:

determining, by the first terminal device, the first transmission resource according to at least one of the following: an identifier of the first terminal device, a group identifier of a group that the first terminal device belongs to, first indication information for indicating the first transmission resource sent by the second terminal device, or preconfigured information, wherein the first terminal device group is a terminal device group comprising the first terminal device and the second terminal device.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the first indication information is carried in a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) or a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH).

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second indication information comprises information of the group identifier of the first terminal device group.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the group identifier of the first terminal device is a member identifier of the first terminal device in the first terminal device group, or the group identifier of the first terminal device is a cell radio network temporary identifier of the first terminal device.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first transmission resource set is preconfigured on the first terminal device based on a protocol.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the resources in the first transmission resource set are located in a same time unit.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second indication information is carried in a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) or a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH).

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second message comprises at least one piece of the following information: acknowledgement (ACK)/negative acknowledgement (NACK) information, channel quality indication information, channel state information, beam indication information, precoding matrix indication information, rank indicator or power information, wherein the second message is sent in response to the first message.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second sidelink transmission channel is used for transmitting a sequence which carries the second message.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first message is sent by unicast or groupcast.

13. A terminal device, wherein the terminal device is a first terminal device, the first terminal device comprising a processor configured to:

receive a first message on a first sidelink transmission channel sent by a second terminal device, wherein the first sidelink transmission channel is used for transmitting the first message;

send a second message on a second sidelink transmission channel to the second terminal device in response to the first message, wherein the second sidelink transmission channel is used for transmitting the second message, and the second message is a feedback message of the first message;

determine a first transmission resource from a first transmission resource set according to a group identifier of a first terminal device group, wherein the group identifier is a device group identifier for identifying a group that the first terminal device group belongs to,

wherein determining the first transmission resource, comprises:

acquiring the first transmission resource set; and

determining the first transmission resource from the first transmission resource set,

wherein determining the first transmission resource from the first transmission resource set comprises:

determining the first transmission resource from the first transmission resource set further according to at least one of the following: an identifier of the first terminal device, or second indication information sent to the first terminal device by the second terminal device,

wherein receiving the second indication information while receiving the first message.

14. The terminal device of claim 13 , wherein the processor is further configured to send the second message to the second terminal device on the first transmission resource.

15. The terminal device of claim 14 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine the first transmission resource according to at least one of the following:

an identifier of the first terminal device, first indication information for indicating the first transmission resource sent by the second terminal device, or preconfigured information, wherein the first terminal device group is a terminal device group comprising the first terminal device and the second terminal device.

16. The terminal device of claim 15 , wherein the first indication information is carried in a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) or a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH).

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein the first terminal device is further configured to receive second indication information while receiving the first message, wherein the second indication information is sent to the first terminal device by the second terminal device, and wherein the second indication information is for determining the first transmission resource.

18. The terminal device of claim 13 , wherein the identifier of the first terminal device is a member identifier of the first terminal device in the first terminal device group, or the identifier of the first terminal device is a cell radio network temporary identifier of the first terminal device.

19. The terminal device of claim 13 , wherein the first transmission resource set is preconfigured on the first terminal device based on a protocol.

20. The terminal device of claim 13 , wherein resources in the first transmission resource set are located in a same time unit.

21. The terminal device of claim 13 , wherein the second indication information is carried in a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) or a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH).

22. The terminal device of claim 13 , wherein the second message comprises at least one piece of the following information: acknowledgement (ACK)/negative acknowledgement (NACK) information, channel quality indication information, channel state information, beam indication information, precoding matrix indication information, rank indicator or power information.

23. The terminal device of claim 13 , wherein the second sidelink transmission channel is used for transmitting a sequence which carries the second message.

24. The terminal device of claim 13 , wherein the first message is transmitted by unicast or groupcast.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 8, 2021
From: ZHAO, ZHENSHAN; LU, QIANXI; LIN, HUEI-MING
To: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
Reel/Frame 055524/0707 →
Continuity (2)
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