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US 11,979,879 · App. 17/189,979 · Granted May 7, 2024

Information transmission method, communications device, and network device

Inventors: Jinfang Zhang (Shenzhen, CN); Hongjia Su (Shanghai, CN); Lei Lu (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
H04W72/20H04W72/30
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Patent No.
US 11,979,879
App. No.
17/189,979
Granted
May 7, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of this application provide an information transmission method, a communications device, and a network device. The information transmission method may include: sending, by a first communications device, a request message to a network device, to request the network device to schedule a resource for transmission of sidelink information between the first communications device and a second communications device; and further receiving indication information that is used to indicate the resource and that is sent by the network device, and sending the sidelink information to the second communications device on the resource. In the embodiments of this application, reachability of the sidelink information can be ensured.

Claims (52)

1. An information transmission method, comprising:

sending, by a first communications device, a first request message to a network device on a first resource, wherein the first request message is used to request the network device to schedule a resource for transmission of sidelink information between the first communications device and a second communications device that belong to one multicast group, and the first resource corresponds to the multicast group and is used for sending the first request message;

receiving, by the first communications device, first indication information from the network device, wherein the first indication information is used to indicate a second resource scheduled by the network device for transmission of the sidelink information between the first communications device and the second communications device,

wherein the first indication information includes scheduling the first communications device to send the sidelink information on the second resource, and scheduling the second communications device to receive the sidelink information on the second resource, to avoid scheduling the second communications device to send the sidelink information; and

sending, by the first communications device the sidelink information to the second communications device on the second resource.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first resource is a preset resource; or

before the sending the first request message to the network device on the first resource, the method further comprises:

receiving, by the first communications device, second indication information sent by the network device, wherein the second indication information is used to indicate the first resource.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first request message is a scheduling request (SR) message.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first indication information comprises identification information of the second communications device; or

the method further comprises:

receiving, by the first communications device, scrambled downlink control information (DCI) from the network device;

performing, by the first communications device, first-descrambling on the scrambled DCI based on identification information of the first communications device; and

performing, by the first communications device, second-descrambling on the first-descrambled information based on the identification information of the second communications device, to determine the identification information of the second communications device.

5. An information transmission method, comprising:

sending, by a first communications device, a second request message to a network device to request the network device to schedule a resource for transmission of sidelink information between the first communications device and a second communications device, and the second request message comprises identification information of the second communications device;

receiving, by the first communications device, third indication information from the network device, wherein the third indication information is used to indicate a third resource scheduled by the network device for transmission of the sidelink information between the first communications device and the second communications device,

wherein the third indication information includes scheduling the first communications device to send the sidelink information on the third resource, and scheduling the second communications device to receive the sidelink information on the third resource, to avoid scheduling the second communications device to send the sidelink information; and

sending, by the first communications device, the sidelink information to the second communications device on the third resource.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the second request message is a buffer status report (BSR) message.

7. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the identification information of the second communications device comprises at least one of the following information:

a logical channel group (LCG) identifier corresponding to a traffic flow of the first communications device, an LCG identifier corresponding to a traffic flow of a multicast group to which the first communications device belongs, a group identifier of a multicast group to which the second communications device belongs, an identifier of the second communications device, or a semi-persistent scheduling configuration index of the first communications device or a semi-persistent scheduling configuration index of a multicast group to which the first communications device belongs; and

the traffic flow of the first communications device is transmitted for the second communications device, the first communications device and the second communications device belong to a same multicast group, and the semi-persistent scheduling configuration index of the first communications device is a semi-persistent scheduling configuration index transmitted for the second communications device.

8. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the third indication information comprises the identification information of the second communications device; or

the method further comprises:

receiving, by the first communications device, scrambled downlink control information (DCI) from the network device;

performing, by the first communications device, first-descrambling on the scrambled DCI based on identification information of the first communications device; and

performing, by the first communications device, second-descrambling on the first-descrambled information based on the identification information of the second communications device, to determine the identification information of the second communications device.

9. A communications device operating as a first communications device, comprising:

a transmitter, configured to send a first request message to a network device on a first resource to request the network device to schedule a resource for transmission of sidelink information between the first communications device and a second communications device that belong to one multicast group, and the first resource corresponds to the multicast group and is used for sending the first request message;

a receiver, configured to receive first indication information from the network device, wherein the first indication information is used to indicate a second resource scheduled by the network device for transmission of the sidelink information between the first communications device and the second communications device,

wherein the first indication information includes scheduling the first communications device to send the sidelink information on the second resource, and scheduling the second communications device to receive the sidelink information on the second resource, to avoid scheduling the second communications device to send the sidelink information; and

the transmitter is further configured to send the sidelink information to the second communications device on the second resource.

10. The communications device according to claim 9 , wherein the first resource is a preset resource; or

the receiver is further configured to receive second indication information sent by the network device, wherein the second indication information is used to indicate the first resource.

11. The communications device according to claim 9 , wherein the first request message is a scheduling request (SR) message.

12. The communications device according to claim 9 , wherein the first indication information comprises identification information of the second communications device; or

the receiver is further configured to receive scrambled downlink control information (DCI) sent by the network device; and

the communications device further comprises:

a processor, configured to: perform first-descrambling on the scrambled DCI based on identification information of the first communications device, and perform second-descrambling on the first-descrambled information based on the identification information of the second communications device, to determine the identification information of the second communications device.

13. A network device, comprising:

a receiver, configured to receive a second request message from a first communications device, wherein the second request message comprises identification information of a second communications device;

a processor, configured to schedule a third resource for transmission of sidelink information between the first communications device and the second communications device,

wherein third indication information includes scheduling the first communications device to send the sidelink information on the third resource, and scheduling the second communications device to receive the sidelink information on the third resource, to avoid scheduling the second communications device to send the sidelink information; and

a transmitter, configured to send the third indication information to the first communications device to indicate the third resource.

14. The network device according to claim 13 , wherein the second request message is a buffer status report (BSR) message.

15. The network device according to claim 13 , wherein the identification information of the second communications device comprises at least one of the following information:

a logical channel group (LCG) identifier corresponding to a traffic flow of the first communications device, an LCG identifier corresponding to a traffic flow of a multicast group to which the first communications device belongs, a group identifier of a multicast group to which the second communications device belongs, an identifier of the second communications device, or a semi-persistent scheduling configuration index of the first communications device or a semi-persistent scheduling configuration index of a multicast group to which the first communications device belongs; and

the traffic flow of the first communications device is a traffic flow transmitted for the second communications device, the first communications device and the second communications device are located in a same multicast group, and the semi-persistent scheduling configuration index of the first communications device is a semi-persistent scheduling configuration index transmitted for the second communications device.

16. The network device according to claim 13 , wherein the third indication information comprises the identification information of the second communications device; or

the processor is configured to: perform first-scrambling on downlink control information (DCI) based on the identification information of the second communications device, and perform second-scrambling on the first-scrambled DCI based on identification information of the first communications device; and

the transmitter is further configured to send the second-scrambled DCI to the first communications device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2024
From: ZHANG, JINFANG; SU, HONGJIA; LU, LEI
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066589/0477 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201811024885.3 · Sep 4, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
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