Granted Patent B2

US 12,192,817 · App. 17/267,437 · Granted Jan 7, 2025

Inventors: Mengzhen Wang (Shenzhen, CN); Lin Chen (Shenzhen, CN)

Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION

H04W28/0263H04W4/40H04W28/0257H04W28/0268H04W28/24H04W92/18

Abstract

Claims (44)

1. A data transmission method, comprising:

acquiring, by a first terminal, first information of quality of service (QOS) of a to- be-transmitted data packet on a sidelink;

establishing, by the first terminal, a sidelink bearer; and

mapping, by the first terminal and according to the first information, the to-be-transmitted data packet to the sidelink bearer for transmission to a second terminal;

wherein the first information comprises second information and fourth information, wherein the second information comprises a fifth-generation mobile system quality of service identifier (5QI) and a transmission range corresponding to the to-be- transmitted data packet, and the fourth information comprises sidelink QoS rules;

wherein establishing the sidelink bearer comprises: receiving, by the first terminal from a base station, sidelink bearer configuration information; and establishing, by the first terminal, the sidelink bearer according to the sidelink bearer configuration information, wherein the sidelink bearer configuration information comprises a bearer identifier and a service data adaptation protocol (SDAP) configuration which comprises a list of QoS flows mapped to the sidelink bearer;

wherein mapping, by the first terminal according to the first information, the to-be-transmitted data packet to the sidelink bearer for the transmission comprises: mapping, by the first terminal and according to the sidelink QoS rules and the sidelink bearer configuration information, the to-be-transmitted data packet to the sidelink bearer for the transmission.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first information further comprises third information comprising at least one of following information corresponding to the to-be-transmitted data packet: reliability, a transmission delay, a data rate, a packet error rate, or a transmission range.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sidelink bearer configuration information further comprises at least one of:

a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) configuration, a radio link control (RLC) configuration, a logical channel configuration, a mirror QoS indication, or a QoS parameter.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the method satisfies at least one of:

the PDCP configuration comprising at least one of: a packet discarding timer, a length of a PDCP sequence number, header compression, or a reordering timer;

the RLC configuration comprising at least one of: a non-acknowledgement mode or an acknowledgement mode, a polling-related configuration in an acknowledgement mode, a maximum number of retransmissions in an acknowledgement mode, or whether out-of-order delivery is supported;

the logical channel configuration comprising at least one of: a logical channel identifier, a logical channel priority, a prioritized guaranteed bit rate, bucket size duration, subcarrier spacing, an associated sidelink bandwidth part (BWP) index, or an associated carrier indication; or

the QoS parameter comprising at least one of: a 5QI, an allocation retention priority, a user equipment (UE)-PC5-aggregate maximum bit rate (AMBR), a PC5 guaranteed flow bit rate (GFBR), a PC5 maximum flow bit rate (MFBR), a PC5 mirror QoS indication, a priority, a packet delay, a packet error rate, reliability, or a resource type.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein mapping, by the first terminal and according to the sidelink QoS rules, the to-be-transmitted data packet to the corresponding sidelink bearer for the transmission comprises:

mapping, by the first terminal, the to-be-transmitted data packet to a QoS flow according to the sidelink QoS rules; and

mapping, by a sidelink SDAP entity of the first terminal, the QoS flow to the sidelink bearer for the transmission.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein mapping, by the sidelink SDAP entity of the first terminal, the QoS flow to the sidelink bearer for the transmission comprises:

in a case where SDAP configuration information in the sidelink bearer configuration information indicates NULL or a list of QoS flows mapped to the sidelink bearer is empty, determining, by the first terminal, a rule of mapping between the QoS flow and the sidelink bearer;

in a case where the SDAP configuration information in the sidelink bearer configuration information indicates that the list of QoS flows mapped to the sidelink bearer is non-empty, mapping, by the first terminal according to a mapping relationship of the non-empty list, the QoS flow to the sidelink bearer for the transmission; and

in a case where the SDAP configuration information in the sidelink bearer configuration information indicates that the list of QoS flows mapped to the sidelink bearer is non-empty and an indication of supporting mirror QoS exists, marking, by the sidelink SDAP entity of the first terminal, a QoS flow identifier (QFI) corresponding to a data packet of the QoS flow.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the QFI is configured for providing a basis for a peer UE to update a first mapping relationship which is a mapping relationship between a QFI and a sidelink bearer stored by the peer UE.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein after mapping, according to the first information, the to-be-transmitted data packet to the sidelink bearer for the transmission to the second terminal, the method further comprises:

acquiring, by the first terminal, traffic switch information; and

performing traffic switch according to the traffic switch information, wherein the traffic switch is configured for switching the to-be-transmitted data packet between a PC5 interface and a Uu interface of a UE.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the traffic switch information comprises at least one of:

application layer information, access layer information, or traffic switch indication information configured by a base station.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the method satisfies at least one of:

the application layer information comprising at least one of: a data packet traffic type, a QoS flow traffic type, or QoS demand information;

the access layer information comprising at least one of: Uu link quality, Uu reference signal received power, a Uu bearer and QoS parameter, a Uu congestion degree, PC 5 link quality, a PC 5 connection establishment state, a PC 5 channel busy-idle rate, a PC 5 discovery signal received power, a PC 5 synchronization signal received power, a PC 5 resource conflict probability, a PC 5 congestion situation, a PC 5 bearer, or a QoS parameter; or the traffic switch indication information configured by the base station comprising at least one of: a traffic switch indication, a Uu link quality threshold, a PC 5 link quality threshold, a delay threshold, a reliability threshold, a data rate threshold, a traffic type, an application type, a QFI of a switched PC 5 QoS flow, a mapping relationship between a switched PC 5 QoS flow and a data radio bearer (DRB), information about a switched Uu QoS flow, or a mapping relationship between a switched Uu QoS flow and the sidelink bearer.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein performing the traffic switch according to the traffic switch information comprises one of:

in a case where an application layer of the first terminal determines that a fourth data packet is transmitted via the Uu interface, mapping, by the first terminal, the fourth data packet to a fourth QoS flow through Uu QoS rules, and mapping, by a Uu SDAP entity of the first terminal, the fourth QoS flow to a DRB for transmission;

in a case where an application layer of the first terminal determines that a fifth data packet is transmitted via the PC 5 interface, configuring, by the application layer of the first terminal, a fifth 5QI corresponding to the fifth data packet, and mapping, by the first terminal, the fifth data packet to a sidelink bearer associated with the fifth 5QI for transmission;

switching and mapping, by the first terminal, a QoS flow of a fourth QFI transmitted via the Uu interface to a sidelink bearer associated with the fourth QFI in the PC5 interface;

acquiring, by the first terminal, a sixth data packet associated with a sixth 5QI at the PC5 interface, and mapping the sixth data packet to a sixth QoS flow of the sixth 5QI in the Uu interface or to a newly established seventh QoS flow; and mapping, by an a Uu SDAP entity of the first terminal, the sixth QoS flow or the seventh QoS flow to a DRB;

in a case where the first terminal determines, according to the traffic switch information, that a seventh data packet is transmitted at the PC5 interface, mapping, by the first terminal, the seventh data packet to a PC5 QoS flow through PC5 QoS rules, and mapping, by an a sidelink SDAP entity of the first terminal, the PC5 QoS flow to a sidelink bearer for transmission;

after the first terminal maps a data packet to an eighth QoS flow according to QoS rules, in response to determining to transmit the eighth QoS flow via the Uu interface, indicating eighth information of a transmission path to a Uu SDAP entity of the first terminal, and mapping, by the Uu SDAP entity of the first terminal according to the eighth information, the eighth QoS flow to a DRB for transmission; or

after the first terminal maps a data packet to a ninth QoS flow according to QoS rules, in response to determining to transmit the ninth QoS flow via the PC5 interface, indicating ninth information of a transmission path to a sidelink SDAP entity of the first terminal, and mapping, by the sidelink SDAP entity of the first terminal according to the ninth information, the ninth QoS flow to a sidelink bearer for transmission.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein after performing the traffic switch according to the traffic switch information, the method further comprises at least one of:

sending, by the first terminal, first notification information to the base station, and updating, by the base station, the mapping relationship between a DRB and a QFI according to the first notification information; or

sending, by the first terminal, a second notification message to the second terminal, wherein the second terminal updates a mapping relationship between a sidelink bearer and a QFI or releases a PC 5 connection with the first terminal according to the second notification message.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program, wherein the computer program is configured to, when executed, perform the method of claim 1 .

14. An electronic apparatus, comprising a memory and a processor, wherein the memory is configured to store a computer program, and the processor is configured to execute the computer program to perform the method of claim 1 .

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