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US 12,200,820 · App. 17/557,621 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Data transmission method, device, and system

Inventors: Haibo Xu (Beijing, CN); Nathan Edward Tenny (San Diego, CA); Jian Wang (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
H04W88/04H04W68/005H04W72/20H04W72/51H04W76/11H04W80/02H04W92/10H04W92/18
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Patent No.
US 12,200,820
App. No.
17/557,621
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a data transmission method, a device, and a system, and relates to the field of communications technologies, to resolve a problem that a base station cannot well identify specific remote UE from which data sent by relay UE comes. The method may include: receiving, by relay UE, data of remote UE, where the data includes a first identifier of the remote UE; determining, by the relay UE, a second identifier of the remote UE based on the first identifier; and sending the data of the remote UE and the second identifier of the remote UE to a base station.

Claims (54)

1. A data transmission method applied for a relay user equipment (UE), wherein the method comprises:

sending a first message to a base station, wherein the first message comprises a first identifier, the first identifier is a layer 2 address of a remote UE;

receiving a second message from the base station, wherein the second message indicates a mapping relationship between the first identifier and a second identifier, and wherein the second identifier is allocated by the base station;

receiving a third identifier and data from the remote UE, wherein the third identifier matches the first identifier;

determining the second identifier based on the third identifier; and

sending the data and the second identifier of the remote UE to the base station.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving a third identifier and data from the remote UE, comprises:

receiving the data from the remote UE via at least one second radio bearer.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein after receiving the data from the remote UE via at least one second radio bearer, the method comprises:

determining a first radio bearer based on an identifier of each second radio bearer of the at least one second radio bearer or a logical channel identifier (LCID) of each second radio bearer of the at least one second radio bearer.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein sending the data and the second identifier of the remote UE to the base station, comprises:

sending the data and the second identifier of the remote UE to the base station via the first radio bearer.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein before sending a first message to the base station, the method comprises:

receiving the first identifier from the remote UE.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data comprises a radio resource control (RRC) connection setup request message.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second identifier is a unique identifier of the remote UE on the relay UE, and the second identifier is different than the first identifier.

8. An apparatus, wherein the relay UE apparatus comprises:

at least one processor; and

one or more memories coupled to the at least one processor, wherein the one or more memories store

a computer program code that comprises instructions that, when run on the at least one processor, the at least one processor is enabled to perform steps of:

sending a first message to a base station, wherein the first message comprises a first identifier, the first identifier is a layer 2 address of a remote UE;

receiving a second message from the base station, wherein the second message indicates a mapping relationship between the first identifier and a second identifier, and wherein the second identifier is allocated by the base station;

receiving a third identifier and data from the remote UE, wherein the third identifier matches the first identifier;

determining the second identifier based on the third identifier; and

sending the data and the second identifier of the remote UE to the base station.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein receiving a third identifier and data from the remote UE, comprises:

receiving the data from the remote UE via at least one second radio bearer.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the steps comprise:

after receiving the data from the remote UE via at least one second radio bearer, determining a first radio bearer based on an identifier of each second radio bearer of the at least one second radio bearer or a logical channel identifier (LCID) of each second radio bearer of the at least one second radio bearer.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein sending the data and the second identifier of the remote UE to the base station, comprises:

sending the data and the second identifier of the remote UE to the base station via the first radio bearer.

12. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein before sending a first message to the base station, the steps comprise:

receiving the first identifier from the remote UE.

13. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the data comprises a radio resource control (RRC) connection setup request message.

14. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the second identifier is a unique identifier of the remote UE on the apparatus, and the second identifier is different than the first identifier.

15. An apparatus, wherein the apparatus comprises:

at least one processor; and

one or more memories coupled to the at least one processor, wherein the one or more memories store a computer program code that comprises instructions that, when run on the at least one processor, the at least one processor is enabled to perform steps of:

receiving a first message from a relay user equipment (UE), wherein the first message comprises a first identifier, the first identifier is a layer 2 address of a remote UE;

sending a second message to the relay UE, wherein the second message indicates a mapping relationship between the first identifier and a second identifier, and wherein the second identifier is allocated by the apparatus; and

receiving data and the second identifier of the remote UE from the relay UE, wherein the data is from the remote UE.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the second identifier is a unique identifier of the remote UE on the relay UE.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having a computer program code stored thereon, wherein the computer program code comprises instructions that, when run on at least one processor of an apparatus, cause the apparatus to perform steps including:

sending a first message to a base station, wherein the first message comprises a first identifier, the first identifier is a layer 2 address of a remote UE;

receiving a second message from the base station, wherein the second message indicates a mapping relationship between the first identifier and a second identifier, and wherein the second identifier is allocated by the base station;

receiving a third identifier and data from the remote UE, wherein the third identifier matches the first identifier;

determining the second identifier based on the third identifier; and

sending the data and the second identifier of the remote UE to the base station.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein receiving a third identifier and data from the remote UE, comprises:

receiving the data from the remote UE via at least one second radio bearer.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the steps comprise:

after receiving the data from the remote UE via at least one second radio bearer, determining a first radio bearer based on an identifier of each second radio bearer of the at least one second radio bearer or a logical channel identifier (LCID) of each second radio bearer of the at least one second radio bearer.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein sending the data and the second identifier of the remote UE to the base station, comprises:

sending the data and the second identifier of the remote UE to the base station via the first radio bearer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 9, 2022
From: XU, HAIBO; TENNY, NATHAN EDWARD; WANG, JIAN
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059207/0224 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16338316
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