Granted Patent B2

US 12,207,327 · App. 17/632,185 · Granted Jan 21, 2025

Inventors: Yali Zhao (Beijing, CN); Li Chen (Beijing, CN); Da Wang (Beijing, CN)

Assignee: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.

H04W76/14H04W76/11

Abstract

Claims (114)

1. A sidelink interface radio bearer configuration method, applied to a first terminal, comprising:

receiving sidelink radio bearer (SLRB) configuration information transmitted by a second terminal;

determining whether to allow to establish a target SLRB according to the SLRB configuration information; or

determining whether to allow to establish the target SLRB according to the SLRB configuration information, and in a case that the determination result is that the target SLRB is allowed to be established and all or part of parameters of the SLRB are different from parameters of a currently being established SLRB, transmitting assistance information to a first network device serving the first terminal or a protocol layer of the first terminal responsible for SLRB configuration information management;

wherein the assistance information includes at least one of the following:

radio bearer identification (ID) of the target SLRB;

logical channel ID of the target SLRB;

part or all of the SLRB configurations transmitted by the first terminal;

wherein after determining whether to allow to establish the target SLRB according to the SLRB configuration information, the method further comprises:

when the determination result is that the target SLRB is refused to be established, transmitting a response message to the second terminal, wherein the response message is used to indicate that the first terminal refuses to establish the target SLRB;

wherein the determining whether to allow to establish the target SLRB according to the SLRB configuration information comprises:

determining whether a logical channel ID included in SLRB configuration information corresponding to the target SLRB currently being established between the first terminal and the second terminal is the same as a logical channel ID included in SLRB configuration information corresponding to another SLRB that has been established or is being established between the first terminal and the second terminal; or,

determining whether the logical channel ID included in the SLRB configuration information corresponding to the target SLRB currently being established between the first terminal and the second terminal is the same as a logical channel ID included in SLRB configuration information corresponding to another SLRB that has been established or is being established between the first terminal and the second terminal and has a same source ID and a same destination ID as the target SLRB; or,

determining whether a radio bearer ID included in SLRB configuration information corresponding to the target SLRB currently being established between the first terminal and the second terminal is the same as a radio bearer ID included in the SLRB configuration information corresponding to another SLRB that has been established or is being established between the first terminal and the second terminal; or,

determining whether the radio bearer ID included in the SLRB configuration information corresponding to the target SLRB currently being established between the first terminal and the second terminal is the same as a radio bearer ID included in SLRB configuration information corresponding to another SLRB that has been established or is being established between the first terminal and the second terminal and has the same source ID and the same destination ID as the target SLRB;

when the determination result is not the same, allowing to establish the target SLRB; or,

when the determination result is the same and a target condition is met, allowing to establish the target SLRB;

otherwise, refusing to establish the target SLRB.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first terminal is on the network and in a radio resource control (RRC) idle or inactive state, or the first terminal is off the network,

after transmitting the assistance information to the first network device or the protocol layer of the first terminal responsible for SLRB configuration information management, the method further includes:

performing, by the protocol layer of the first terminal responsible for the SLRB configuration information management, SLRB configuration on the SLRB of the first terminal according to the assistance information,

wherein the performing, by the protocol layer of the first terminal responsible for the SLRB configuration information management, SLRB configuration on the SLRB of the first terminal according to the assistance information includes at least one of the following:

when performing the SLRB configuration on the target SLRB corresponding to the assistance information, configuring the SLRB configuration information of the SLRB of the first terminal to be the same as the SLRB configuration information of the target SLRB;

when performing configuration on other SLRBs other than the target SLRB corresponding to the assistance information and belonging to the sidelink formed by the first terminal and the second terminal, configuring a logical channel ID included in the SLRB configuration information of the other SLRBs to be different from the logical channel ID included in the SLRB configuration information of the target SLRB;

when performing configuration on other SLRBs other than the target SLRB corresponding to the assistance information and belonging to the sidelink formed by the first terminal and the second terminal and having a same source ID and a same target ID as the target SLRB, configuring a logical channel ID included in the SLRB configuration information of the other SLRBs to be different from the logical channel ID included in the SLRB configuration information of the target SLRB;

when the logical channel ID included in the SLRB configuration information of the other SLRBs other than the target SLRB corresponding to the assistance information and belonging to the sidelink formed by the first terminal and the second terminal is the same as the logical channel ID included in the SLRB configuration information of the target SLRB, updating the logical channel ID of the other SLRBs to be different from the logical channel ID included in the SLRB configuration information of the target SLRB;

when the logical channel ID included in the SLRB configuration information of the other SLRBs other than the target SLRB corresponding to the assistance information and belonging to the sidelink formed by the first terminal and the second terminal and having the same source ID and the same target ID as the target SLRB is the same as the logical channel ID included in the SLRB configuration information of the target SLRB, updating the logical channel ID of the other SLRBs to be different from the logical channel ID included in the SLRB configuration information of the target SLRB.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the response message carries at least one of the following information:

a reason that the first terminal refuses to establish the target SLRB;

first indication information of part or all of logical channel IDs currently occupied by the first terminal on the sidelink formed by the first terminal and the second terminal;

second indication information of part or all of the logical channel IDs currently occupied by the first terminal in a logical channel ID set corresponding to combination of the source ID and the target ID corresponding to the target SLRB on the sidelink formed by the first terminal and the second terminal;

third indication information of all or part of the logical channel IDs currently available by the first terminal on the sidelink formed by the first terminal and the second terminal;

fourth indication information of part or all of the logical channel IDs currently available by the first terminal in the logical channel ID set corresponding to the combination of the source ID and the target ID corresponding to the target SLRB on the sidelink formed by the first terminal and the second terminal.

4. The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the target condition includes at least one of the following:

a quality of service (QOS) parameter of the target SLRB being higher than a QoS parameter of another SLRB currently being established between the first terminal and the second terminal and using a same logic channel ID or a same radio bearer ID as the target SLRB;

the QoS parameter of the target SLRB being higher than a QoS parameter of another SLRB currently being established between the first terminal and the second terminal and using a same source ID, a same destination ID and a same logic channel ID or using a same source ID, a same destination ID and a same radio bearer ID as the target SLRB;

the QoS parameter of the target SLRB being higher than a QoS parameter of another SLRB currently having been established between the first terminal and the second terminal and using a same logic channel ID or a same radio bearer ID as the target SLRB;

the QoS parameter of the target SLRB being higher than a QoS parameter of another SLRB currently having been established between the first terminal and the second terminal and using a same source ID, a same destination ID and a same logic channel ID or using a same source ID, a same destination ID and a same radio bearer ID as the target SLRB;

a priority of the second terminal that initiates the establishment of the target SLRB being higher than a priority of a terminal that initiates the establishment of the other SLRB that uses the same logical channel ID or the same radio bearer ID as the target SLRB;

an initiation time of the target SLRB being earlier than an initiation time of the other SLRB that uses the same logical channel ID or the same radio bearer ID as the target SLRB.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the SLRB configuration information includes at least one of the following:

source ID;

target ID;

transmission type ID;

SLRB ID;

service data adaptation protocol layer configuration information;

packet data convergence protocol layer configuration information;

radio link control layer configuration information;

media access control layer configuration information;

physical layer configuration information.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the protocol layer responsible for SLRB configuration information management is an RRC protocol layer.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first network device is a serving base station, a serving distributed unit, or a serving centralized unit of the first terminal.

8. A sidelink interface radio bearer configuration method, applied to a first network device, comprising:

receiving assistance information transmitted by a first terminal;

performing SLRB configuration on SLRB of the first terminal according to the assistance information; and/or,

determining whether a target SLRB is allowed to be established according to the assistance information;

wherein the assistance information includes at least one of the following:

radio bearer identification (ID) of the target SLRB;

logical channel ID of the target SLRB;

part or all of the SLRB configurations transmitted by the first terminal;

wherein the performing SLRB configuration on the SLRB of the first terminal according to the assistance information includes at least one of the following:

when performing the SLRB configuration on the target SLRB corresponding to the assistance information, configuring the SLRB configuration information of the SLRB of the first terminal to be the same as the SLRB configuration information of the target SLRB;

when performing configuration on other SLRBs other than the target SLRB corresponding to the assistance information and belonging to the sidelink formed by the first terminal and the second terminal, configuring a logical channel ID included in the SLRB configuration information of the other SLRBs to be different from the logical channel ID included in the SLRB configuration information of the target SLRB;

when performing configuration on other SLRBs other than the target SLRB corresponding to the assistance information and belonging to the sidelink formed by the first terminal and the second terminal and having a same source ID and a same target ID as the target SLRB, configuring a logical channel ID included in the SLRB configuration information of the other SLRBs to be different from the logical channel ID included in the SLRB configuration information of the target SLRB;

when the logical channel ID included in the SLRB configuration information of the other SLRBs other than the target SLRB corresponding to the assistance information and belonging to the sidelink formed by the first terminal and the second terminal is the same as the logical channel ID included in the SLRB configuration information of the target SLRB, updating the logical channel ID of the other SLRBs to be different from the logical channel ID included in the SLRB configuration information of the target SLRB;

when the logical channel ID included in the SLRB configuration information of the other SLRBs other than the target SLRB corresponding to the assistance information and belonging to the sidelink formed by the first terminal and the second terminal and having the same source ID and the same target ID as the target SLRB is the same as the logical channel ID included in the SLRB configuration information of the target SLRB, updating the logical channel ID of the other SLRBs to be different from the logical channel ID included in the SLRB configuration information of the target SLRB.

9. The method according to claim 8 ,

wherein after determining whether the target SLRB is allowed to be established according to the assistance information, the method further comprises:

generating indication information according to the determination result, wherein the indication information is used to indicate whether the first terminal allows to establish the target SLRB and/or indicate the first terminal to use part or all of the SLRB configuration information used by the target SLRB to transmit data;

wherein the SLRB configuration information includes at least one of the following:

source ID;

target ID;

transmission type ID;

SLRB ID;

service data adaptation protocol layer configuration information;

packet data convergence protocol layer configuration information;

radio link control layer configuration information;

media access control layer configuration information;

physical layer configuration information.

10. A sidelink interface radio bearer configuration method, applied to a second terminal, comprising:

transmitting SLRB configuration information to a first terminal;

receiving a response message transmitted by the first terminal, wherein the response message is used to indicate that the first terminal refuses to establish a target SLRB;

wherein after the receiving the response message transmitted by the first terminal, the method further comprises:

transmitting, to a second network device or a protocol layer of the second terminal responsible for SLRB configuration information management, request information for requesting to change the SLRB configuration information of the target SLRB.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the response message carries at least one of the following information:

a reason that the first terminal refuses to establish the target SLRB;

first indication information of part or all of logical channel IDs currently occupied by the first terminal on the sidelink formed by the first terminal and the second terminal;

second indication information of part or all of the logical channel IDs currently occupied by the first terminal in a logical channel ID set corresponding to combination of the source ID and the target ID corresponding to the target SLRB on the sidelink formed by the first terminal and the second terminal;

third indication information of all or part of the logical channel IDs currently available by the first terminal on the sidelink formed by the first terminal and the second terminal;

fourth indication information of part or all of the logical channel IDs currently available by the first terminal in the logical channel ID set corresponding to the combination of the source ID and the target ID corresponding to the target SLRB on the sidelink formed by the first terminal and the second terminal.

12. The method according to claim 10 ,

wherein the request information carries at least one of the following information:

first indication information of part or all of logical channel IDs currently occupied by the first terminal on the sidelink formed by the first terminal and the second terminal;

second indication information of part or all of the logical channel IDs currently occupied by the first terminal in a logical channel ID set corresponding to combination of the source ID and the target ID corresponding to the target SLRB on the sidelink formed by the first terminal and the second terminal;

third indication information of all or part of the logical channel IDs currently available by the first terminal on the sidelink formed by the first terminal and the second terminal;

fourth indication information of part or all of the logical channel IDs currently available by the first terminal in the logical channel ID set corresponding to the combination of the source ID and the target ID corresponding to the target SLRB on the sidelink formed by the first terminal and the second terminal;

or,

wherein the second terminal is on the network and in an RRC idle state or inactive state, or the second terminal is off the network;

after transmitting, to a protocol layer of the second terminal responsible for SLRB configuration information management, request information for requesting to change the SLRB configuration information of the target SLRB, the method further includes:

according to the request information, updating a logical channel ID included in the SLRB configuration information of the target SLRB to make it different from a logical channel ID included in the SLRB configuration information of another SLRB currently being established or having been established between the first terminal and the second terminal; or,

according to the request information, updating the logical channel ID included in the SLRB configuration information of the target SLRB to make it different from a logical channel ID included in the SLRB configuration information of another SLRB currently being established or having been established between the first terminal and the second terminal and using a same source ID and a same target ID as the target SLRB,

or,

wherein the protocol layer responsible for SLRB configuration information management is an RRC protocol layer,

or,

wherein the second network device is a serving base station, a serving distributed unit, or a serving centralized unit of the second terminal.

13. A sidelink interface radio bearer configuration method, applied to a second network device, comprising:

receiving request information for changing SLRB configuration information of a target SLRB transmitted by a second terminal, wherein the SLRB configuration information of the target SLRB is SLRB configuration information of the target SLRB transmitted by the second terminal to a first terminal through a sidelink interface;

according to the request information, updating a logical channel ID included in the SLRB configuration information of the target SLRB to make it different from a logical channel ID included in the SLRB configuration information of another SLRB currently being established or having been established between the first terminal and the second terminal; or,

according to the request information, updating the logical channel ID included in the SLRB configuration information of the target SLRB to make it different from a logical channel ID included in the SLRB configuration information of another SLRB currently being established or having been established between the first terminal and the second terminal and using a same source ID and a same target ID as the target SLRB.

14. A terminal, the terminal being a first terminal, comprising: a transceiver, a memory, a processor, and a program stored on the memory and executed by the processor to implement the sidelink interface radio bearer configuration method according to claim 1 .

15. A network device includes: a transceiver, a memory, a processor, and a program stored in the memory and executed by the processor, the processor reads the program in the memory and executes sidelink interface radio bearer configuration method according to claim 8 .

16. A terminal, being a second terminal, comprising: a transceiver, a memory, a processor, and a program stored on the memory and executed by the processor to implement the sidelink interface radio bearer configuration method according to claim 10 .

17. A network device, comprising: a transceiver, a memory, a processor, and a program stored in the memory and executed by the processor, the processor reads the program in the memory and executes sidelink interface radio bearer configuration method according to claim 13 .

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