IP Library Granted Patent US 12,289,658
Granted Patent B2
US 12,289,658 · App. 17/762,359 · Granted Apr 29, 2025

Method for buffer status reporting, and terminal

Inventors: Da Wang (Beijing, CN); Yali Zhao (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
H04W4/40H04W28/0278H04W72/56
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Patent No.
US 12,289,658
App. No.
17/762,359
Granted
Apr 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are a method for a Buffer Status reporting (BSR), and a terminal, and when both a BSR of a sidelink interface and a BSR of a Uu interface need to be sent by a terminal, the sending of the BSR of the sidelink interface and the BSR of the Uu interface can be dynamically determined, thus ensuring the quality of service of services at the Uu interface and a sidelink interface. The method includes a terminal determining a priority order of logical channels on which a Uu interface and a sidelink interface trigger the sending of a Buffer Status reporting (BSR); and the terminal sending the BSR according to the priority order of the logical channels on which the Uu interface and the sidelink interface trigger the sending of the BSR.

Claims (55)

1. A method for Buffer Status reporting, comprising:

determining, by a terminal, a priority order of logical channels of a Uu interface and a sidelink interface which triggering Buffer Status reportings, BSRs; and

sending, by the terminal, the BSRs according to the priority order of the logical channels of the Uu interface and the sidelink interface which triggering the BSRs;

wherein the determining, by the terminal, the priority order of the logical channels of the Uu interface and the sidelink interface which triggering the BSRs, comprises:

comparing, by the terminal, a priority parameter of a logical channel of the Uu interface which triggering BSR with a first priority threshold, and comparing, by the terminal, a priority parameter of a logical channel of the sidelink interface which triggering BSR with a second priority threshold; and

determining, by the terminal, the priority order of the logical channels of the Uu interface and the sidelink interface which triggering the BSRs according to a result of the comparing;

wherein the first priority threshold is a priority threshold related to the Uu interface, and the second priority threshold is a priority threshold related to the sidelink interface.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining, by the terminal, the priority order of the logical channels of the Uu interface and the sidelink interface which triggering the BSRs according to the result of the comparing, comprises:

determining that a priority of the logical channel of the Uu interface which triggering BSR is higher than a priority of the logical channel of the sidelink interface which triggering BSR, when the priority parameter of the logical channel of the Uu interface which triggering BSR is lower than the first priority threshold; or

determining that a priority of the logical channel of the sidelink interface which triggering BSR is higher than a priority of the logical channel of the Uu interface which triggering BSR, when the priority parameter of the logical channel of the Uu interface which triggering BSR is not lower than the first priority threshold and the priority parameter of the logical channel of the sidelink interface which triggering BSR is lower than the second priority threshold; or

determining that a priority of the logical channel of the Uu interface which triggering BSR is higher than a priority of the logical channel of the sidelink interface which triggering BSR, when the priority parameter of the logical channel of the Uu interface which triggering BSR is not lower than the first priority threshold and the priority parameter of the logical channel of the sidelink interface which triggering BSR is not lower than the second priority threshold.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining, by the terminal, the priority order of the logical channels of the Uu interface and the sidelink interface which triggering the BSRs according to the result of the comparing, comprises:

determining that a priority of the logical channel of the sidelink interface which triggering BSR is higher than a priority of the logical channel of the Uu interface which triggering BSR, when the priority parameter of the logical channel of the sidelink interface which triggering BSR is lower than the second priority threshold; or

determining that a priority of the logical channel of the Uu interface which triggering BSR is higher than a priority of the logical channel of the sidelink interface which triggering BSR, when the priority parameter of the logical channel of the sidelink interface which triggering BSR is not lower than the second priority threshold and the priority parameter of the logical channel of the Uu interface which triggering BSR is lower than the first priority threshold; or

determining that a priority of the logical channel of the sidelink interface which triggering BSR is higher than a priority of the logical channel of the Uu interface which triggering BSR, when the priority parameter of the logical channel of the sidelink interface which triggering BSR is not lower than the second priority threshold and the priority parameter of the logical channel of the Uu interface which triggering BSR is not lower than the first priority threshold.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining, by the terminal, the priority order of the logical channels of the Uu interface and the sidelink interface which triggering the BSRs, comprises:

comparing, by the terminal, a priority parameter of a logical channel of the Uu interface which triggering BSR with a third priority threshold;

determining that a priority of the logical channel of the Uu interface which triggering BSR is higher than a priority of the logical channel of the sidelink interface which triggering BSR, when the priority parameter of the logical channel of the Uu interface which triggering BSR is lower than the third priority threshold; or

determining that a priority of the logical channel of the sidelink interface which triggering BSR is higher than a priority of the logical channel of the Uu interface which triggering BSR, when the priority parameter of the logical channel of the Uu interface which triggering BSR is not lower than the third priority threshold.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining, by the terminal, the priority order of the logical channels of the Uu interface and the sidelink interface which triggering the BSRs, comprises:

comparing, by the terminal, a priority parameter of a logical channel of the sidelink interface which triggering BSR with a fourth priority threshold;

determining that a priority of the logical channel of the sidelink interface which triggering BSR is higher than a priority of the logical channel of the Uu interface which triggering BSR, when the priority parameter of the logical channel of the sidelink interface which triggering BSR is lower than the fourth priority threshold; or

determining that a priority of the logical channel of the Uu interface which triggering BSR is higher than a priority of the logical channel of the sidelink interface which triggering BSR, when the priority parameter of the logical channel of the sidelink interface which triggering BSR is not lower than the fourth priority threshold.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the sending, by the terminal, the BSRs according to the priority order of the logical channels of the Uu interface and the sidelink interface which triggering the BSRs, comprises:

sending a BSR of the Uu interface preferentially, when the priority of the logical channel of the Uu interface which triggering BSR is higher than the priority of the logical channel of the sidelink interface which triggering BSR; or

sending a BSR of the sidelink interface preferentially, when the priority of the logical channel of the sidelink interface which triggering BSR is higher than the priority of the logical channel of the Uu interface which triggering BSR; or

sending a BSR of the Uu interface and a BSR of the sidelink interface randomly, when the priority of the logical channel of the Uu interface which triggering BSR is same as the priority of the logical channel of the sidelink interface which triggering BSR.

7. A computer storage medium storing a computer program thereon, wherein the program, when executed by a processor, implements the method of claim 1 .

8. A terminal for Buffer Status reporting, comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the memory is configured to store a program executable by the processor, and the processor is configured to read the program in the memory and perform following steps:

determining a priority order of logical channels of a Uu interface and a sidelink interface which triggering Buffer Status reportings, BSRs; and

sending the BSRs according to the priority order of the logical channels of the Uu interface and the sidelink interface which triggering the BSRs;

wherein the processor is configured to:

compare a priority parameter of a logical channel of the Uu interface which triggering BSR with a first priority threshold, and compare a priority parameter of a logical channel of the sidelink interface which triggering BSR with a second priority threshold; and

determine the priority order of the logical channels of the Uu interface and the sidelink interface which triggering the BSRs according to a result of the comparing;

wherein the first priority threshold is a priority threshold related to the Uu interface, and the second priority threshold is a priority threshold related to the sidelink interface.

9. The terminal according to claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to:

determine that a priority of the logical channel of the Uu interface which triggering BSR is higher than a priority of the logical channel of the sidelink interface which triggering BSR, when the priority parameter of the logical channel of the Uu interface which triggering BSR is lower than the first priority threshold; or

determine that a priority of the logical channel of the sidelink interface which triggering BSR is higher than a priority of the logical channel of the Uu interface which triggering BSR, when the priority parameter of the logical channel of the Uu interface which triggering BSR is not lower than the first priority threshold and the priority parameter of the logical channel of the sidelink interface which triggering BSR is lower than the second priority threshold; or

determine that a priority of the logical channel of the Uu interface which triggering BSR is higher than a priority of the logical channel of the sidelink interface which triggering BSR, when the priority parameter of the logical channel of the Uu interface which triggering BSR is not lower than the first priority threshold and the priority parameter of the logical channel of the sidelink interface which triggering BSR is not lower than the second priority threshold.

10. The terminal according to claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to:

determine that a priority of the logical channel of the sidelink interface which triggering BSR is higher than a priority of the logical channel of the Uu interface which triggering BSR, when the priority parameter of the logical channel of the sidelink interface which triggering BSR is lower than the second priority threshold; or

determine that a priority of the logical channel of the Uu interface which triggering BSR is higher than a priority of the logical channel of the sidelink interface which triggering BSR, when the priority parameter of the logical channel of the sidelink interface which triggering BSR is not lower than the second priority threshold and the priority parameter of the logical channel of the Uu interface which triggering BSR is lower than the first priority threshold; or

determine that a priority of the logical channel of the sidelink interface which triggering BSR is higher than a priority of the logical channel of the Uu interface which triggering BSR, when the priority parameter of the logical channel of the sidelink interface which triggering BSR is not lower than the second priority threshold and the priority parameter of the logical channel of the Uu interface which triggering BSR is not lower than the first priority threshold.

11. The terminal according to claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to:

compare a priority parameter of a logical channel of the Uu interface which triggering BSR with a third priority threshold;

determine that a priority of the logical channel of the Uu interface which triggering BSR is higher than a priority of the logical channel of the sidelink interface which triggering BSR, when the priority parameter of the logical channel of the Uu interface which triggering BSR is lower than the third priority threshold; or

determine that a priority of the logical channel of the sidelink interface which triggering BSR is higher than a priority of the logical channel of the Uu interface which triggering BSR, when the priority parameter of the logical channel of the Uu interface which triggering BSR is not lower than the third priority threshold.

12. The terminal according to claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to:

compare a priority parameter of a logical channel of the sidelink interface which triggering BSR with a fourth priority threshold;

determine that a priority of the logical channel of the sidelink interface which triggering BSR is higher than a priority of the logical channel of the Uu interface which triggering BSR, when the priority parameter of the logical channel of the sidelink interface which triggering BSR is lower than the fourth priority threshold; or

determine that a priority of the logical channel of the Uu interface which triggering BSR is higher than a priority of the logical channel of the sidelink interface which triggering BSR, when the priority parameter of the logical channel of the sidelink interface which triggering BSR is not lower than the fourth priority threshold.

13. The terminal according to claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to:

send a BSR of the Uu interface preferentially, when the priority of the logical channel of the Uu interface which triggering BSR is higher than the priority of the logical channel of the sidelink interface which triggering BSR; or

send a BSR of the sidelink interface preferentially, when the priority of the logical channel of the sidelink interface which triggering BSR is higher than the priority of the logical channel of the Uu interface which triggering BSR; or

send a BSR of the Uu interface and a BSR of the sidelink interface randomly, when the priority of the logical channel of the Uu interface which triggering BSR is same as the priority of the logical channel of the sidelink interface which triggering BSR.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 21, 2022
From: WANG, DA; ZHAO, YALI
To: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 201910910220.0 · Sep 25, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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