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US 12,328,741 · App. 18/059,590 · Granted Jun 10, 2025

Resource scheduling method, terminal device, and network device

Inventor: Hai Tang (Guangdong, CN)

Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.

H04W72/23 H04W72/04

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Patent No.: US 12,328,741
App. No.: 18/059,590
Granted: Jun 10, 2025
Kind: B2

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Abstract

The embodiments of the application relate to a resource scheduling method, a terminal device and a network device. The method includes that: a first terminal device receives indication information and resource grant information from a network device, the resource grant information being to indicate a granted resource allocated to the first terminal device by the network device and the indication information being to indicate that the granted resource is configured to transmit data born on a target logical channel; and the first terminal device transmits the data born on the target logical channel to a second terminal device through the granted resource according to the indication information and the resource grant information. According to the resource scheduling method, terminal device and network device of the embodiments of the application, flexible configuration of a transmission resource for a terminal device in a special application scenario may be implemented.

Claims (71)

1. A method for resource scheduling, comprising:

receiving, by a first terminal device, indication information and resource grant information from a network device, the resource grant information indicating a granted resource allocated to the first terminal device by the network device, and the indication information indicating that the granted resource is configured to transmit data born on a target logical channel; and

transmitting, by the first terminal device, the data born on the target logical channel to a second terminal device through the granted resource according to the indication information and the resource grant information,

wherein the indication information indicates that the granted resource is configured to transmit same data bearer corresponding to different logical channels, the granted resource comprises a first granted resource and a second granted resource, the target logical channel comprises a first logical channel and a second logical channel.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein

transmitting, by the first terminal device, the data born on the target logical channel to the second terminal device through the granted resource according to the indication information and the resource grant information comprises:

transmitting, by the first terminal device, first data born on the first logical channel to the second terminal device through the first granted resource; and

transmitting, by the first terminal device, second data born on the second logical channel to the second terminal device through the second granted resource, the first logical channel and the second logical channel corresponding to same data bearer.

3. The method of claim 2 , before transmitting, by the first terminal device, the data born on the target logical channel to the second terminal device through the granted resource according to the indication information and the resource grant information, further comprising:

determining, by the first terminal device, a first corresponding relationship between the first granted resource and a bearer of the first logical channel and a second corresponding relationship between the second granted resource and a bearer of the second logical channel.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein determining, by the terminal device, the first corresponding relationship and the second corresponding relationship comprises:

determining, by the first terminal device, a corresponding relationship between the first logical channel and a first carrier and a corresponding relationship between the second logical channel and a second carrier;

receiving, by the first terminal device, information of the first corresponding relationship transmitted by the network device;

determining, by the first terminal device, a corresponding relationship between the first carrier and the first granted resource and a corresponding relationship between the second carrier and the second granted resource according to the information of the first corresponding relationship;

determining, by the first terminal device, the first corresponding relationship according to the corresponding relationship between the first logical channel and the first carrier and the corresponding relationship between the first carrier and the first granted resource; and

determining, by the first terminal device, the second corresponding relationship according to the corresponding relationship between the second logical channel and the second carrier and the corresponding relationship between the second carrier and the second granted resource.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein determining, by the first terminal device, the corresponding relationship between the first logical channel and the first carrier and the corresponding relationship between the second logical channel and the second carrier comprises:

receiving, by the first terminal device, information of the second corresponding relationship transmitted by the network device; and

determining, by the first terminal device, the corresponding relationship between the first logical channel and the first carrier and the corresponding relationship between the second logical channel and the second carrier according to the information of the second corresponding relationship.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein

the information of the second corresponding relationship comprises a corresponding relationship between a first logical channel group and the first carrier, the first logical channel group comprises n logical channels, and the n logical channels comprise the first logical channel and do not comprise the second logical channel, n being a positive integer greater than 1; and/or,

the information of the second corresponding relationship comprises a corresponding relationship between a second logical channel group and the second carrier, the second logical channel group comprise m logical channels, and the m logical channels comprise the second logical channel and do not comprise the first logical channel, m being a positive integer greater than 1.

7. The method of claim 3 , wherein determining, by the terminal device, the first corresponding relationship and the second corresponding relationship comprises:

receiving, by the first terminal device, information of a fourth corresponding relationship transmitted by the network device; and

determining, by the first terminal device, the first corresponding relationship and the second corresponding relationship according to the information of the fourth corresponding relationship.

8. A method for resource scheduling, comprising:

configuring, by a network device, a granted resource for a first terminal device, the granted resource being configured for the first terminal device to transmit data to a second terminal device; and

transmitting, by the network device, resource grant information and indication information to the first terminal device, the resource grant information indicating the granted resource and the indication information indicating that the granted resource is configured to transmit data born on a target logical channel,

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein

the first granted resource is configured for the first terminal device to transmit first data born on the first logical channel to the second terminal device, and the second granted resource is configured for the first terminal device to transmit second data born on the second logical channel to the second terminal device, the first logical channel and the second logical channel corresponding to same data bearer.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

determining, by the network device, a corresponding relationship between the first logical channel of the first terminal device and a first carrier and a corresponding relationship between the second logical channel and a second carrier;

determining, by the network device, a corresponding relationship between the first carrier and the first granted resource and a corresponding relationship between the second carrier and the second granted resource according to the corresponding relationship between the first logical channel and the first carrier and the corresponding relationship between the second logical channel and the second carrier; and

transmitting, by the network device, information of a first corresponding relationship to the first terminal device, the information of the first corresponding relationship being for the first terminal device to determine the corresponding relationship between the first carrier and the first granted resource and the corresponding relationship between the second carrier and the second granted resource.

11. The method of claim 10 , after determining, by the network device, the corresponding relationship between the first logical channel and the first carrier and the corresponding relationship between the second logical channel and the second carrier, the method further comprising:

transmitting, by the network device, information of a second corresponding relationship to the first terminal device, the information of the second corresponding relationship being for the first terminal device to determine the corresponding relationship between the first logical channel and the first carrier and the corresponding relationship between the second logical channel and the second carrier.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein

13. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

transmitting, by the network device, information of a fourth corresponding relationship to the first terminal device, the information of the fourth corresponding relationship comprising the corresponding relationship between the first logical channel and the first granted resource and the corresponding relationship between the second logical channel and the second granted resource.

14. A network device, comprises:

a memory, configured to store instructions,

a processor, configured to run the instructions stored in the memory; and

a transceiver, connected with the processor and configured to transmit and receive information under control of the processor;

wherein the processor is configured to run the instructions stored in the memory to implement the operations the method of claim 8 .

15. The network device of claim 14 , wherein

16. A terminal device, comprises:

a processor; and

a transceiver, connected with the processor and configured to transmit and receive information under control of the processor;

wherein the transceiver is configured to:

receive indication information and resource grant information from a network device, the resource grant information indicating a granted resource allocated by the network device to the terminal device, and the indication information indicating that the granted resource is configured to transmit data born on a target logical channel; and

transmit the data born on the target logical channel to a second terminal device through the granted resource according to the indication information and the resource grant information,

17. The terminal device of claim 16 , wherein

the transceiver is further configured to:

transmit first data born on the first logical channel to the second terminal device through the first granted resource; and

transmit second data born on the second logical channel to the second terminal device through the second granted resource, the first logical channel and the second logical channel corresponding to same data bearer.

18. The terminal device of claim 17 , wherein, before transmitting the data born on the target logical channel to the second terminal device through the granted resource according to the indication information and the resource grant information, the processor is configured to:

determine a first corresponding relationship between the first granted resource and a bearer of the first logical channel and a second corresponding relationship between the second granted resource and a bearer of the second logical channel.

19. The terminal device of claim 18 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine a corresponding relationship between the first logical channel and a first carrier and a corresponding relationship between the second logical channel and a second carrier;

control the transceiver to receive information of the first corresponding relationship from the network device;

determine a corresponding relationship between the first carrier and the first granted resource and a corresponding relationship between the second carrier and the second granted resource according to the information of the first corresponding relationship;

determine the first corresponding relationship according to the corresponding relationship between the first logical channel and the first carrier and the corresponding relationship between the first carrier and the first granted resource; and

determine the second corresponding relationship according to the corresponding relationship between the second logical channel and the second carrier and the corresponding relationship between the second carrier and the second granted resource.

20. The terminal device of claim 19 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

control the transceiver to receive information of the second corresponding relationship from the network device; and

determine the corresponding relationship between the first logical channel and the first carrier and the corresponding relationship between the second logical channel and the second carrier according to the information of the second corresponding relationship.

Assignments (1)

ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 29, 2022

From: TANG, HAI

To: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.

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