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US 12,477,365 · App. 17/520,884 · Granted Nov 18, 2025

Information reporting method, information receiving method, terminal, and network control entity

Inventors: Yanchao Kang (Guangdong, CN); Xueming Pan (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 12,477,365
App. No.
17/520,884
Granted
Nov 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

This disclosure provides an information reporting method, an information receiving method, a terminal, and a network control entity. The method includes reporting information about air interface resources used by the terminal in proximity-based communication.

Claims (48)

1 . An information reporting method, applied to a terminal and comprising:

when the terminal returns to a network coverage after a proximity-based communication process, reporting at least one of frequency domain resources or time domain resources used by the terminal in proximity-based communication, wherein the at least one of frequency domain resources or time domain resources used by the terminal is provided for charging the proximity-based communication;

wherein the reporting at least one of frequency domain resources or time domain resources used by the terminal in proximity-based communication comprises:

reporting, to a network control entity, the at least one of frequency domain resources or time domain resources used by the terminal in proximity-based communication for charging the proximity-based communication, wherein the at least one of frequency domain resources or time domain resources reported by the terminal is used by the network control entity for charging;

wherein, in a case that the proximity-based communication is proximity-based service ProSe direct communication, the network control entity is a ProSe function; or

in a case that the proximity-based communication is vehicle to everything V2X communication, the network control entity is a V2X control function or a policy control function PCF; or

in a case that the proximity-based communication is unmanned aerial system UAS communication, the network control entity is a UAS control function;

wherein before the reporting at least one of frequency domain resources or time domain resources used by the terminal in proximity-based communication, the method further comprises:

obtaining usage information reporting configuration, wherein the usage information reporting configuration is used to indicate the terminal to report at least one of frequency domain resources or time domain resources used by the terminal in proximity-based communication.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:

reporting, to a network control entity, the number of air interface resources,

wherein the number of air interface resources comprise the number of air interface resources of the frequency domain resources of at least one first carrier.

3 . The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the frequency domain resources further comprise frequency domain resources of at least one spectrum resource type; and/or,

the time domain resources comprise time domain resources of at least one spectrum resource type and/or time domain resources of at least one spectrum resource range.

4 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein the at least one spectrum resource range further comprises:

a first frequency band.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the reporting at least one of frequency domain resources or time domain resources used by the terminal in proximity-based communication comprises:

reporting a usage information reporting list, wherein the usage information reporting list comprises the at least one of frequency domain resources or time domain resources used by the terminal in proximity-based communication.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the usage information reporting configuration is comprised in a policy parameter.

7 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, wherein the computer-readable storage medium stores a program, and when the program is executed by a processor, the steps of the information reporting method according to claim 1 are implemented.

8 . An information receiving method, applied to a network control entity and comprising:

receiving at least one of frequency domain resources or time domain resources used by a terminal in communication based on PC5 interface, wherein the at least one of frequency domain resources or time domain resources used by a terminal is reported when the terminal returns to a network coverage after a proximity-based communication process;

wherein the at least one of frequency domain resources or time domain resources used by the terminal in proximity-based communication is reported to the network control entity for charging the proximity-based communication, wherein the at least one of frequency domain resources or time domain resources reported by the terminal is used by the network control entity for charging;

wherein, in a case that the proximity-based communication is proximity-based service ProSe direct communication, the network control entity is a ProSe function; or

in a case that the proximity-based communication is vehicle to everything V2X communication, the network control entity is a V2X control function or a policy control function PCF; or

in a case that the proximity-based communication is unmanned aerial system UAS communication, the network control entity is a UAS control function;

wherein the receiving at least one of frequency domain resources or time domain resources used by the terminal in proximity-based communication comprises:

receiving a usage information reporting list, wherein the usage information reporting list comprises at least one of frequency domain resources or time domain resources used by the terminal in proximity-based communication.

9 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein the method further comprises:

receiving the number of air interface resources,

wherein the number of air interface resources comprise the number of air interface resources of the frequency domain resources of at least one first carrier.

10 . The method according to claim 8 ,

wherein the frequency domain resources further comprise frequency domain resources of at least one spectrum resource type; and/or,

the time domain resources comprise time domain resources of at least one spectrum resource type and/or time domain resources of at least one spectrum resource range.

11 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein the at least one spectrum resource range further comprises:

a first frequency band.

12 . A network device, comprising a memory, a processor, and a program stored in the memory and capable of running on the processor, wherein when the program is executed by the processor, the steps of the information receiving method according to claim 8 are implemented.

13 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, wherein the computer-readable storage medium stores a program, and when the program is executed by a processor, the steps of the information receiving method according to claim 8 are implemented.

14 . A terminal, comprising a memory, a processor, and a program stored in the memory and capable of running on the processor, wherein when the program is executed by the processor, the steps of an information reporting method are implemented, the method comprising:

when the terminal returns to a network coverage after a proximity-based communication process, reporting at least one of frequency domain resources or time domain resources used by the terminal in proximity-based communication, wherein the at least one of frequency domain resources or time domain resources used by the terminal is provided for charging the proximity-based communication;

wherein the reporting at least one of frequency domain resources or time domain resources used by the terminal in proximity-based communication comprises:

reporting, to a network control entity, the at least one of frequency domain resources or time domain resources used by the terminal in proximity-based communication for charging the proximity-based communication, wherein the at least one of frequency domain resources or time domain resources reported by the terminal is used by the network control entity for charging;

wherein, in a case that the proximity-based communication is proximity-based service ProSe direct communication, the network control entity is a ProSe function; or

in a case that the proximity-based communication is vehicle to everything V2X communication, the network control entity is a V2X control function or a policy control function PCF; or

in a case that the proximity-based communication is unmanned aerial system UAS communication, the network control entity is a UAS control function;

wherein before the reporting at least one of frequency domain resources or time domain resources used by the terminal in proximity-based communication, the method further comprises:

obtaining usage information reporting configuration, wherein the usage information reporting configuration is used to indicate the terminal to report at least one of frequency domain resources or time domain resources used by the terminal in proximity-based communication.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 18, 2025
From: KANG, YANCHAO; PAN, XUEMING
To: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO.,LTD.
Reel/Frame 070881/0268 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201910385825.2 · May 9, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2020089363 · May 9, 2020
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