Granted Patent B2

US 12,520,356 · App. 17/920,016 · Granted Jan 6, 2026

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

Assignee: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.

H04W76/14H04W24/02H04W28/0268H04W88/04

Abstract

Claims (85)

1 . An information transmission method, applied to a second terminal, comprising:

determining a mapping relationship between a target object of a sidelink interface and a target object of a backhaul link;

performing a relay function according to the mapping relationship;

wherein the target object is one of a bearer, a radio link control (RLC) channel and an RLC layer logical channel;

the second terminal is a relay terminal corresponding to a first terminal;

the target object of the sidelink interface is a target object of a sidelink interface between the first terminal and the second terminal;

the backhaul link is a link between the second terminal and a network device, the target object of the backhaul link is a target object for carrying data and/or control information of the first terminal between the second terminal and the network device;

wherein after determining the mapping relationship between the target object of the sidelink interface and the target object of the backhaul link, the method further includes:

transmitting a mapping relationship between the target object of the backhaul link in the downlink direction and the end-to-end target object between the first terminal and the network device to the network device; or

transmitting a mapping relationship among the target object of the backhaul link in the downlink direction, the end-to-end target object between the first terminal and the network device, and the target object of the sidelink interface to the network device.

2 . The information transmission method according to claim 1 , wherein, for the mapping relationship between the target object of the sidelink interface and the target object of the backhaul link in a downlink direction, before determining the mapping relationship between the target object of the sidelink interface and the target object of the backhaul link, the method further includes:

receiving configuration information of an end-to-end downlink target object between the first terminal and the network device sent by the first terminal or the network device.

3 . The information transmission method according to claim 2 , wherein before determining the mapping relationship between the target object of the sidelink interface and the target object of the backhaul link, the method further includes:

receiving identification information of the first terminal sent by the first terminal or the network device;

wherein the identification information is configured by the network device for the first terminal.

4 . The information transmission method according to claim 3 , wherein the identification information of the first terminal is a cell radio network temporary identification (C-RNTI) of the first terminal.

5 . The information transmission method according to claim 2 , wherein after receiving the configuration information of the end-to-end downlink target object between the first terminal and the network device sent by the first terminal or the network device, the method further includes:

determining configuration information of the target object of the sidelink interface corresponding to the end-to-end downlink target object between the first terminal and the network device.

6 . The information transmission method according to claim 2 , wherein after determining the mapping relationship between the target object of the sidelink interface and the target object of the backhaul link, the method further includes:

dividing a quality of service (QOS) parameter of the end-to-end downlink target object between the first terminal and the network device, between the target object of the sidelink interface and the target object of the backhaul link.

7 . The information transmission method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining the mapping relationship between the target object of the sidelink interface and the target object of the backhaul link comprises:

if there is no downlink target object that meets a requirement on a backhaul link of a current Uu interface of the second terminal, transmitting, by the second terminal, a request message to the network device;

wherein the request message is used to request the network device to reconfigure the target object of the backhaul link of the Uu interface in the downlink direction for the second terminal.

8 . The information transmission method according to claim 2 , wherein before determining the mapping relationship between the target object of the sidelink interface and the target object of the backhaul link, the method further includes:

receiving the mapping relationship between the end-to-end target object between the first terminal and the network device and the target object of the backhaul link sent by the network device;

or

wherein after determining the mapping relationship between the target object of the sidelink interface and the target object of the backhaul link, the method further includes:

determining a QoS parameter of the target object of the sidelink interface according to the QoS parameter of the target object of the backhaul link configured by the network device;

or

wherein after determining the mapping relationship between the target object of the sidelink interface and the target object of the backhaul link, the method further includes:

transmitting a mapping relationship between the target object of the sidelink interface and the target object of the backhaul link in the downlink direction to the network device; or,

transmitting a mapping relationship between the target object of the sidelink interface in the downlink direction and the end-to-end target object between the first terminal and the network device to the network device; or

transmitting a mapping relationship among the target object of the backhaul link in the downlink direction, the end-to-end target object between the first terminal and the network device, and the target object of the sidelink interface to the network device.

9 . The information transmission method according to claim 2 , wherein after determining the mapping relationship between the target object of the sidelink interface and the target object of the backhaul link, the method further includes:

transmitting a mapping relationship between the target object of the sidelink interface in the downlink direction and the end-to-end target object between the first terminal and the network device to the first terminal; or

transmitting a mapping relationship among the target object of the backhaul link in the downlink direction, the end-to-end target object between the first terminal and the network device, and the target object of the sidelink interface to the first terminal.

10 . The information transmission method according to claim 1 , wherein, for the mapping relationship between the target object of the sidelink interface and the target object of the backhaul link in an uplink direction, before determining the mapping relationship between the target object of the sidelink interface and the target object of the backhaul link, the method further includes:

receiving configuration information of an end-to-end uplink target object between the first terminal and the network device and configuration information of the target object of the sidelink interface sent by the first terminal,

wherein the determining the mapping relationship between the target object of the sidelink interface and the target object of the backhaul link comprises:

if there is no uplink target object that meets a requirement on the backhaul link of a current Uu interface of the second terminal, transmitting, by the second terminal, a request message to the network device;

wherein the request message is used to request the network device to reconfigure the target object of the backhaul link of the Uu interface in the uplink direction for the second terminal;

or

wherein after determining the mapping relationship between the target object of the sidelink interface and the target object of the backhaul link, the method further includes:

transmitting the mapping relationship between the target object of the backhaul link in the uplink direction and the end-to-end target object between the first terminal and the network device to the network device; or

transmitting the mapping relationship among the target object of the backhaul link in the uplink direction, the end-to-end target object between the first terminal and the network device, and the target object of the sidelink interface to the network device;

or

wherein after determining the mapping relationship between the target object of the sidelink interface and the target object of the backhaul link, the method further includes:

transmitting the mapping relationship between the target object of the sidelink interface in the uplink direction and the end-to-end target object between the first terminal and the network device to the first terminal; or

transmitting the mapping relationship among the target object of the backhaul link in the uplink direction, the end-to-end target object between the first terminal and the network device, and the target object of the sidelink interface to the first terminal.

11 . The information transmission method according to claim 1 , wherein before determining the mapping relationship between the target object of the sidelink interface and the target object of the backhaul link, the method further includes:

receiving a sidelink interface PC5-S connection establishment request sent by the first terminal, and establishing a PC5-S connection with the first terminal,

wherein the establishing the PC5-S connection comprises one of the following:

establishing the PC5-S connection using a PC5-S message dedicated to a relay system; or,

adding indication information to the PC5-S connection establishment request message, wherein the indication information is used to indicate that a purpose of establishing the PC5-S connection is to request the second terminal to serve as a relay from the first terminal to the network device.

12 . The information transmission method according to claim 1 , wherein before determining the mapping relationship between the target object of the sidelink interface and the target object of the backhaul link, the method further includes:

determining that data and/or control information of the first terminal are transmitted on the backhaul link using a default target object of the backhaul link.

13 . An information transmission method, applied to a second terminal, comprising:

determining a mapping relationship between a target object of a first sidelink interface and a target object of a second sidelink interface;

performing information transmission between a first terminal and a third terminal according to the mapping relationship;

wherein the target object is one of a bearer, a radio link control (RLC) channel and an RLC layer logical channel;

the second terminal is a relay terminal for communication between the first terminal and the third terminal;

the target object of the first sidelink interface is a target object of a sidelink interface between the first terminal and the second terminal;

the target object of the second sidelink interface is a target object of a sidelink interface between the second terminal and the third terminal;

wherein after determining the mapping relationship between the target object of the sidelink interface and the target object of the backhaul link, the method further includes:

transmitting a mapping relationship between the target object of the backhaul link in the downlink direction and the end-to-end target object between the first terminal and the network device to the network device; or

transmitting a mapping relationship among the target object of the backhaul link in the downlink direction, the end-to-end target object between the first terminal and the network device, and the target object of the sidelink interface to the network device.

14 . The information transmission method according to claim 13 , wherein before the determining the mapping relationship between the target object of the first sidelink interface and the target object of the second sidelink interface, the method further includes:

receiving configuration information of an end-to-end target object between the first terminal and the third terminal and configuration information of the target object of the first sidelink interface sent by the first terminal;

determining configuration information of the target object of the second sidelink interface according to the configuration information of the end-to-end target object and configuration information of the target object of the first sidelink interface.

15 . An information transmission method, applied to a first terminal, comprising:

determining configuration information of an end-to-end target object between the first terminal and a third terminal;

determining configuration information of a target object of a first sidelink interface according to the configuration information of the end-to-end target object;

transmitting the configuration information of the end-to-end target object between the first terminal and the third terminal and the configuration information of the target object of the first sidelink interface to a second terminal;

wherein, the target object is one of a bearer, a radio link control (RLC) channel and an RLC layer logical channel;

the target object of the first sidelink interface is a target object of a sidelink interface between the first terminal and the second terminal;

the second terminal is a relay terminal for communication between the first terminal and the third terminal;

wherein after determining the mapping relationship between the target object of the sidelink interface and the target object of the backhaul link, the method further includes:

transmitting a mapping relationship between the target object of the backhaul link in the downlink direction and the end-to-end target object between the first terminal and the network device to the network device; or

transmitting a mapping relationship among the target object of the backhaul link in the downlink direction, the end-to-end target object between the first terminal and the network device, and the target object of the sidelink interface to the network device.

16 . The information transmission method according to claim 15 , wherein after determining the configuration information of the target object of the first sidelink interface according to the configuration information of the end-to-end target object, the method further comprises:

dividing a QoS parameter of an end-to-end target object between the first terminal and the third terminal, between the target object of the first sidelink interface and a target object of a second sidelink interface;

wherein the target object of the second sidelink interface is a target object of a sidelink interface between the second terminal and the third terminal.

17 . A terminal, being a second terminal, comprising: a memory, a processor, and a program stored on the memory and executed by the processor; the processor executes the program to implement the information transmission method according to claim 1 .

18 . A terminal, being a second terminal, comprising: a memory, a processor, and a program stored on the memory and executed by the processor; the processor executes the program to implement the information transmission method according to claim 13 .

19 . A terminal, being a first terminal, comprising: a memory, a processor, and a program stored on the memory and executed by the processor; the processor executes the program to implement the information transmission method according to claim 15 .

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