IP Library Granted Patent US 12,604,292
Granted Patent B2
US 12,604,292 · App. 18/333,311 · Granted Apr 14, 2026

Relay communication method and apparatus

Inventors: Wen Wang (Chang'an Dongguan, CN); Qian Zheng (Chang'an Dongguan, CN); Zhenhua Xie (Chang'an Dongguan, CN)
Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
H04W60/04H04W76/20H04W84/042
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Patent No.
US 12,604,292
App. No.
18/333,311
Granted
Apr 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

This application discloses a relay communication method and apparatus, and pertains to the field of wireless communication technologies. The relay communication method performed by a first terminal includes: sending first information to a second terminal. The first information is used to indicate information related to a serving cell for the first terminal or used to indicate that mobility registration updating or radio access network-based notification area updating is performed by the second terminal.

Claims (32)

1 . A method comprising:

sending first information to a second terminal,

wherein the first information is used to indicate information or used to indicate that mobility registration updating or radio access network-based notification area updating,

wherein the information is related to a serving cell for a first terminal,

wherein the radio access network-based notification area updating is performed by the second terminal,

receiving second information sent by a second terminal before the sending of the first information, wherein the second information comprises state information of the second terminal; and

determining content of the first information based on the second information before the sending of the first information;

wherein the state information indicates that the second terminal is in a connection management idle state,

wherein the second terminal is in both a connection management connected state and an radio resource control inactive state, or the second terminal is in a connection management connected state.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the information related to the serving cell for the first terminal comprises at least one of the following: a cell identifier, a public land mobile network identifier, a tracking area code, or a radio access network-based notification area code.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising: receiving dedicated system information

wherein the dedicated system information comprises the information;

wherein the dedicated system information is carried in a handover command or a radio resource control reconfiguration information.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising receiving third information before the sending of the first information, wherein the third information comprises configuration information of a registration area and/or radio access network-based notification area of the second terminal.

5 . The method according to claim 4 , further comprising determining whether to send the first information based on a matching condition of the third information and the information related to the serving cell for the first terminal after the receiving third information, wherein the determining comprises:

determining the sending the first information if the registration area does not comprise at least one of a public land mobile network identifier or a tracking area code in the information related to the serving cell for the first terminal; or

determining the sending the first information if the radio access network-based notification area of the second terminal in the third information does not comprise a combination of at least one of a cell identifier, a public land mobile network identifier, a tracking area code, or a radio access network-based notification area code in the information related to the serving cell for the first terminal.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the sending, by a first terminal, first information comprises sending the first information in a discovery stage, connection establishing stage, or after connection has been established regarding the second terminal.

7 . A first terminal comprising:

a processor circuit and a memory circuit, wherein the memory circuit is arranged to store instructions for the processor circuit,

wherein the processor circuit is arranged to send first information to a second terminal,

wherein the first information is used to indicate information or used to indicate that mobility registration updating or radio access network-based notification area updating,

wherein the information is related to a serving cell for a first terminal,

wherein the radio access network-based notification area updating is performed by the second terminal,

wherein the processor circuit is arranged to receive second information, wherein the second information comprises state information of the second terminal,

wherein the processor circuit is arranged to determine content of the first information based on the second information,

wherein the state information of the second terminal comprises the second terminal is in a connection management idle state,

wherein the second terminal is in both a connection management connected state and an radio resource control inactive state, or the second terminal is in a connection management connected state.

8 . The first terminal according to claim 7 , wherein the information related to the serving cell for the first terminal comprises at least one of the following: a cell identifier, a public land mobile network identifier, a tracking area code, or a radio access network-based notification area code.

9 . The first terminal according to claim 7 ,

wherein the processor circuit is arranged to receive third information,

wherein the third information comprises configuration information of a registration area and/or radio access network-based notification area of the second terminal.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 27, 2025
From: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
To: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
Reel/Frame 071411/0483 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 16, 2023
From: WANG, WEN; ZHENG, QIAN; XIE, ZHENHUA
To: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063975/0269 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202011507736.X · Dec 18, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2021137776 · Dec 14, 2021
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