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Granted Patent B2
US 12,634,242 · App. 18/283,813 · Granted May 19, 2026

Electronic device, communication method, and computer-readable storage medium

Inventors: Lantao Li (Beijing, CN); Chen Sun (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
H04L47/6295H04W28/0268
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Patent No.
US 12,634,242
App. No.
18/283,813
Granted
May 19, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are an electronic device, a communication method, and a computer-readable storage medium. The electronic device can comprise a processing circuit, which is configured to: generate association information for first data transmission of a first user equipment, wherein the association information indicates an association relationship between the first data transmission and second data transmission of the first user equipment or a second user equipment; and sending, to a base-station-side device, the association information together with a QoS parameter of a QoS flow that bears the first data transmission, so that the base-station-side device allocates a transmission resource for the first and/or second data transmission according to the association information.

Claims (81)

1 . An electronic device, comprising:

a processing circuit configured to:

provide association information for indicating an association relationship between a first data transmission of a first user equipment and a second data transmission of the first user equipment or a second user equipment and a time range of the association relationship; and

send the association information to a base station side device, such that the base station side device allocates transmission resources for the first data transmission and/or the second data transmission based on the association information,

wherein the association information includes association type information indicating an association type to which the association relationship belongs,

wherein the association type includes one or more of

synchronization association,

switchable association,

trigger association,

complementary change association,

similar change association or

coexistence association, and

wherein the association information indicates an association relationship of coexistence association, and

wherein the coexistence association indicates that when one of the first data transmission or the second data transmission is not in progress, the other of the first data transmission or the second data transmission does not take place.

2 . The electronic device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the association information further indicates a granularity of an associated transmission to be performed by the first data transmission with the second data transmission.

3 . The electronic device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the association information is included in a Quality of Service (QoS) profiled of a QoS flow that is carrying the first data transmission.

4 . The electronic device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the first data transmission and the second data transmission belong to different data packets of a same data service in a same QoS flow, and

the granularity of the associated transmission is a data packet.

5 . The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuit is further configured to:

monitor whether the first data transmission is in progress, and

notify the base station side device to continue or stop allocating transmission resources to the second data transmission.

6 . The electronic device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the association information indicates an association relationship of complementary change association, and

the complementary change association indicates a transmission requirement of the first data transmission that has a complementary change trend to the transmission requirement of the second data transmission.

7 . An electronic device, comprising:

a processing circuit configured to:

receive association information for indicating an association relationship between a first data transmission of a first user equipment and a second data transmission of the first user equipment or a second user equipment and a time range of the association relationship; and

allocate transmission resources for the first data transmission and/or the second data transmission based on the association information,

wherein the association information includes association type information indicating an association type to which the association relationship belongs,

wherein the association type includes one or more of

synchronization association,

switchable association,

trigger association,

complementary change association,

similar change association or

coexistence association, and

wherein the association information indicates an association relationship of coexistence association, and

wherein the coexistence association indicates that when one of the first data transmission or the second data transmission is not in progress, the other of the first data transmission or the second data transmission does not take place.

8 . The electronic device according to claim 7 ,

wherein the association information further indicates a granularity of an associated transmission to be performed by the first data transmission with the second data transmission.

9 . The electronic device according to claim 8 ,

wherein the association information is included in a Quality of Service (QoS) profiled of a QoS flow that is carrying the first data transmission.

10 . The electronic device according to claim 9 ,

wherein the first data transmission and the second data transmission belong to different data packets of a same data service in a same QoS flow, and

the granularity of the associated transmission is a data packet.

11 . The electronic device according to claim 7 , wherein the processing circuit is further configured to

determine whether to continue to allocate transmission resources for the second data transmission based on whether the first data transmission is in progress.

12 . The electronic device according to claim 7 ,

wherein the association information indicates an association relationship of complementary change association,

the complementary change association indicates a transmission requirement of the first data transmission that has a complementary change trend to the transmission requirement of the second data transmission, and

the processing circuit is configured to

allocate, based on the change trend of the transmission requirement indicated by the association relationship of the complementary change association of the first data transmission, transmission resources with an opposite change trend in terms of the transmission requirement for the second data transmission.

13 . A communication method performed by an electronic device, the communication method comprising:

providing association information for indicating an association relationship between a first data transmission of a first user equipment and a second data transmission of the first user equipment or a second user equipment and a time range of the association relationship; and

sending the association information to a base station side device, such that the base station side device allocates transmission resources for the first data transmission and/or the second data transmission based on the association information,

wherein the association information includes association type information indicating an association type to which the association relationship belongs,

wherein the association type includes one or more of

synchronization association,

switchable association,

trigger association,

complementary change association,

similar change association or

coexistence association, and

wherein the association information indicates an association relationship of coexistence association, and

wherein the coexistence association indicates that when one of the first data transmission or the second data transmission is not in progress, the other of the first data transmission or the second data transmission does not take place.

14 . A communication method performed by an electronic device, the communication method comprising:

receiving association information for indicating an association relationship between a first data transmission of a first user equipment and a second data transmission of the first user equipment or a second user equipment and a time range of the association relationship; and

allocating transmission resources for the first data transmission and/or the second data transmission based on the association information,

wherein the association information includes association type information indicating an association type to which the association relationship belongs,

wherein the association type includes one or more of

synchronization association,

switchable association,

trigger association,

complementary change association,

similar change association or

coexistence association, and

wherein the association information indicates an association relationship of coexistence association, and

wherein the coexistence association indicates that when one of the first data transmission or the second data transmission is not in progress, the other of the first data transmission or the second data transmission does not take place.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 25, 2023
From: LI, LANTAO; SUN, CHEN
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 202110362225.1 · Apr 2, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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