Communication method and apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12199786-B2
Application number	US-202117552697-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 16, 2021
Priority date	Jun 17, 2019
Publication date	Jan 14, 2025
Grant date	Jan 14, 2025

Abstract

A communication apparatus and method the method including receiving, by an access stratum (AS) of a terminal, a groupcast message, where the terminal corresponds to a member in a group, determining, by the AS of the terminal, a feedback resource based on a sequence number of the member, and sending, by the AS of the terminal, an acknowledgement (ACK)/negative acknowledgement (NACK) message of the groupcast message based on the feedback resource.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A communication method, comprising:
receiving, by an access stratum (AS) of a terminal, a groupcast message, wherein the terminal corresponds to a member in a group;
determining, by the AS of the terminal, a feedback resource based on a sequence number of the member;
sending, by the AS of the terminal, an acknowledgement (ACK)/negative acknowledgement (NACK) message of the groupcast message based on the feedback resource;
receiving, by the terminal, a second message comprising data indicating a quantity of one or more reachable members in the group, wherein each reachable member in the group is a member, including the terminal, that responds to the groupcast message by sending an ACK/NACK message to a second terminal; and
obtaining, by the terminal, according to the data in the second message, the quantity of the one or more reachable members in the group.

2. The communication method according to claim 1 , wherein the feedback resource carries the ACK/NACK message.

3. The communication method according to claim 1 , wherein an index of the feedback resource corresponds to the sequence number of the member.

4. The communication method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
obtaining, by an application layer of the terminal, the sequence number of the member;
sending, by the application layer of the terminal, the sequence number of the member to a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) layer of the terminal; and
sending, by the V2X layer of the terminal, the sequence number of the member to the AS of the terminal.

5. The communication method according to claim 4 , wherein the obtaining the sequence number of the member comprises performing at least one of:
determining, by the application layer of the terminal, the sequence number of the member based on one or more values of one or more application layer identifiers of one or more reachable members in the group; or
allocating, by the application layer of the terminal, the sequence number of the member; or
receiving, by the application layer of the terminal, the sequence number of the member from at least one of an application server or a group management terminal.

6. The communication method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
sending, by an application layer of the terminal, the quantity of the one or more reachable members to a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) layer of the terminal; and
sending, by the V2X layer of the terminal, the quantity of the one or more reachable members to the AS of the terminal.

7. The communication method according to claim 6 , wherein the obtaining the quantity of the one or more reachable members in the group comprises performing at least one of:
obtaining, by the application layer of the terminal, one or more application layer identifiers of the one or more reachable members, and determining the quantity of the one or more reachable members based on the one or more application layer identifiers of the one or more reachable members; or
receiving, by the application layer of the terminal, the quantity of the one or more reachable members from at least one of an application server or a group management terminal.

8. The communication method according to claim 6 , wherein the member is one of the one or more reachable members.

9. A communication apparatus, comprising:
an access stratum (AS), configured to:
receive a groupcast message, wherein the communication apparatus corresponds to a member in a group;
determine a feedback resource based on a sequence number of the member; and
send an acknowledgement (ACK)/negative acknowledgement (NACK) message of the groupcast message based on the feedback resource; and

an application layer, configured to:
receive a second message comprising data indicating a quantity of one or more reachable members in the group, wherein each reachable member in the group is a member, including the communications apparatus, that responds to the groupcast message by sending an ACK/NACK message to a second terminal; and
obtain, according to the data in the second message, the quantity of the one or more reachable members in the group.

10. The communication apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the feedback resource carries the ACK/NACK message.

11. The communication apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein an index of the feedback resource corresponds to the sequence number of the member.

12. The communication apparatus according to claim 9 , further comprising a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) layer;
wherein the application layer is configured to obtain the sequence number of the member, and to send the sequence number of the member to the V2X layer; and
wherein the V2X layer is configured to send the sequence number of the member to the AS.

13. The communication apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the application layer is further configured to perform at least one of:
determine the sequence number of the member based on one or more values of one or more application layer identifiers of one or more reachable members in the group;
allocate the sequence number of the member; or
receive the sequence number of the member from at least one of an application server or a group management terminal.

14. The communication apparatus according to claim 9 , further comprising:
a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) layer;
wherein the application layer is further configured to send the quantity of the one or more reachable members to the V2X layer; and
wherein the V2X layer is configured to send the quantity of the one or more reachable members to the AS.

15. The communication apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the application layer is further configured to perform at least one of:
obtain one or more application layer identifiers of the one or more reachable members, and determine the quantity of the one or more reachable members based on the one or more application layer identifiers of the one or more reachable members; or
receive the quantity of the one or more reachable members from at least one of an application server or a group management terminal.

16. The communication apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the member is one of the one or more reachable members.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, storing computer instructions for execution by a terminal for implementation of an access stratum (AS) of the terminal and an application layer of the terminal, the computer instructions including instructions for:
receiving a groupcast message, wherein the terminal corresponds to a member in a group;
determining a feedback resource based on a sequence number of the member; and
sending an acknowledgement (ACK)/negative acknowledgement (NACK) message of the groupcast message based on the feedback resource;
receiving a second message comprising data indicating a quantity of one or more reachable members in the group, wherein each reachable member in the group is a member, including the terminal, that responds to the groupcast message by sending an ACK/NACK message to a second terminal; and
obtaining, according to the data in the second message, the quantity of the one or more reachable members in the group.

18. The medium according to claim 17 , wherein the feedback resource carries the ACK/NACK message.

19. The medium according to claim 17 , wherein the computer instructions further include instructions for:
receiving the sequence number of the member from a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) layer of the terminal.

20. The medium according to

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd
• Huawei Technolgies Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ying Jiangwei

Classifications

• H04W4/06 Primary

  Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services · CPC title

• H04L12/1881

  with schedule organisation, e.g. priority, sequence management · CPC title

• H04L1/1812

  Hybrid protocols; Hybrid automatic repeat request [HARQ] · CPC title

• H04W4/40

  for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P] · CPC title

• H04W76/11

  Allocation or use of connection identifiers · CPC title