Relay mode configuration method and apparatus, relay communication method and apparatus, and device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12267699-B2
Application number	US-202318201968-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 25, 2023
Priority date	Mar 31, 2021
Publication date	Apr 1, 2025
Grant date	Apr 1, 2025

Abstract

The present application relates to the technical field of communications, and provides a relay mode configuration method and apparatus, a relay communication method, and a device. The method comprises: a core network device sends a terminal device first configuration information, the first configuration information comprising at least one relay mode configured by the core network device for a terminal device. In embodiments of the present application, the core network device configures a relay mode for a terminal device having a Prose capability, such that the terminal device is clear about a connection mode of relay communication, thereby ensuring that the terminal device can implement relay communication.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method of wireless communication of a first User Equipment (UE), comprising:
receiving first configuration information from a core network device,
wherein the first configuration information comprises a mapping relationship between relay modes and Relay Service Codes (RSCs) configured by the core network device, the core network device configures, for the first UE, a relay UE and a second UE, the same mapping relationship between the relay modes and the RSCs, the first configuration information further comprises at least one relay mode configured for the first UE by the core network device, and the first UE, the relay UE and the second UE are devices having a Proximity Service (Prose) capability, and

wherein the method further comprises:
receiving first information broadcasted by the relay UE, wherein the first information indicates at least one second relay mode;
determining a first relay mode based on the at least one second relay mode and the at least one relay mode configured for the first UE; and
performing a communication with the second UE by means of the relay UE based on the first relay mode.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one relay mode configured for the first UE comprises at least one a layer 3-based relay mode or a layer 2-based relay mode.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the first configuration information is carried in Prose configuration information, or
the first configuration information is carried in UE Route Selection Policy (URSP) configuration information.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein before the receiving the first configuration information from a core network device, the method further comprises:
sending relay capability information to the core network device, wherein the relay capability information comprises one or more relay modes supported by the first UE.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the one or more relay modes supported by the first UE comprises at least one of a layer 3-based relay mode or a layer 2-based relay mode.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the relay UE is a UE providing a relay service, and
the first UE and the second UE are UEs using the relay service.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first information comprises at least one Relay Service Code (RSC) corresponding to the at least one second relay mode.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one second relay mode comprises a relay mode common to at least one relay mode configured for the relay UE and at least one relay mode configured for the second UE.

9. A first User Equipment (UE), comprising:
a processor; and
a transceiver connected to the processor and configured to:
the transceiver is configured to receive first configuration information from a core network device,
wherein the first configuration information comprises a mapping relationship between relay modes and Relay Service Codes (RSCs) configured by the core network device, the core network device configures, for the first UE, a relay UE and a second UE, the same mapping relationship between the relay modes and the RSCs, the first configuration information further comprises at least one relay mode configured for the first UE by the core network device, and the first UE, the relay UE and the second UE are devices having a Proximity Service (Prose) capability, and

wherein the transceiver is further configured to receive first information broadcasted by the relay UE, wherein the first information indicates at least one second relay mode;
wherein the processor is configured to determine a first relay mode based on the at least one second relay mode and the at least one relay mode configured for the first UE; and perform a communication with the second UE by means of the relay UE based on the first relay mode.

10. The UE of claim 9 , wherein the at least one relay mode configured for the first UE comprises at least one of a layer 3-based relay mode or a layer 2-based relay mode.

11. The UE of claim 9 , wherein:
the first configuration information is carried in Prose configuration information, or
the first configuration information is carried in UE Route Selection Policy (URSP) configuration information.

12. The UE of claim 9 , wherein:
the transceiver is configured to send relay capability information to the core network device, and
the relay capability information comprises one or more relay modes supported by the first UE.

13. The UE of claim 12 , wherein the one or more relay modes supported by the first UE comprises at least one of a layer 3-based relay mode or a layer 2-based relay mode.

14. The UE of claim 9 , wherein:
the relay UE is a UE providing a relay service, and
the first UE and the second UE are UEs using the relay service.

15. The UE of claim 9 , wherein the first information comprises at least one Relay Service Code (RSC) corresponding to the at least one second relay mode.

16. The UE of claim 9 , wherein the at least one second relay mode comprises a relay mode common to at least one relay mode configured for the relay UE and at least one relay mode configured for the second UE.

17. A method of wireless communication of a relay User Equipment (UE), comprising:
receiving first configuration information from a core network device,
wherein the first configuration information comprises a mapping relationship between relay modes and Relay Service Codes (RSCs) configured by the core network device, the core network device configures, for a first UE, the relay UE and a second UE, the same mapping relationship between the relay modes and the RSCs, the first configuration information further comprises at least one relay mode configured for the relay UE by the core network device, and the first UE, the relay UE and the second UE are devices having a Proximity Service (Prose) capability;

broadcasting first information to the first UE, wherein the first information indicates at least one second relay mode; and
relaying a communication between the first UE and the second UE based on a first relay mode, wherein the first relay mode is determined by the first UE based on the at least one second relay mode and at least one relay mode configured for the first UE.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the first information comprises at least one Relay Service Code (RSC) corresponding to the at least one second relay mode.

19. The method of claim 17 , wherein the at least one second relay mode comprises a relay mode common to the at least one relay mode configured for the relay UE and at least one relay mode configured for the second UE.

20. A relay User Equipment (UE), comprising:
a processor; and
a transceiver connected to the processor;
wherein the processor and the transceiver are configured to execute the method of claim 17 .

Assignees

• Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd

Inventors

• Guo Yali
• Lu Fei

Classifications

• H04W88/04

  adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user · CPC title

• H04W40/22 Primary

  using selective relaying for reaching a BTS [Base Transceiver Station] or an access point · CPC title

• H04W92/18

  between terminal devices · CPC title

• H04W84/18

  Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks · CPC title

• H04W8/24

  Transfer of terminal data · CPC title