Communication method and apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023370183-A1
Application number	US-202318358120-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 25, 2023
Priority date	Jan 26, 2021
Publication date	Nov 16, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

This application provides a communication method and apparatus, to resolve a problem that an amount of data transmitted by a sharing device per unit of time is limited and a sharing distance is short, thereby improving data quality and increasing a quantity of shared devices. The communication method and apparatus may be applied to a communication system. The method includes providing a communication method. The method is applied to a forwarding device. The communication method includes: The forwarding device receives sharing indication information from a terminal device. The sharing indication information indicates to share first data, and the first data is to-be-shared data of the terminal device. The forwarding device obtains the first data, and sends the first data to a plurality of receiving devices based on the sharing indication information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A communication method, applied to a forwarding device, wherein the method comprises:
receiving sharing indication information from a terminal device, wherein the sharing indication information indicates to share first data, and the first data is to-be-shared data of the terminal device; obtaining the first data; and sending the first data to a plurality of receiving terminals in a radio broadcast manner based on the sharing indication information.

2 . The communication method according to claim 1 , wherein the radio broadcast manner is a broadcast manner based on a short-range wireless communication technology.

3 . The communication method according to claim 2 , wherein short-range wireless communication comprises one or more of the following: Bluetooth communication or wireless fidelity communication.

4 . The communication method according to claim 1 , wherein the first data is audio data.

5 . The communication method according to claim 1 , wherein the obtaining the first data comprises any one of the following:
receiving the first data from a Bluetooth device, wherein the Bluetooth device is connected to the terminal device through Bluetooth; or receiving the first data from the terminal device.

6 . The communication method according to claim 5 , wherein before the obtaining the first data, the method further comprises:
receiving decryption information from the terminal device, wherein the decryption information is for parsing the first data transmitted between the terminal device and the Bluetooth device.

7 . The communication method according to claim 5 , wherein before the receiving the first data from the terminal device, the method further comprises:
sending first information to the terminal device, wherein the first information indicates that the sharing indication information has been received; or the first information is for requesting the first data.

8 . The communication method according to claim 1 , wherein the sharing indication information comprises one or more of the following: a quantity of retransmissions of the first data or transmit power.

9 . A communication method, applied to a terminal device, wherein the method comprises:
sending sharing indication information to a forwarding device, to indicate the forwarding device to share to-be-shared first data of the terminal device; and sending the first data to the forwarding device in a unicast manner.

10 . The communication method according to claim 9 , wherein before the sending the first data to the forwarding device, the method further comprises:
receiving first information from the forwarding device, wherein the first information indicates that the sharing indication information has been received; or the first information is for requesting the first data.

11 . The communication method according to claim 9 , wherein the sharing indication information comprises one or more of the following: a quantity of retransmissions of the first data or transmit power.

12 . A communication apparatus, wherein the communication apparatus comprises a processor and a transceiver coupled to the processor, wherein
the processor is configured to: receive sharing indication information from a terminal device through the transceiver, wherein the sharing indication information indicates to share first data, and the first data is to-be-shared data of the terminal device; obtain the first data through the transceiver; and control the transceiver to send the first data to a plurality of receiving terminals in a radio broadcast manner based on the sharing indication information.

13 . The communication apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the transceiver supports short-range wireless communication, and the radio broadcast manner is a broadcast manner based on a short-range wireless communication technology.

14 . The communication apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the short-range wireless communication comprises one or more of the following: Bluetooth communication or wireless fidelity communication.

15 . The communication apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the first data is audio data.

16 . The communication apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the processor is configured to:
receive the first data from a Bluetooth device through the transceiver, wherein the Bluetooth device is connected to the terminal device through Bluetooth; or receive the first data from the terminal device through the transceiver.

17 . The communication apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the processor is further configured to receive decryption information from the terminal device through the transceiver, wherein the decryption information is for parsing the first data transmitted between the terminal device and the Bluetooth device.

18 . The communication apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the processor is further configured to send first information to the terminal device through the transceiver, wherein
the first information indicates that the sharing indication information has been received; or the first information is for requesting the first data.

19 . The communication apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the sharing indication information comprises one or more of the following: a quantity of retransmissions of the first data or transmit power.

20 . The communication apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the processor comprises a first communication module and a second communication module, wherein the first communication module is configured to receive the first data, and the second communication module is configured to send the first data.

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Liu Huazhang
• Li Xuefeng

Classifications

• H04H20/08 Primary

  among terminal devices · CPC title

• H04W40/22

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

• H04W40/00 Primary

  Communication routing or communication path finding · CPC title

• H04W4/80

  Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication · CPC title

• H04L67/56

  Provisioning of proxy services (store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54) · CPC title