# US 12,120,541 B2 · Method for processing communication range information and terminal > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,120,541 B2 - Document ID: US12120541B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/037,215 - Filed: 2020-09-29 - Published: 2021-01-14 - Granted: 2024-10-15 - Earliest claimed: 2018-03-29 - Assignees: Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Jianping Zhou; Xiaodong Yang; Qian Zheng - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12120541B2 ## CPC - H04L 69/321: Interlayer communication protocols or service data unit [SDU] definitions; Interfaces between layers - H04W 24/10: Scheduling measurement reports {; Arrangements for measurement reports} - H04W 4/021: Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences - H04W 4/023: {using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds} - H04W 28/0278: {using buffer status reports (dynamic wireless traffic scheduling definition H04W72/12)} - H04W 76/10: Connection setup - H04W 76/27: Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states - H04W 4/40: for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P] - H04W 4/46: for vehicle-to-vehicle communication [V2V] - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A method for processing communication range information and a terminal are provided. The method includes: receiving the communication range information of a service data unit from an application layer; determining target information according to the communication range information; and transmitting the target information to a base station. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for processing communication range information, comprising: receiving the communication range information of a service data unit from an application layer of a sidelink user equipment; determining target information according to the communication range information; transmitting the target information to a base station, wherein the target information comprises a mapping relationship between the communication range information and a destination address, and the communication range information of the service data unit indicates requirement of the service data unit on a communication distance, wherein the communication range information comprises: at least two different levels of communication distance requirement information other than minimum communication distance requirement information and maximum communication distance requirement information. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method for processing the communication range information according to claim 1, wherein the communication range information further comprises at least one of: the minimum communication distance requirement information; the maximum communication distance requirement information; communication distance range requirement information. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method for processing the communication range information according to claim 1, wherein the step of determining the target information according to the communication range information comprises: generating the mapping relationship between the communication range information and the destination address according to the communication range information, and determining the mapping relationship as the target information. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method for processing the communication range information according to claim 3, wherein the step of transmitting the target information to the base station comprises: transmitting the mapping relationship to the base station through a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method for processing the communication range information according to claim 1, wherein the step of determining the target information according to the communication range information comprises: acquiring the mapping relationship between the communication range information and the destination address, wherein the mapping relationship is configured or pre-configured by a network or defined in a protocol; obtaining buffer information of the destination address corresponding to the communication range information according to the mapping relationship, and determining the buffer information as the target information. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method for processing the communication range information according to claim 5, wherein the step of transmitting the target information to the base station comprises: transmitting the buffer information to the base station through a sidelink buffer status report. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The method for processing the communication range information according to claim 3, wherein the mapping relationship between the communication range information and the destination address comprises that one destination address is associated with at least one piece of communication range information. ### Claim 8 A terminal, comprising a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored in the memory and capable of being executed by the processor, wherein the processor is used to execute the computer program to implement steps of a method for processing communication range information comprising: receiving the communication range information of a service data unit from an application layer of a sidelink user equipment; determining target information according to the communication range information; transmitting the target information to a base station, wherein the target information comprises a mapping relationship between the communication range information and a destination address, and the communication range information of the service data unit indicates requirement of the service data unit on a communication distance, wherein the communication range information comprises: at least two different levels of communication distance requirement information other than minimum communication distance requirement information and maximum communication distance requirement information. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The terminal according to claim 8, wherein the communication range information further comprises at least one of: the minimum communication distance requirement information; the maximum communication distance requirement information; communication distance range requirement information. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The terminal according to claim 8, wherein the processor is further used to execute the computer program to: generate the mapping relationship between the communication range information and the destination address according to the communication range information, and determine the mapping relationship as the target information. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The terminal according to claim 10, wherein the processor is further used to execute the computer program to: transmit the mapping relationship to the base station through a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The terminal according to claim 8, wherein the processor is further used to execute the computer program to: acquire the mapping relationship between the communication range information and the destination address, wherein the mapping relationship is configured or pre-configured by a network or defined in a protocol; obtain buffer information of the destination address corresponding to the communication range information according to the mapping relationship, and determine the buffer information as the target information. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The terminal according to claim 12, wherein the processor is further used to execute the computer program to: transmit the buffer information to the base station through a sidelink buffer status report. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The terminal according to claim 10, wherein the mapping relationship between the communication range information and the destination address comprises that one destination address is associated with at least one piece of communication range information. ### Claim 15 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing therein a computer program, wherein the computer program is used to be executed by a processor to implement steps of a method for processing communication range information comprising: receiving the communication range information of a service data unit from an application layer of a sidelink user equipment; determining target information according to the communication range information; transmitting the target information to a base station, wherein the target information comprises a mapping relationship between the communication range information and a destination address, and the communication range information of the service data unit indicates requirement of the service data unit on a communication distance, wherein the communication range information comprises: at least two different levels of communication distance requirement information other than minimum communication distance requirement information and maximum communication distance requirement information. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15, wherein the communication range information further comprises at least one of: the minimum communication distance requirement information; the maximum communication distance requirement information; communication distance range requirement information. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15, wherein the computer program is further used to be executed by a processor to: generate the mapping relationship between the communication range information and the destination address according to the communication range information, and determine the mapping relationship as the target information. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 17, wherein the computer program is further used to be executed by a processor to: transmit the mapping relationship to the base station through a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15, wherein the computer program is further used to be executed by a processor to: acquire the mapping relationship between the communication range information and the destination address, wherein the mapping relationship is configured or pre-configured by a network or defined in a protocol; obtain buffer information of the destination address corresponding to the communication range information according to the mapping relationship, and determine the buffer information as the target information. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 19, wherein the computer program is further used to be executed by a processor to: transmit the buffer information to the base station through a sidelink buffer status report.