# US 12,120,725 B2 · Communications method and apparatus

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- Number: US 12,120,725 B2
- Document ID: US12120725B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/485,877
- Filed: 2021-09-27
- Published: 2022-01-13
- Granted: 2024-10-15
- Earliest claimed: 2019-03-28
- Assignees: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Xiangyu Li; Xiao Xiao; Wenjie Peng; Jun Wang; Mingzeng Dai
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12120725B2

## CPC

- H04W 28/0263: {involving mapping traffic to individual bearers or channels, e.g. traffic flow template [TFT]}
- H04W 72/543: based on requested quality, e.g. QoS
- H04W 4/40: for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
- H04W 4/46: for vehicle-to-vehicle communication [V2V]
- H04W 72/23: in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
- H04W 88/02: Terminal devices
- H04W 88/08: Access point devices
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)

## Abstract

A communications system, method and apparatus, the apparatus configured for determining configuration information of a default data radio bearer (DRB) of a first link, the first link being a direct wireless communications link between a first terminal device and another terminal device, and the first terminal device being a transmit end of a first vehicle-to-everything (V2X) data packet, and sending the configuration information of the default DRB of the first link to the first terminal device, where the configuration information of the default DRB of the first link has first indication information, and the first indication information indicating that the configuration information is the configuration information of the default DRB of the first link.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A communications device, comprising:
at least one processor, and
one or more non-transitory computer readable memories coupled to the at least one processor and storing programming instructions for execution by the at least one processor to operate as a first terminal device or as an apparatus disposed in the first terminal device, the programming instructions including instructions for:
obtaining configuration information of a default data radio bearer (DRB) of a first link, the first terminal device being a transmit end of a first vehicle-to-everything (V2X) data packet, and the first link being a direct wireless communications link between the first terminal device and another terminal device, wherein the configuration information of the default DRB of the first link comprises V2X data packet parameter information corresponding to the default DRB of the first link, wherein the parameter information comprises a type of communication; and
mapping a first V2X data packet that meets a preset condition to the default DRB of the first link, wherein the preset condition being met comprises the first terminal device not storing a DRB of the first link that corresponds to the first V2X data packet;
wherein the configuration information of the default DRB of the first link comprises first indication information, and wherein the first indication information indicates that the configuration information is the configuration information of the default DRB of the first link.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The device according to claim 1, wherein the first terminal device not storing the DRB of the first link that corresponds to the first V2X data packet comprises the first terminal device being unable to obtain same V2X data packet parameter information from a stored DRB mapping rule;
wherein the DRB mapping rule comprises V2X data packet parameter information corresponding to a DRB, and wherein the DRB of the first link comprises a DRB that can be mapped according to the stored DRB mapping rule.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The device according to claim 1, wherein the instructions for obtaining the configuration information of the default data radio bearer (DRB) of the first link include instructions for performing at least one of:
receiving the configuration information of the default DRB of the first link from a first network device; or
obtaining stored preconfigured configuration information of the default DRB of the first link.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The device according to claim 3, wherein the configuration information of the default DRB of the first link from the first network device is carried in system information broadcast or radio resource control (RRC) dedicated signaling, and wherein a priority of configuration information of the default DRB of the first link in the RRC dedicated signaling is higher than a priority of configuration information of the default DRB of the first link in the system information broadcast.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The device according to claim 1, wherein the configuration information of the default DRB of the first link comprises DRB configuration information required by a transmit end of the V2X data packet and further comprises DRB configuration information required by a receive end of the V2X data packet, and wherein a second terminal device is a receive end of the first V2X data packet.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The device according to claim 5, wherein the V2X data packet is a unicast data packet, and wherein the configuration information of the default DRB of the first link comprises the DRB configuration information required by the transmit end of the V2X data packet and required by the receive end of the V2X data packet.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The device according to claim 1, wherein the type of communication comprises at least one of broadcast communication, multicast communication, or unicast communication.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The device according to claim 1, wherein the configuration information of the default DRB of the first link comprises V2X data packet parameter information corresponding to the default DRB of the first link, wherein the parameter information comprises a quality of service (QOS) parameter, and wherein the QoS parameter comprises at least one of a QoS flow identifier, a PC5 5G quality of service identifier (PQI), a vehicle-to-everything quality of service identifier (VQI), a 5G quality of service identifier (5QI), a guaranteed flow bit rate (GFBR), a maximum flow bit rate (MFBR), a minimum required communication range, or an allocation and retention priority (ARP).

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The device according to claim 1, wherein the configuration information of the default DRB of the first link further comprises at least one of identification information of the default DRB of the first link or configuration information of protocol layer of the default DRB of the first link.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The device according to claim 9, wherein the configuration information of the protocol layer of the default DRB of the first link comprises at least one of a service data adaptation protocol (SDAP) layer configuration, a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer configuration, a radio link control (RLC) layer configuration, a logical channel (LCH) configuration, or an RLC channel configuration of the default DRB of the first link.

### Claim 11

A communications device, comprising:
at least one processor, and
one or more non-transitory compute readable memories coupled to the at least one processor and storing programming instructions for execution by the at least one processor to operate as a first network device or as an apparatus included in the first network device, the programming instructions including instructions for:
determining configuration information of a default data radio bearer (DRB) of a first link, wherein the first link is a direct wireless communications link between a first terminal device and another terminal device, wherein the first terminal device is a transmit end of a first vehicle-to-everything (V2X) data packet, and wherein the configuration information of the default DRB of the first link comprises V2X data packet parameter information corresponding to the default DRB of the first link, wherein the parameter information comprises a type of communication; and
sending the configuration information of the default DRB of the first link to the first terminal device;
wherein the configuration information of the default DRB of the first link comprises first indication information, and wherein the first indication information indicates that the configuration information is the configuration information of the default DRB of the first link.

### Claim 12

A communications system, wherein the system comprises a first terminal device and a first network device:
wherein the first network device is configured to:
determine configuration information of a default data radio bearer (DRB) of a first link, wherein the first link is a direct wireless communications link between a first terminal device and another terminal device, and wherein the first terminal device is a transmit end of a first vehicle-to-everything (V2X) data packet; and
send the configuration information of the default DRB of the first link to the first terminal device, wherein the configuration information of the default DRB of the first link comprises first indication information, and the first indication information is used to indicate that the configuration information is the configuration information of the default DRB of the first link, and wherein the configuration information of the default DRB of the first link comprises V2X data packet parameter information corresponding to the default DRB of the first link, wherein the parameter information comprises a type of communication; and
wherein the first terminal device is configured to:
obtain configuration information of the default DRB of the first link; and
map a first V2X data packet that meets a preset condition to the default DRB of the first link, wherein the preset condition being met comprises the first terminal device not storing a DRB of the first link that corresponds to the first V2X data packet.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The communications system according to claim 12, wherein the first terminal device not storing the DRB of the first link that corresponds to the first V2X data packet comprises the first terminal device being unable to obtain same V2X data packet parameter information from a stored DRB mapping rule, wherein the DRB mapping rule comprises V2X data packet parameter information corresponding to a DRB, and wherein the DRB of the first link comprises a DRB that can be mapped according to the stored DRB mapping rule.

### Claim 14 (depends on 12)

The communications system according to claim 12, wherein the first terminal device is further configured to perform at least one of:
receive the configuration information of the default DRB of the first link from a first network device; or
obtain stored preconfigured configuration information of the default DRB of the first link.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The communications system according to claim 14, wherein the configuration information of the default DRB of the first link from the first network device is carried in a system information broadcast or radio resource control (RRC) dedicated signaling, and wherein a priority of configuration information of the default DRB of the first link in the RRC dedicated signaling is higher than a priority of configuration information of the default DRB of the first link in the system information broadcast.

### Claim 16 (depends on 12)

The communications system according to claim 12, wherein the configuration information of the default DRB of the first link comprises at least one of DRB configuration information required by a transmit end of the V2X data packet or DRB configuration information required by a receive end of the V2X data packet, and wherein a second terminal device is a receive end of the first V2X data packet.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The communications system according to claim 16, wherein the V2X data packet is a unicast data packet, and wherein the configuration information of the default DRB of the first link comprises the DRB configuration information required by the transmit end of the V2X data packet and required by the receive end of the V2X data packet.

### Claim 18 (depends on 12)

The communications system according to claim 12, wherein the type of communication comprises at least one of broadcast communication, multicast communication, or unicast communication.

### Claim 19 (depends on 12)

The communications system according to claim 12, wherein the configuration information of the default DRB of the first link further comprises at least one of identification information of the default DRB of the first link or configuration information of protocol layer of the default DRB of the first link.

### Claim 20 (depends on 19)

The communications system according to claim 19, wherein the configuration information of the protocol layer of the default DRB of the first link comprises at least one of a service data adaptation protocol (SDAP) layer configuration, a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer configuration, a radio link control (RLC) layer configuration, a logical channel (LCH) configuration, or an RLC channel configuration of the default DRB of the first link.