# US 12,192,884 B2 · Information transmission method and terminal device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,192,884 B2 - Document ID: US12192884B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/580,461 - Filed: 2022-01-20 - Published: 2022-05-12 - Granted: 2025-01-07 - Earliest claimed: 2019-07-24 - Assignees: Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Siqi Liu; Zichao Ji; Na Li; Shixiao Liu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12192884B2 ## CPC - H04L 1/1671: {the supervisory signal being transmitted together with control information} - H04W 48/12: using downlink control channel - H04L 1/0027: {Scheduling of signalling, e.g. occurrence thereof} - H04W 28/06: Optimizing {the usage of the radio link}, e.g. header compression, information sizing {, discarding information (system modifying transmission characteristic according to link quality by modifying frame length H04L1/0007; dynamic adaptation of the packet size for flow control or congestion control H04L47/365)} - H04W 72/0446: Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames - H04W 72/0453: Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA - H04W 72/1263: Mapping of traffic onto schedule, e.g. scheduled allocation or multiplexing of flows - H04W 72/21: in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network - H04W 72/54: based on quality criteria - H04L 2001/0092: {Error control systems characterised by the topology of the transmission link} - H04W 92/18: between terminal devices - 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 An information transmission method includes: transmitting first sidelink information and first target information on a target resource, or prohibiting transmission of the first sidelink information and the first target information on a same transmission resource. The first sidelink information is sidelink information corresponding to sidelink transmission between the first terminal device and a second terminal device, the first target information includes uplink information or second sidelink information, and the second sidelink information is sidelink information corresponding to sidelink transmission between the first terminal device and a control node. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An information transmission method, applied to a first terminal device and comprising: prohibiting transmission of first sidelink information and first target information on a same transmission resource, wherein the first sidelink information is hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information corresponding to sidelink transmission between the first terminal device and a second terminal device reported to a control node, the first target information comprises uplink information. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the prohibiting transmission of the first sidelink information and the first target information on a same transmission resource comprises at least one of: transmitting the first sidelink information on a first resource and transmitting the first target information on a second resource in a case that the first resource and the second resource meet a resource configuration rule; or discarding at least one of the first sidelink information or the first target information in a case that a first resource and a second resource do not meet the resource configuration rule, wherein the first resource is a transmission resource used for the first sidelink information, the second resource is a transmission resource used for the first target information, and the resource configuration rule comprises at least a rule that the first resource and the second resource do not overlap. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein the discarding at least one of the first sidelink information or the first target information in a case that a first resource and a second resource do not meet a resource configuration rule comprises: in a case that the first resource and the second resource do not meet the resource configuration rule, discarding the first sidelink information, wherein the uplink information comprises random access information. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein the resource configuration rule further comprises at least one of: a time interval between the first resource and the second resource is greater than a first preset time interval; a frequency domain gap between the first resource and the second resource is greater than a first preset frequency domain gap; the first resource and the second resource are in different time units; or the first resource and the second resource are in different frequency domain units. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein the discarding at least one of the first sidelink information or the first target information comprises: discarding the first sidelink information and the first target information; or discarding a part of the first sidelink information and the first target information based on a first target parameter, wherein the first target parameter comprises at least one of: a first preset priority relationship, a transmission priority relationship, a transmission requirement, transmission quality of service (QOS), or a transmission data volume. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method according to claim 5, wherein the discarding a part of the first sidelink information and the first target information based on a first target parameter comprises: if the first target parameter comprises the transmission priority relationship, discarding information corresponding to transmission with a low transmission priority. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein in a case that the first sidelink information is transmitted on a fifth resource, each type of information in the first sidelink information is mapped to the fifth resource in a first mapping manner, wherein the first mapping manner is a mapping manner of any type of information in the uplink information; or in a case that the first sidelink information is transmitted on a fifth resource, third information in the first sidelink information is mapped to the fifth resource in a second mapping manner, wherein the second mapping manner is a mapping manner of information of the same type as the third information in the uplink information, and the third information is any type of information in the first sidelink information. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the uplink information comprises at least one of the following: Uu HARQ-ACK information, channel state information (CSI), or a scheduling request (SR). ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein a transmission resource used for the first sidelink information meets a resource restriction rule, and a transmission resource used for the first target information meets the resource restriction rule, wherein the resource restriction rule comprises at least one of following: a maximum of N transmission resources are comprised in one slot, and N is an integer greater than 1; if there is a plurality of transmission resources exist, there are a maximum of M long format physical transmission resources in the plurality of transmission resources, wherein the physical transmission resource comprises a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) or a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH), and M is a positive integer; and if there is a plurality of transmission resources, a maximum of O transmission resources in the plurality of transmission resources may be used to transmit HARQ-ACK information, and O is a positive integer. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9, wherein a sixth resource does not need to meet the resource restriction rule, and the sixth resource comprises a transmission resource used for the first sidelink information and a transmission resource used for the first target information. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein target information of the first sidelink information is determined in one of following manners: determining the target information of the first sidelink information in a first manner, wherein the first manner comprises at least one of following: a configuration of the control node, a preconfiguration, a predefinition in a protocol, a negotiation between terminals, and an indication of a target terminal device; and the target terminal device is a terminal device other than the first terminal device; and determining a target bit based on the first sidelink information, wherein the target bit comprises at least one of a check bit and a redundancy bit. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein a target bit of the first sidelink information is generated in following manner: separately generating the target bit for CSI and fifth information of the first sidelink information, wherein the fifth information is information in the first sidelink information other than the CSI; and generating a target bit for each type of information in the first sidelink information, wherein the target bit comprises at least one of a check bit and a redundancy bit. ### Claim 13 An information transmission method, applied to a control node and comprising: separately configuring a first resource for first sidelink information and a second resource for first target information, wherein the first sidelink information is hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information corresponding to sidelink transmission between a first terminal device and a second terminal device reported to the control node, the first target information comprises uplink information; and the first resource and the second resource meet a resource configuration rule, and the resource configuration rule comprises at least a rule that the first resource and the second resource do not overlap. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method according to claim 13, wherein the resource configuration rule further comprises at least one of: a time interval between the first resource and the second resource is greater than a first preset time interval; a frequency domain gap between the first resource and the second resource is greater than a first preset frequency domain gap; the first resource and the second resource are in different time units; or the first resource and the second resource are in different frequency domain units. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The method according to claim 13, wherein the uplink information comprises at least one of the following: Uu HARQ-ACK information, channel state information (CSI), or a scheduling request (SR). ### Claim 16 A terminal device, comprising a processor, a memory, and a computer program that is stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the computer program, when executed by the processor, causes the terminal device to perform: prohibiting transmission of first sidelink information and first target information on a same transmission resource, wherein the first sidelink information is hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information corresponding to sidelink transmission between a first terminal device and a second terminal device reported to a control node, the first target information comprises uplink information. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The terminal device according to claim 16, wherein the uplink information comprises at least one of the following: Uu HARQ-ACK information, channel state information (CSI), or a scheduling request (SR). ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The terminal device according to claim 16, wherein the computer program, when executed by the processor, causes the terminal device to perform at least one of: transmitting the first sidelink information on a first resource and transmitting the first target information on a second resource in a case that the first resource and the second resource meet a resource configuration rule; or discarding at least one of the first sidelink information or the first target information in a case that a first resource and a second resource do not meet the resource configuration rule, wherein the first resource is a transmission resource used for the first sidelink information, the second resource is a transmission resource used for the first target information, and the resource configuration rule comprises at least a rule that the first resource and the second resource do not overlap. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The terminal device according to claim 18, wherein the computer program, when executed by the processor, causes the terminal device to perform: in a case that the first resource and the second resource do not meet the resource configuration rule, discarding the first sidelink information, wherein the uplink information comprises random access information. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The terminal device according to claim 18, wherein the resource configuration rule further comprises at least one of: a time interval between the first resource and the second resource is greater than a first preset time interval; a frequency domain gap between the first resource and the second resource is greater than a first preset frequency domain gap; the first resource and the second resource are in different time units; or the first resource and the second resource are in different frequency domain units.