# US 12,193,115 B2 · Data packet bearer path determining method, information sending method and device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,193,115 B2 - Document ID: US12193115B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/395,445 - Filed: 2021-08-05 - Published: 2021-11-25 - Granted: 2025-01-07 - Earliest claimed: 2019-02-14 - Assignees: Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Yumin Wu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12193115B2 ## CPC - H04W 80/02: Data link layer protocols - H04L 1/00: Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received {(correcting synchronisation H04L7/00)} - H04L 5/00: Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path - H04W 24/02: Arrangements for optimising operational condition - H04W 72/04: Wireless resource allocation - H04W 76/15: Setup of multiple wireless link connections - H04W 76/11: Allocation or use of connection identifiers - H04W 76/34: Selective release of ongoing connections - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract This application provides a data packet bearer path determining method, an information sending method, and a device. The data packet bearer path determining method includes determining, from a plurality of configuration paths of a target radio bearer (RB) or a plurality of active paths in the plurality of configuration paths, a bearer path of a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) non-duplicated data packet corresponding to the target RB, where the target RB is an RB configured with a PDCP data duplication function. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A data packet bearer path determining method, performed by a terminal device, comprising: receiving second information used to configure a plurality of configuration paths for a target radio bearer (RB); determining the plurality of configuration paths based on the second information; and determining, by the terminal device, from the plurality of configuration paths of the target RB or a plurality of active paths in the plurality of configuration paths, a bearer path of a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) non-duplicated data packet corresponding to the target RB, wherein the target RB is an RB configured with a PDCP data duplication function, wherein the plurality of configuration paths comprise at least three paths, wherein the bearer path is determined from the plurality of active paths, and the bearer path is determined based on a first preset determining manner, and wherein the first preset determining manner comprises determining the bearer path from the plurality of active paths based on a first preset rule which is agreed upon by a protocol. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein, before determining the bearer path, the method further comprises: receiving first information, wherein the first information is used to configure a PDCP data duplication function for the target RB; and configuring the PDCP data duplication function for the target RB based on the first information. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein, before determining the bearer path, the method further comprises: receiving third information, wherein the third information is used to indicate the plurality of active paths; and determining the plurality of active paths based on the third information. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method according to claim 3, wherein the third information is used to indicate identifier information of the plurality of active paths, and determining the plurality of active paths based on the third information comprises: determining the plurality of active paths based on the identifier information of the plurality of active paths that is indicated in the third information, wherein the identifier information comprises at least one of an RB identifier, a logical channel identifier, a cell group identifier, or a data flow identifier. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the first preset determining manner further comprises one of the following manners: determining the bearer path from the plurality of active paths based on indication information of a network device; determining the bearer path from the plurality of active paths based on a mode of a radio link control (RLC) entity associated with an active path; or determining the bearer path from the plurality of active paths based on a channel quality measurement result of an active path. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method according to claim 5, wherein the first preset rule comprises any one of the following rules: determining the bearer path from paths corresponding to a logical channel of a master cell group (MCG) in the plurality of active paths; determining the bearer path from paths corresponding to a logical channel of a secondary cell group (SCG) in the plurality of active paths; or determining, in the plurality of active paths, a path whose logical channel number meets a first preset condition as the bearer path. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method according to claim 6, wherein the first preset rule comprises: determining the bearer path from the paths corresponding to the logical channel of the MCG in the plurality of active paths; and the bearer path is any active path corresponding to the logical channel of the MCG; or the bearer path is an active path whose logical channel number meets a second preset condition in the MCG. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The method according to claim 6, wherein the first preset rule comprises: determining the bearer path from the path corresponding to the logical channel of the SCG in the plurality of active paths; and the bearer path is any active path corresponding to the logical channel of the SCG; or the bearer path is an active path whose logical channel number meets a third preset condition in the SCG. ### Claim 9 (depends on 5) The method according to claim 5, wherein the first preset determining manner comprises: determining the bearer path from the plurality of active paths based on the mode of the RLC entity associated with the active path, wherein when a mode of an RLC entity associated with at least one of the plurality of active paths is an acknowledged mode (AM), and the mode of the RLC entity associated with the at least one of the plurality of active paths is an unacknowledged mode (UM), the bearer path is a path, in the plurality of active paths, that has an associated RLC entity with a mode as an AM. ### Claim 10 (depends on 5) The method according to claim 5, wherein the first preset determining manner comprises: determining the bearer path from the plurality of active paths based on the channel quality measurement result of the active path, wherein the bearer path is a path with best channel quality in the plurality of active paths; or the bearer path is a path whose preset channel quality parameter is higher than or lower than a preset threshold in the plurality of active paths. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method according to claim 10, wherein the bearer path is the path whose preset channel quality parameter is higher than or lower than the preset threshold in the plurality of active paths; and the preset threshold is configured by the network device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein, when there are a plurality of determined bearer paths, the method further comprises: selecting any bearer path from the plurality of determined bearer paths as a target bearer path; and sending the PDCP non-duplicated data packet through the target bearer path. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method according to claim 12, wherein the method further comprises: reporting, to a media access control (MAC) layer of the terminal device, a data amount of the PDCP non-duplicated data packet sent through the target bearer path. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein, when there is one determined bearer path, the method further comprises: using the determined single bearer path as a target bearer path, and sending the PDCP non-duplicated data packet through the target bearer path. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the PDCP non-duplicated data packet comprises at least one of a PDCP status packet, a robust header compression (ROHC) control packet, an uplink data compression (UDC) control packet, or an Ethernet header compression control packet. ### Claim 16 A terminal device, comprising a memory, a processor, and a radio communication program that is stored in the memory and run by the processor, wherein the radio communication program, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to: receive information used to configure a plurality of configuration paths for a target radio bearer (RB); determine the plurality of configuration paths based on the information; and determine, from a plurality of configuration paths of the target RB or a plurality of active paths in the plurality of configuration paths, a bearer path of a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) non-duplicated data packet corresponding to the target RB, wherein the target RB is an RB configured with a PDCP data duplication function; or determine, from a plurality of active paths in a plurality of configuration paths of a target RB, at least one bearer path of a PDCP duplicated data packet corresponding to the target RB, wherein the target RB is an RB configured with a PDCP data duplication function, wherein the plurality of configuration paths comprise at least three paths, wherein the bearer path is determined from the plurality of active paths, and the bearer path is determined based on a first preset determining manner, and wherein the first preset determining manner comprises determining the bearer path from the plurality of active paths based on a first preset rule which is agreed upon by a protocol. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The terminal device according to claim 16, wherein the first preset determining manner further comprises one of the following manners: determining the bearer path from the plurality of active paths based on indication information of a network device; determining the bearer path from the plurality of active paths based on a mode of a radio link control (RLC) entity associated with an active path; or determining the bearer path from the plurality of active paths based on a channel quality measurement result of an active path. ### Claim 18 A non-transitory computer-readable medium, having a radio communication program stored thereon, wherein the radio communication program, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to: receive information used to configure a plurality of configuration paths for a target radio bearer (RB); determine the plurality of configuration paths based on the information; and determine, from a plurality of configuration paths of the target RB or a plurality of active paths in the plurality of configuration paths, a bearer path of a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) non-duplicated data packet corresponding to the target RB, wherein the target RB is an RB configured with a PDCP data duplication function; or determine, from a plurality of active paths in a plurality of configuration paths of a target RB, at least one bearer path of a PDCP duplicated data packet corresponding to the target RB, wherein the target RB is an RB configured with a PDCP data duplication function, wherein the plurality of configuration paths comprises at least three paths, wherein the bearer path is determined from the plurality of active paths, and the bearer path is determined based on a first preset determining manner, and wherein the first preset determining manner comprises determining the bearer path from the plurality of active paths based on a first preset rule which is agreed upon by a protocol. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 18, wherein the first preset determining manner further comprises one of the following manners: determining the bearer path from the plurality of active paths based on indication information of a network device; determining the bearer path from the plurality of active paths based on a mode of a radio link control (RLC) entity associated with an active path; or determining the bearer path from the plurality of active paths based on a channel quality measurement result of an active path. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 18, wherein the first preset rule further comprises any one of the following rules: determining the bearer path from paths corresponding to a logical channel of a master cell group (MCG) in the plurality of active paths; determining the bearer path from paths corresponding to a logical channel of a secondary cell group (SCG) in the plurality of active paths; or determining, in the plurality of active paths, a path whose logical channel number meets a first preset condition as the bearer path.