# US 12,604,337 B2 · Communications method and apparatus

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- Number: US 12,604,337 B2
- Document ID: US12604337B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/159,466
- Filed: 2023-01-25
- Published: 2023-05-25
- Granted: 2026-04-14
- Earliest claimed: 2020-07-30
- Assignees: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Lei Gao; Jian Wang; Xingqing Cheng
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12604337B2

## CPC

- H04W 72/02: Selection of wireless resources by user or terminal
- H04W 72/566: of the information or information source or recipient
- H04W 72/0446: Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
- H04W 72/12: Wireless traffic scheduling
- H04W 72/40: Resource management for direct mode communication, e.g. D2D or sidelink
- H04W 84/005: {Moving wireless networks}
- H04W 92/18: between terminal devices
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)

## Abstract

This application provides communications methods and apparatuses. In an implementation, a first communications apparatus determines a second resource pool, wherein the first communications apparatus is a master node of a first communications domain and the first communications apparatus is used to schedule resource in the first resource pool of the first communications domain. The first communications apparatus further sends first configuration information for indicating the second resource pool.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A communications method, comprising:
determining, by a first communications apparatus for scheduling resource in a first resource pool of a first communications domain, a second resource pool, wherein the first communications apparatus is a master node of the first communications domain; and
sending, by the first communications apparatus, first configuration information for indicating the second resource pool, wherein the second resource pool comprises a first resource subpool and a second resource subpool, wherein the first configuration information indicates the first resource subpool or the second resource subpool, the first resource subpool is used by a second communications apparatus to transmit data to another communications apparatus, and the second resource subpool is used by the second communications apparatus to transmit signaling or a signal to another communications apparatus, wherein the second communications apparatus is a master node of a second communications domain for scheduling resource in the second resource pool of the second communications domain, and wherein a priority of the first communication domain is higher than a priority of the second communication domain.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, wherein the first configuration information comprises one or more of:
(1) at least one of time domain information, frequency domain information or time-frequency resource information of the first resource subpool in one time subunit;
(2) at least one of time domain information, frequency domain information, or time-frequency resource information of the first resource subpool in one time subunit in one frequency domain unit;
(3) time domain information of the second resource subpool;
(4) time domain information of the second resource subpool in one time unit;
(5) time domain information of the second resource subpool in one frequency domain unit; or
(6) time domain information of the second resource subpool in one frequency domain unit in one time unit.

### Claim 3

A communications method, comprising:
receiving, by a second communications apparatus for scheduling resource in a second resource pool of a second communications domain, first configuration information from a first communications apparatus for scheduling resource in a first resource pool of a first communications domain; and
determining, by the second communications apparatus, the second resource pool based on the first configuration information, wherein the second communications apparatus is a master node of the second communications domain, wherein a priority of the first communication domain is higher than a priority of the second communication domain, and wherein the second resource pool comprises a first resource subpool for the second communications apparatus to transmit data to another communications apparatus and a second resource subpool for the second communications apparatus to transmit signaling or a signal to another communications apparatus, and wherein determining the second resource pool comprises determining the first resource subpool or the second resource subpool.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The method according to claim 3, wherein the first configuration information comprises one or more of:
(1) at least one of time domain information, frequency domain information or time-frequency resource information of the first resource subpool in one time subunit;
(2) at least one of time domain information, frequency domain information, or time-frequency resource information of the first resource subpool in one time subunit in one frequency domain unit;
(3) time domain information of the second resource subpool;
(4) time domain information of the second resource subpool in one time unit;
(5) time domain information of the second resource subpool in one frequency domain unit; or
(6) time domain information of the second resource subpool in one frequency domain unit in one time unit.

### Claim 5

An apparatus, comprising:
at least one processor;
one or more memories coupled to the at least one processor and storing instructions for execution by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to:
determine a second resource pool, wherein the apparatus is a master node of a first communications domain for scheduling resource in a first resource pool of the first communications domain; and
send first configuration information for indicating the second resource pool, wherein the second resource pool comprises a first resource subpool and a second resource subpool, wherein the first configuration information indicates the first resource subpool or the second resource subpool, the first resource subpool is used by a second communications apparatus to transmit data to another communications apparatus, and the second resource subpool is used by the second communications apparatus to transmit signaling or a signal to another communications apparatus, wherein the second communications apparatus is a master node of a second communications domain for scheduling resource in the second resource pool of the second communications domain, and wherein a priority of the first communication domain is higher than a priority of the second communication domain.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the first configuration information comprises one or more of:
(1) at least one of time domain information, frequency domain information or time-frequency resource information of the first resource subpool in one time subunit;
(2) at least one of time domain information, frequency domain information, or time-frequency resource information of the first resource subpool in one time subunit in one frequency domain unit;
(3) time domain information of the second resource subpool;
(4) time domain information of the second resource subpool in one time unit;
(5) time domain information of the second resource subpool in one frequency domain unit; or
(6) time domain information of the second resource subpool in one frequency domain unit in one time unit.

### Claim 7

An apparatus, comprising:
at least one processor;
one or more memories coupled to the at least one processor and storing instructions for execution by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to:
receive first configuration information from a first communications apparatus for scheduling resource in a first resource pool of a first communications domain; and
determine a second resource pool based on the first configuration information, wherein the apparatus is a master node of a second communications domain for scheduling resource in a second resource pool of a second communications domain, wherein a priority of the first communication domain is higher than a priority of the second communication domain, and wherein the second resource pool comprises a first resource subpool for the communications apparatus to transmit data to another communications apparatus and a second resource subpool for the communications apparatus to transmit signaling or a signal to another communications apparatus, and wherein determining the second resource pool comprises determining the first resource subpool or the second resource subpool.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the first configuration information comprises one or more of:
(1) at least one of time domain information, frequency domain information or time-frequency resource information of the first resource subpool in one time subunit;
(2) at least one of time domain information, frequency domain information, or time-frequency resource information of the first resource subpool in one time subunit in one frequency domain unit;
(3) time domain information of the second resource subpool;
(4) time domain information of the second resource subpool in one time unit;
(5) time domain information of the second resource subpool in one frequency domain unit; or
(6) time domain information of the second resource subpool in one frequency domain unit in one time unit.