# US 12,764,746 B2 · Reporting method for user equipment assistance information, user equipment, and storage medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,764,746 B2 - Document ID: US12764746B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/003,914 - Filed: 2020-06-29 - Published: 2023-08-17 - Granted: 2026-10-13 - Earliest claimed: 2020-06-29 - Assignees: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Yanhua Li - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12764746B2 ## CPC - H04W 72/21: in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network - H04W 36/00838: {Resource reservation for handover} - H04W 72/231: the control data signalling from the layers above the physical layer, e.g. RRC or MAC-CE signalling - H04W 72/51: based on terminal or device properties - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A reporting method includes: a user equipment (UE) providing computation capability resource assistance information of the UE to a network device. The computation capability resource assistance information may be carried in a MAC control element (MAC CE) or radio resource control (RRC) signaling, and the computation capability resource assistance information of the UE may be provided to the network device through a control channel carrying the MAC CE or the RRC signaling. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A reporting method for user equipment assistance information, comprising: providing, by a user equipment (UE), computation capability resource assistance information of the UE to a network device; wherein the computation capability resource assistance information of the UE comprises a remaining amount of computation capacity on the UE side that the UE expects or estimates to consume for accessing current artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning (ML) model training; and wherein the reporting method further comprises: reporting, by the UE, the computation capability resource assistance information after a forbidding timer stops running or expires. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The reporting method according to claim 1, wherein providing, by the UE, the computation capability resource assistance information of the UE to the network device comprises: carrying, by the UE, the computation capability resource assistance information in a medium access control control element (MAC CE) or radio resource control (RRC) signaling, and providing the computation capability resource assistance information of the UE to the network device through a control channel carrying the MAC CE or the RRC signaling. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The reporting method according to claim 1, further comprising: carrying, by the UE, the computation capability resource assistance information of the UE in a handover request message in response to determining that a handover occurs, and sending the computation capability resource assistance information to a target network device through a source network device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The reporting method according to claim 1, further comprising: sending, by the UE, the computation capability resource assistance information of the UE to a source network device within a duration T before receiving a handover instruction, and sending, by the UE, the computation capability resource assistance information of the UE to a target network device after being handed over to the target network device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The reporting method according to claim 4, wherein the duration T is a preset duration configured in the UE, or the UE is notified of the duration T through a downlink message. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The reporting method according to claim 1, further comprising: monitoring, by the UE, control signaling sent by the network device, and enabling its own reporting function for the computation capability resource assistance information or forbidding its own reporting function for the computation capability resource assistance information based on an indication of the control signaling. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The reporting method according to claim 1, wherein the computation capability resource assistance information of the UE further comprises at least one piece of the following information: an electric quantity consumption remaining amount of the UE side expected or estimated by the UE for accessing the current AI/ML model training; or a current electric quantity remaining amount of the UE. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The reporting method according to claim 7, wherein the current remaining amount of the computation capacity and the remaining amount of the computation capacity on the UE side that the UE expects or estimates to consume are indicated in a mode of percentage or level; and the current electric quantity remaining amount and the electric quantity consumption remaining amount are indicated in a mode of percentage or level. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The reporting method according to claim 7, further comprising: monitoring, by the UE, configuration information sent by the network device, and sending, by the UE, at least one piece of the following information to the network device according to an indication of the configuration information: the current remaining amount of the computation capacity of the UE; the current electric quantity remaining amount of the UE; the remaining amount of the computation capacity on the UE side that the UE side expects or estimates to consume for accessing the current artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning (ML) model training; or the electric quantity consumption remaining amount on the UE side that the UE expects or estimates for accessing the current AI/ML model training. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The reporting method according to claim 1, wherein the computation capability resource assistance information of the UE further comprises a current remaining amount of computation capacity of the UE, and the current remaining amount of computation capacity of the UE is determined by at least one of the following: processing capacity of a processor of the UE; a proportion of remaining memory to total memory; a proportion of remaining central processing unit (CPU) resources to total CPU resources; a number of addition and multiplication operations supported by current remaining CPU resources; the current processing capacity being occupied; or the current processing capacity about to be occupied. ### Claim 11 A user equipment (UE), comprising: a processor; a transceiver; and a memory storing an executable program that is capable of being run by the processor, wherein the processor is configured to: provide computation capability resource assistance information of the UE to a network device; wherein the computation capability resource assistance information of the UE comprises a remaining amount of computation capacity on the UE side that the UE expects or estimates to consume for accessing current artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning (ML) model training; and wherein the processor is further configured to report the computation capability resource assistance information after a forbidding timer stops running or expires. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The UE according to claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to: carry the computation capability resource assistance information in a medium access control control element (MAC CE) or radio resource control (RRC) signaling, and provide the computation capability resource assistance information of the UE to the network device through a control channel carrying the MAC CE or the RRC signaling. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The UE according to claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to: carry the computation capability resource assistance information of the UE in a handover request message in response to determining that a handover occurs, and send the computation capability resource assistance information to a target network device through a source network device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The UE according to claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to: send the computation capability resource assistance information of the UE to a source network device within a duration T before receiving a handover instruction, and send the computation capability resource assistance information of the UE to a target network device after the UE is handed over to the target network device. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The UE according to claim 14, wherein the duration T is a preset duration configured in the UE, or the UE is notified of the duration T through a downlink message. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The UE according to claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to: monitor control signaling sent by the network device, and enable its own reporting function for the computation capability resource assistance information or forbid its own reporting function for the computation capability resource assistance information based on an indication of the control signaling. ### Claim 17 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, storing an executable program, wherein the executable program, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to: provide computation capability resource assistance information of a user equipment (UE) to a network device; wherein the computation capability resource assistance information of the UE comprises a remaining amount of computation capacity on the UE side that the UE expects or estimates to consume for accessing current artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning (ML) model training; and wherein the processor is further configured to report the computation capability resource assistance information after a forbidding timer stops running or expires. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 17, wherein the processor is further configured to: carry the computation capability resource assistance information in a medium access control control element (MAC CE) or radio resource control (RRC) signaling, and provide the computation capability resource assistance information of the UE to the network device through a control channel carrying the MAC CE or the RRC signaling.