US 12,267,754 B2
Communications method and apparatus
Chao Li, Beijing (CN); and Junwei Wang, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Oct. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/452,181.
Application 17/452,181 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2020/075135, filed on Feb. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201910346068.8 (CN), filed on Apr. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0043097 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 24/00 (2009.01); H04L 1/1812 (2023.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01); H04W 72/20 (2023.01); H04W 72/542 (2023.01); H04W 92/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 4/40 (2018.02) [H04L 1/1812 (2013.01); H04W 72/20 (2023.01); H04W 72/542 (2023.01); H04W 92/18 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
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1. A method, performed by a first device or a chip in the first device, the method comprising:
obtaining configuration information, wherein the configuration information comprises a plurality of pieces of required communication distance information and a plurality of zone lengths, wherein the plurality of zone lengths corresponds to the plurality of pieces of required communication distance information respectively, a first length is one of the plurality of zone lengths, first required communication distance information is one piece of the plurality of pieces of required communication distance information, and the first length corresponds to the first required communication distance information;
determining, based on a location of the first device and the first length, a first identity of a first zone in which the first device is located;
sending first indication information to a second device, wherein the first indication information comprises first information, and the first information indicates the first identity;
determining, based on another location of the first device and a second length, a second identity of a second zone, wherein the second zone is a zone in which the first device is located after a location of the first device is updated to the another location, wherein the second length corresponds to second required communication distance information, the second length is one of the plurality of zone lengths, and the second required communication distance information is one piece of the plurality of pieces of required communication distance information; and
sending second indication information to the second device, wherein the second indication information comprises third information, and the third information indicates the second identity.