US 12,284,658 B2
Device-to-device D2D transmission method and communication apparatus
Mao Yang, Xi'an (CN); Yuchen Guo, Shenzhen (CN); Yunbo Li, Shenzhen (CN); and Bo Li, Xi'an (CN)
Assigned to Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Filed on Jul. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/857,800.
Application 17/857,800 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2021/070597, filed on Jan. 7, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202010015812.9 (CN), filed on Jan. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0346072 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 72/04 (2023.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 72/23 (2023.01) [H04L 5/0007 (2013.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.02); H04W 28/0278 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A communication apparatus, wherein the communication apparatus comprises:
one or more processors; and
a non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program to be executed by the one or more processors, wherein the program comprises instructions that when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to perform operations comprising:
generating a requirement report frame, wherein the requirement report frame indicates that the communication apparatus performs a device-to-device (D2D) transmission, the requirement report frame comprises requirement report information, and the requirement report information comprises one or more pieces of the following information: an identifier of a receiver of the D2D transmission, information used to determine a traffic volume size of the D2D transmission, or a service type of the D2D transmission;
sending the requirement report frame to an access point;
after sending the requirement report frame to the access point, receiving a trigger frame sent by the access point, wherein the trigger frame comprises a user information field, the user information field comprises an identifier of the communication apparatus, resource allocation information, first indication information, and second indication information, the first indication information indicates that a resource unit indicated by the resource allocation information is used for the device-to-device (D2D) transmission, and the second indication information indicates that the communication apparatus is a sender of the D2D transmission; and
performing the D2D transmission on the resource unit indicated by the resource allocation information.