US 12,294,891 B2
Communication method and apparatus
Haifeng Yu, Beijing (CN); and Feng Yu, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Filed on Jun. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/836,719.
Application 17/836,719 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2019/124419, filed on Dec. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0322140 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 28/06 (2009.01); H04W 84/20 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 28/06 (2013.01) [H04W 84/20 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A communication method, comprising:
obtaining, by an access network device, a correspondence between a first terminal apparatus and a second terminal apparatus;
obtaining, by the access network device, a data packet;
sending, by the access network device, the data packet to the first terminal apparatus and the second terminal apparatus based on the correspondence;
receiving, by the access network device, first data from the first terminal apparatus; and
sending, by the access network device, transmission indication information to the second terminal apparatus, wherein the transmission indication information indicates the second terminal apparatus to stop transmitting second data to the access network device, wherein:
the first data is data obtained by transmitting the data packet along a first path, and the second data is data obtained by transmitting the data packet along a second path; and
the first path is from the second terminal apparatus to the first terminal apparatus via at least one slave station device, and the second path is from the first terminal apparatus to the second terminal apparatus via the at least one slave station device.