US 12,010,592 B2
Sidelink communications method and apparatus
Qiang Fan, Hefei (CN); Jun Wang, Shanghai (CN); and Mingzeng Dai, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Mar. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/213,911.
Application 17/213,911 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2019/107337, filed on Sep. 23, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 201811143553.7 (CN), filed on Sep. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0219105 A1, Jul. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 4/40 (2018.01); H04W 4/06 (2009.01); H04W 12/10 (2021.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.01); H04W 80/02 (2009.01); H04W 92/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 4/06 (2013.01) [H04W 4/40 (2018.02); H04W 12/10 (2013.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.02); H04W 80/02 (2013.01); H04W 92/18 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A communication method, wherein the method comprises:
sending, at a first protocol layer entity of a first terminal device, communication type information and a target side identifier to a second protocol layer entity of the first terminal device, wherein the communication type information identifies a unicast communication, and the target side identifier comprises an identifier of a second terminal device; and
establishing, at the second protocol layer entity of the first terminal device, at least one radio bearer for unicast communication, wherein the at least one radio bearer corresponds to the target side identifier.