US 12,395,333 B2
Method and apparatus for blockchain-aware mobile vehicle communication
Haiming Wang, Xicheng District (CN); and Xin Guo, Chaoyang District (CN)
Assigned to Lenovo (Beijing) Ltd., Beijing (CN)
Appl. No. 18/000,155
Filed by Lenovo (Beijing) Ltd., Beijing (CN)
PCT Filed Jun. 16, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CN2020/096376
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 29, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/253231, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0246853 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 9/12 (2006.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01); H04L 9/00 (2022.01); H04W 4/44 (2018.01)
CPC H04L 9/12 (2013.01) [G06F 9/5005 (2013.01); H04L 9/50 (2022.05); H04W 4/44 (2018.02); H04L 2209/80 (2013.01); H04L 2209/84 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:
receiving configuration information of a blockchain application;
performing a proof-of-work (PoW) computation on a candidate block of the blockchain application according to the configuration information;
transmitting information associated with the candidate block, wherein the information includes a request for a resource for communicating the candidate block based on the configuration information; and
receiving a response related to the candidate block, wherein the response includes a resource allocation result of the candidate block based on the request, the configuration information, and information of other candidate blocks of the blockchain application, wherein the information of the other candidate blocks indicates that the UE was a first equipment to perform the PoW computation on the candidate block generated based on a last block in a blockchain of the blockchain application.