US 12,471,134 B2
Communication method and apparatus for improving transmission of QOS information in communication between terminals
Wenjie Peng, Shanghai (CN); Yulong Shi, Beijing (CN); Jun Wang, Beijing (CN); and Xiangyu Li, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Oct. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/975,868.
Application 17/975,868 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2021/090693, filed on Apr. 28, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202010366591.X (CN), filed on Apr. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0052503 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 72/543 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 72/543 (2023.01) 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A communication apparatus, which is a first terminal or included in the first terminal, wherein the communication apparatus comprises a processor, the processor is coupled to a memory configured to store a computer program, and the processor is configured to execute the computer program stored in the memory, to cause the communication apparatus to perform operations comprising:
receiving at least one piece of quality of service (QoS) information from a second terminal;
determining first QoS information based on the at least one piece of QoS information;
determining a first bearer configuration based on the first QoS information, and forwarding data from the second terminal to a third terminal based on the first bearer configuration; or
sending the first QoS information to a network device, receiving a first bearer configuration of the network device, and forwarding data from the second terminal to a third terminal based on the first bearer configuration;
sending an identifier of a second unicast connection to the network device; and
reporting a correspondence between a first unicast connection and a second unicast connection to the network device, wherein said correspondence between the first unicast connection and the second unicast connection ensures that the first bearer configuration matches a second bearer configuration;
wherein the first unicast connection is a unicast connection between the second terminal and the first terminal, and the second unicast connection is a unicast connection between the first terminal and the third terminal, said correspondence indicating a relationship between the first unicast connection and the second unicast connection;
wherein there is a correspondence between the second unicast connection and the first QoS information;
wherein the at least one piece of QoS information is QoS information of a QoS flow to which the data belongs, or the at least one piece of QoS information is QoS information corresponding to a first bearer.