US-12628047-B2 - Method and apparatus for acquiring configuration information

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Abstract

Embodiments of the present application provide a method for acquiring configuration information. The method includes: acquiring, by a relay device, first service information and/or first quality of service information of a first link from a first device, where the first link is a link between the first device and the relay device; sending, by the relay device, the first service information and/or second quality of service information to a network device, where the second quality of service information is a subset of the first quality of service information; and acquiring, by the relay device, configuration information of a second link from the network device, where the second link is a link between the relay device and a second device.

Inventors

Xing Liu

Assignees

SPREADTRUM COMMUNICATIONS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.

Dates

Publication Date: 20260512
Application Date: 20211012
Priority Date: 20201022

Claims (13)

1 . A method for acquiring configuration information, comprising: acquiring, by a relay device, first quality of service information from a first device, wherein there is a first link between the first device and the relay device, and the first quality of service information is quality of service information of all links between the first device and a second device; sending, by the relay device, second quality of service information to a network device, wherein the second quality of service information is a subset of the first quality of service information, and the second quality of service information is quality of service information of a second link; and acquiring, by the relay device, configuration information of the second link from the network device, wherein the second link is a link between the relay device and the second device, and the configuration information of the second link is determined based on the second quality of service information; wherein the first device is a first terminal device or a first relay device; and the second device is a second terminal device or a second relay device.
2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the configuration information comprises at least one of the following: bearer configuration information of the second link; and configured grant configuration information of the second link.
3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises: sending, by the relay device, first information to the second device, wherein the first information comprises third quality of service information.
4 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein, the second device is the second relay device, and the first information further comprises: second service information of the second link.
5 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein a sending-side device is connected with a receiving-side device through M links, and the relay device is connected with the second terminal device through N links, wherein the N links are a subset of the M links, and the N links comprise the second link, both M and N are positive integers, and M is greater than or equal to N: the third quality of service information comprises quality of service information of each of the M links, or comprises quality of service information of each of the N links except the second link.
6 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein the second service information comprises at least one of the following: configured grant configuration information of the second link; traffic pattern information; and identification information of the second link.
7 . An apparatus for acquiring configuration information, comprising: at least one processor and a memory; wherein the memory stores computer execution instructions; and the at least one processor, when executing the computer execution instructions stored in the memory, is configured to: acquire first quality of service information from a first device, wherein there is a first link between the first device and a relay device, and the first quality of service information is quality of service information of all links between the first device and a second device; send second quality of service information to a network device, wherein the second quality of service information is a subset of the first quality of service information, and the second quality of service information is quality of service information of a second link; and acquire configuration information of the second link from the network device, wherein the second link is a link between the relay device and the second device, and the configuration information of the second link is determined based on the second quality of service information; wherein the first device is a first terminal device or a first relay device; and the second device is a second terminal device or a second relay device.
8 . The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the configuration information comprises at least one of the following: bearer configuration information of the second link; and configured grant configuration information of the second link.
9 . The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to: send first information to the second device, wherein the first information comprises third quality of service information.
10 . The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the second device is the second relay device, and the first information further comprises: second service information of the second link.
11 . The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein a sending-side device is connected with a receiving-side device through M links, and the relay device is connected with the second terminal device through N links, wherein the N links are a subset of the M links, and the N links comprise the second link, both M and N are positive integers, and M is greater than or equal to N; the third quality of service information comprises quality of service information of each of the M links, or comprises quality of service information of each of the N links except the second link.
12 . The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the second service information comprises at least one of the following: configured grant configuration information of the second link; traffic pattern information; and identification information of the second link.
13 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, stored computer execution instructions, and a processor, when executing the computer execution instructions, is configured to: acquire first quality of service information from a first device, wherein there is a first link between the first device and a relay device, and the first quality of service information is quality of service information of all links between the first device and a second device; send second quality of service information to a network device, wherein the second quality of service information is a subset of the first quality of service information, and the second quality of service information is quality of service information of a second link; and acquire configuration information of the second link from the network device, wherein the second link is a link between the relay device and the second device, and the configuration information of the second link is determined based on the second quality of service information; wherein the first device is a first terminal device or a first relay device; and the second device is a second terminal device or a second relay device.

Description

The present application is a National Stage of International Application No. PCT/CN2021/123333, filed on Oct. 12, 2021, which claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202011139267.0, titled “METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACQUIRING CONFIGURATION INFORMATION”, filed to China National Intellectual Property Administration on Oct. 22, 2020, the contents of the above two applications are hereby incorporated by reference in their entireties. TECHNICAL FIELD Embodiment of the present disclosure relates to the technical field of communication, and in particular to a method and an apparatus for acquiring configuration information. BACKGROUND In the direct communication technology of things or sidelink communication technology, a terminal device and a terminal device can communicate directly and transmit data, and this kind of link is called direct link. In the direct link, when a sending-side terminal device needs to send data to a receiving-side terminal device, it needs to acquire network configuration information of the direct link between two terminal devices first to complete data transmission. At present, if a distance between the sending-side terminal device and the receiving-side terminal device is farther, one or more relay devices can be introduced between the sending-side terminal device and the receiving-side terminal device in order to improve the transmission coverage, and the relay devices can forward data, thereby expanding a sending range of the sending-side terminal device. SUMMARY Embodiments of the present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for acquiring configuration information. In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for acquiring configuration information, including: acquiring, by a relay device, first service information and/or first quality of service information of a first link from a first device, where the first link is a link between the first device and the relay device;sending, by the relay device, the first service information and/or second quality of service information to a network device, where the second quality of service information is a subset of the first quality of service information; andacquiring, by the relay device, configuration information of a second link from the network device, where the second link is a link between the relay device and a second device. In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an apparatus for acquiring configuration information, including: at least one processor and a memory;where the memory stores computer execution instructions; andthe at least one processor, when executing the computer execution instructions stored in the memory, is configured to:acquire first service information and/or first quality of service information of a first link from a first device, where the first link is a link between the first device and a relay device;send the first service information and/or second quality of service information to a network device, where the second quality of service information is a subset of the first quality of service information; andacquire configuration information of a second link from the network device, where the second link is a link between the relay device and a second device. In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an apparatus for acquiring configuration information, including: at least one processor and a memory;where the memory stores computer execution instructions; andthe at least one processor, when executing the computer execution instructions stored in the memory, is configured to:send service information to a network device, where the service information includes traffic pattern information; andreceive configuration information of a first link from the network device, where the first link is a link between a first terminal device and a relay device. In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a computer-readable storage medium, stored computer execution instructions, and a processor, when executing the computer execution instructions, implements the method for acquiring configuration information according to the first aspect. The method and apparatus for acquiring configuration information provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure, firstly, a relay device acquires first service information and/or first quality of service information of a first link from a first device, where the first link is a link between the first device and the relay device; then, the relay device sends the first service information and/or second quality of service information to a network device, where the second quality of service information is a subset of the first quality of service information; finally, the relay device acquires configuration information of a second link from the network device, where the second link is a link between the relay device and a second device. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS FIG.