US 11,758,612 B2
Communication method and related product
Yada Huang, Shanghai (CN); and Yuanping Zhu, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Filed on Jan. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/569,120.
Application 17/569,120 is a continuation of application No. 16/909,891, filed on Jun. 23, 2020, granted, now 11,259,361.
Application 16/909,891 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2018/124928, filed on Dec. 28, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 201711453932.1 (CN), filed on Dec. 28, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0132627 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. H04H 20/71 (2008.01); H04W 76/40 (2018.01); H04W 4/06 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 76/40 (2018.02) [H04W 4/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
11. A communication method, performed by user equipment, comprising:
receiving indication information from an access network device, wherein the indication information indicates a receiving manner of multicast service data, and the receiving manner comprises a unicast manner, a multicast manner, or a hybrid manner, and the hybrid manner comprises the unicast manner and the multicast manner;
at least one of the following occurs:
if the indication information indicates that the receiving manner of the multicast service data is the unicast manner, receiving multicast service data in the unicast manner;
if the indication information indicates that the receiving manner of the multicast service data is the multicast manner, receiving the multicast service data in the multicast manner; or
if the indication information indicates that the receiving manner of the multicast service data is the hybrid manner, receiving the multicast service data in the unicast manner and the multicast manner; and
receiving configuration information from the access network device, wherein the configuration information includes information for receiving the multicast service data, wherein the configuration information comprises:
at least one of configuration information of a multicast bearer, multicast session information corresponding to the multicast bearer, logical channel information of the multicast bearer, or multicast scheduling identifier information, wherein the configuration information of the multicast bearer comprises a mapping relationship between a PDCP layer and a RLC layer of the multicast bearer, and the mapping relationship is one of the following: the PDCP layer of the multicast bearer is mapped to an RLC layer in the unicast manner, or the PDCP layer of the multicast bearer is mapped to an RLC layer in the multicast manner, or the PDCP layer of the multicast bearer is mapped to the RLC layer in the unicast manner and the RLC layer in the multicast manner.