Patent ID: 11917449
Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A communication method, comprising:
receiving, by a first communication node, Internet Protocol (IP) data from a plurality of second communication nodes, wherein the plurality of second communication nodes are connected to the first communication node through a New Radio (NR) sidelink (PC5) interface, and the first communication node is further connected to a third communication node through an NR Uu interface;
mapping, by the first communication node, the IP data to a relay bearer according to a first preset mapping configuration, wherein the first preset mapping configuration comprises a many-to-one mapping indicating that the IP data is mapped to a same relay Uu data radio bearer (DRB); and
transmitting, by the first communication node to the third communication node, the mapped IP data through the relay Uu DRB according to a DRB configuration associated with the first communication node.