Capability Indication Method, Route Setup Method, Mobile Terminal, and Network Device

Abstract

A capability indication method, a route setup method, a mobile terminal, and a network device, the capability indication method including a network device sending first indication information to a mobile terminal, where the first indication information is used to indicate that a communications network in which the network device is located supports communication between mobile terminals having a multi-hop capability, and where the mobile terminal having the multi-hop capability is a mobile terminal having a capability of directly communicating with one or more mobile terminals.

1 . A capability indication method, comprising:
 sending, by a mobile terminal, first indication information to a network device, wherein the first indication information indicates that the mobile terminal is a mobile terminal having a multi-hop capability, and wherein the mobile terminal having the multi-hop capability has a capability of directly communicating with one or more destination mobile terminals through one or more further mobile terminals located between the mobile terminal and the one or more destination mobile terminals.   
     
     
         2 . The method according to the  claim 1 , wherein the sending the first indication information to the network device comprises:
 sending, by the mobile terminal, the first indication information to the network device using a dedicated radio resource control (RRC) message.   
     
     
         3 . The method according to the  claim 1 , further comprising:
 receiving, by the mobile terminal, second indication information from the network device, wherein the second indication information indicates that a communications network in which the network device is located supports communication between mobile terminals having the multi-hop capability.   
     
     
         4 . The method according to the  claim 1 , further comprising:
 sending, by the mobile terminal, first related information to the network device, wherein the first related information is used for one or more of applying for a multi-hop resource or indicating that the mobile terminal has a multi-hop requirement.   
     
     
         5 . The method according to the  claim 4 , wherein the sending the first related information comprises:
 sending, by the mobile terminal, the first related information to the network device using a dedicated radio resource control (RRC) message.   
     
     
         6 . The method according to the  claim 4 , further comprising:
 performing one or more of determining, by the mobile terminal, that the mobile terminal has the multi-hop requirement; or   
       determining that a multi-hop capability switch is in an enabled state. 
     
     
         7 . The method according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 determining, by the mobile terminal, one or more of that the mobile terminal has no multi-hop requirement or that a multi-hop capability switch is in a disabled state; and   sending, by the mobile terminal, second related information to the network device, wherein the second related information is used for one or more of applying to the network device for release of a multi-hop resource or indicating that the mobile terminal has no multi-hop requirement.   
     
     
         8 . A capability indication method, comprising:
 receiving, by a network device, first indication information from a mobile terminal, wherein the first indication information indicates that the mobile terminal is a mobile terminal having a multi-hop capability, and wherein the mobile terminal having the multi-hop capability has a capability of directly communicating with one or more destination mobile terminals through one or more further mobile terminals located between the mobile terminal and the one or more destination mobile terminals.   
     
     
         9 . The method according to the  claim 8 , further comprising:
 sending, by the network device, second indication information to the mobile terminal, wherein the second indication information indicates that a communications network in which the network device is located supports communication between mobile terminals having the multi-hop capability.   
     
     
         10 . The method according to the  claim 9 , wherein the sending the second indication information to the mobile terminal comprises performing one or more of:
 sending, by the network device, a system message to the mobile terminal, wherein the system message carries the second indication information, and wherein the system message includes one or more of the following: a master information block (MIB) or a system information block (SIB); or   sending, by the network device, a dedicated radio resource control (RRC) message to the mobile terminal, wherein the dedicated RRC message carries the second indication information; or   sending, by the network device, a management frame to the mobile terminal, wherein the management frame carries the second indication information; or   sending, by the network device, a management message to the mobile terminal, wherein the management message carries the second indication information.   
     
     
         11 . The method according to the  claim 8 , further comprising:
 receiving, by the network device, first related information from the mobile terminal, wherein the first related information is used for at least one of applying for a multi-hop resource or indicating that the mobile terminal has a multi-hop requirement.   
     
     
         12 . The method according to the  claim 8 , further comprising:
 receiving, by the network device, second related information from the mobile terminal, wherein the second related information is used for at least one of applying for release of a multi-hop resource or indicating that the mobile terminal has no multi-hop requirement.   
     
     
         13 . A mobile terminal, comprising:
 one or more processors,   a memory storing a program for execution by the one or more processors, wherein program includes programming instructions for:   sending first indication information to a network device, wherein the first indication information indicates that the mobile terminal is a mobile terminal having a multi-hop capability, and wherein the mobile terminal having the multi-hop capability has a capability of directly communicating with one or more destination mobile terminals through one or more further mobile terminals located between the mobile terminal and the one or more destination mobile terminals.   
     
     
         14 . The mobile terminal according to the  claim 13 , wherein the instructions for sending the first indication information to the network device comprises instructions for:
 sending the first indication information to the network device using a dedicated radio resource control (RRC) message.   
     
     
         15 . The mobile terminal according to the  claim 13 , wherein the program further includes programming instructions for:
 receiving second indication information from the network device, wherein the second indication information indicates that a communications network in which the network device is located supports communication between mobile terminals having the multi-hop capability.   
     
     
         16 . The mobile terminal according to the  claim 13 , wherein the program further includes programming instructions for:
 sending first related information to the network device, wherein the first related information is used for one or more of applying for a multi-hop resource or indicating that the mobile terminal has a multi-hop requirement.   
     
     
         17 . The mobile terminal according to the  claim 16 , wherein the programming instructions for sending the first related information to the network device comprises:
 sending the first related information to the network device by using a dedicated radio resource control (RRC) message.   
     
     
         18 . The mobile terminal according to the  claim 16 , wherein the program further includes programming instructions for performing one or more of:
 determining that the mobile terminal has the multi-hop requirement; or   determining that a multi-hop capability switch is in an enabled state.   
     
     
         19 . The mobile terminal according to  claim 13 , wherein the program further includes programming instructions for:
 performing one or more of determining that the mobile terminal has no multi-hop requirement or determining that a multi-hop capability switch is in a disabled state; and   sending second related information to the network device, wherein the second related information is used for one or more of applying to the network device for release of a multi-hop resource or indicating that the mobile terminal has no multi-hop requirement.