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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2024
Filed:
May. 05, 2021
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Sherif Elazzouni, San Diego, CA (US);
Ozcan Ozturk, San Diego, CA (US);
Rajat Prakash, San Diego, CA (US);
Fatih Ulupinar, San Diego, CA (US);
Piyush Gupta, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Apparatus, methods, and computer program products for relaying and side link communication are provided. An example method may include receiving, from a BS via a controlled discovery procedure, a query to verify a sidelink procedure with at least one UE. The example method may further include establishing, via the BS as a L2 relay, the sidelink procedure with the at least one UE. The example method may further include switching from the sidelink procedure to a sidelink PDCP procedure with a hybrid mode, the BS being an L2 relay for the sidelink PDCP procedure. The example method may further include transmitting to the at least one UE via the BS as the L2 relay, or receiving, from the at least one UE via the BS as an L2 relay, one or more PDCP PDUs corresponding to L2.