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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2020
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Zhibin Wu, Los Altos, CA (US);
Adesh Kumar, San Jose, CA (US);
Dawei Zhang, Saratoga, CA (US);
Fangli Xu, Beijing, CN;
Haijing Hu, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Naveen Kumar R. Palle Venkata, San Diego, CA (US);
Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, San Ramon, CA (US);
Srirang A. Lovlekar, Fremont, CA (US);
Sudeep Manithara Vamanan, Nuremberg, DE;
Yuqin Chen, Beijing, CN;
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A first user equipment (UE) is capable of serving as a relay for a second UE using a sidelink connection. The first UE determines that a predetermined condition is satisfied, the predetermined condition associated with the first UE operating as a relay for a second UE, transmits a discovery message and monitors for a signal from the second UE in response to the discovery message.