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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2021
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Lianghai Ji, San Diego, CA (US);
Qiang Wu, San Diego, CA (US);
Jun Ma, San Diego, CA (US);
Huilin Xu, Temecula, CA (US);
Mehmet Izzet Gurelli, San Diego, CA (US);
Weimin Duan, San Diego, CA (US);
Karthik Anantha Swamy, La Jolla, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Apparatus, methods, and computer-readable media for facilitating reusing an air-to-ground communication system to support message-relaying for UEs in remote areas are disclosed herein. An example method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE) includes establishing an access link with a terrestrial network. The example method also includes establishing a message layer of the access link for communicating with a payload deployed on-board an aerial device. The example method also includes communicating a communication with the aerial device using the message layer, the communication including a message to be provided to the terrestrial network or received from the terrestrial network.