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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2022
Mediatek Singapore Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Xuelong Wang, Beijing, CN;
Nathan Edward Tenny, Beijing, CA (US);
Chia-Chun Hsu, Hsinchu, TW;
Chun-Fan Tsai, Hsinchu, TW;
Guan-Yu Lin, Hsinchu, TW;
MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
Apparatus and methods are provided for sidelink relay-based UE-to-network communication. The disclosure describes the relay UE performing delayed relay forwarding upon determining the remote UE is in the DRX cycle based on the PC5 configuration. The relay UE buffers the relay traffic and/or sends a suspending indication to the base station to request the base station to suspend the relay traffic to the remote UE. The disclosure describes the relay UE monitoring paging occasions configured for itself and receives paging message from the network intended for the remote UE in one non-connected RRC state. The relay UE sends a PC5 paging message to the remote UE that is in the non-connected RRC state through the established SL based on the received paging message. The disclosure describes the network storing the SL association between the relay UE and the remote UE to the network.