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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2023
Applicant:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Sangeetha L. Bangolae, Portland, OR (US);
Rafia Malik, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Youn Hyoung Heo, San Jose, CA (US);
Ansab Ali, Beaverton, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 40/22 (2009.01); H04W 40/12 (2009.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 40/22 (2013.01); H04W 40/12 (2013.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various embodiments herein provide techniques related to sidelink relay enhancements in a cellular network. In some embodiments, a UE may include circuitry configured to identify, from a gNodeB (gNB) of a serving cell to which the UE and one or more relay UEs belong, a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE); and identifying, based on the MAC CE, that the UE is to communicate with the gNB via multipath communication. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.