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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2023
Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A method, including: transmitting, by a first terminal device conducts communications with a base station directly and indirectly, over a first sidelink communication path, via a second terminal device acting as a relay. While the first sidelink communication path is active, the first terminal device transmits a request to the second terminal device via a sidelink interface using a first sidelink communication, wherein the second terminal device is configured to serve the first terminal device as a relay terminal device, over the first sidelink communication path. The first terminal device then receives a response to the request from the second terminal device. The request indicating that requests activation, for the first terminal device, of a sidelink multipath operation associated with at least one further, third, in which the first terminal device should be activated for continues to conduct communications with the base station and in which a message is transmitted between the first terminal device and receiving, by the base station indirectly both over the first sidelink communication path and over terminal device, a first response to the first request from the second sidelink communication path via a third terminal device terminal device.