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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2022
Kyocera Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Henry Chang, San Diego, CA (US);
Masato Fujishiro, Yokohama, JP;
KYOCERA Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A base station transmits a Radio Resource Control (RRC) Reconfiguration message to a remote user equipment (UE) device to initiate a path switch from direct communication with the remote UE device to indirect communication through a relay UE device. The relay UE device is an RRC connection state other than RRC Connected (RRC CONN) when the path switch is initiated. The remote UE device transmits an RRC Reconfiguration Complete message to the base station through the relay UE device. In response to receiving the RRC Reconfiguration Complete message, the relay UE performs RRC Connection Establishment with the base station when the relay UE device is in an RRC IDLE state and performs RRC Resume with the base station when the relay UE device is in an RRC INACTIVE state. The relay UE device transmits the RRC Reconfiguration Complete message to the base station.