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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2021
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Peng Cheng, Beijing, CN;
Karthika Paladugu, Hyderabad, IN;
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some systems, a remote user equipment (UE) may communicate with a base station via a relay UE. For example, the relay UE may operate as a layer 2 (L2) UE-to-network relay supporting a PC5-to-Uu bearer mapping, such that the relay UE forwards messages between the PC5 bearer for the remote UE and the Uu bearer for the base station. If the remote UE determines a trigger event, the remote UE may transmit a measurement report to the base station (e.g., via the relay UE) indicating candidate relays. Based on the measurement report, the base station may determine to handover the UE from using a first relay UE to using a second relay UE. The base station may transmit a handover command to the UE, triggering the remote UE to communicate with the base station via the second relay UE.