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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2023
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai City, JP;
Chongming Zhang, Shanghai, CN;
Renmao Liu, Shanghai, CN;
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai City, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a method performed by user equipment, and user equipment. The method is a processing method performed during communication performed between the user equipment (UE) and a base station on the basis of a multi-path communication mode, and includes the following steps: receiving, by the UE, a radio resource control (RRC) message from the base station, the message carrying information used to instruct the UE to establish an indirect connection for communicating with the base station via relay UE; and upon receiving the RRC message, starting, by the UE, a timer, and establishing a sidelink (SL) connection or a PC5 connection with the relay UE.