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User equipment operating as relay via a sidelink connection

US12267909B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

Zhibin Wu · Los Altos, US
Adesh Kumar · San Jose, US
Dawei Zhang · Saratoga, US
Fangli Xu · Beijing, CN
Haijing Hu · Beijing, CN
Naveen Kumar R. Palle Venkata · San Diego, US
Sethuraman Gurumoorthy · San Jose, US
Srirang A. Lovlekar · Cupertino, US
Sudeep Manithara Vamanan · Nuremberg, DE
Yuqin Chen · Lo Wu, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 24, 2020
Grant date	Apr 1, 2025
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 15, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W92/18
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A first user equipment (UE) is capable of serving as a relay for a second UE using a sidelink connection. The first UE determines that a predetermined condition is satisfied, the predetermined condition associated with the first UE operating as a relay for a second UE, transmits a discovery message and monitors for a signal from the second UE in response to the discovery message.

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