US 11,689,957 B2
Quality of service support for sidelink relay service
Karthika Paladugu, San Diego, CA (US); Hong Cheng, Basking Ridge, NJ (US); and Gavin Bernard Horn, La Jolla, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/199,397.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/023,848, filed on May 12, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/989,570, filed on Mar. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0289391 A1, Sep. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04W 76/27 (2018.01); H04W 88/04 (2009.01); H04W 28/24 (2009.01); H04W 92/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 28/0263 (2013.01) [H04W 28/0268 (2013.01); H04W 28/24 (2013.01); H04W 76/27 (2018.02); H04W 88/04 (2013.01); H04W 92/18 (2013.01)] 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for wireless communications at a first user equipment (UE), comprising:
transmitting, to a network entity, an indication for a relay connection for a second UE via the first UE, the relay connection comprising a first connection between the first UE and the second UE and a second connection between the first UE and the network entity;
receiving, from the network entity, a quality of service mapping configuration for mapping a first quality of service configuration associated with a first interface to a second quality of service configuration associated with a second interface, or for mapping the second quality of service configuration associated with the second interface to the first quality of service configuration associated with the first interface, or a combination thereof, the quality of service mapping configuration indicating a data radio bearer associated with the relay connection;
generating a mapping between the first interface and the second interface based at least in part on the quality of service mapping configuration;
determining, based at least in part on the generated mapping, a first indicator associated with the first interface, or a second indicator associated with the second interface, or both;
configuring a first quality of service of the first connection and a second quality of service of the second connection based at least in part on the quality of service mapping configuration and the first indicator, the second indicator, or both; and
routing traffic from the second UE to the network entity via the relay connection based at least in part on the first quality of service and the second quality of service.