US 11,751,190 B2
Methods for power savings with millimeter wave relays
Vasanthan Raghavan, West Windsor Township, NJ (US); Tianyang Bai, Bridgewater, NJ (US); Jung Ho Ryu, Fort Lee, NJ (US); Hua Wang, Basking Ridge, NJ (US); and Junyi Li, Chester, NJ (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/917,003.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/869,810, filed on Jul. 2, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0007104 A1, Jan. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 72/044 (2023.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.01); H04W 72/56 (2023.01); H04W 92/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 72/0473 (2013.01) [H04W 72/56 (2023.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.02); H04W 76/14 (2018.02); H04W 92/18 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
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1. A method for wireless communication by a first user equipment (UE), comprising:
monitoring one or more parameters associated with a trigger condition, wherein the trigger condition is associated with a first communication link between the first UE and a network device;
receiving a signal report from a second UE, wherein the signal report indicates one or more parameters associated with a third communication link between the second UE and the network device, and wherein the one or more parameters associated with the third communication link comprise a received signal strength indicator, a reference signal received power, a reference signal received quality, or any combination thereof;
detecting an occurrence of the trigger condition based at least in part on the monitoring and the signal report;
establishing a sidelink communication link, the sidelink communication comprising a second communication link between the first UE and the second UE;
transmitting a relay request to the second UE via the sidelink communication link based at least in part on the trigger condition, wherein the relay request comprises a request for the second UE to relay communications between the first UE and the network device; and
communicating with the network device via the sidelink communication link based at least in part on the relay request.