| CPC H04W 40/04 (2013.01) [H04W 40/16 (2013.01); H04W 92/18 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
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1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a first user equipment of a wireless sidelink communication zone group in a long-range wireless communication network, a portion of a data traffic flow directed to a second user equipment of the wireless sidelink communication zone group;
determining a first sidelink path from the first user equipment to the second user equipment and a second sidelink path from the first user equipment to the second user equipment, wherein the first sidelink path comprises a third user equipment of the wireless sidelink communication zone group and the second sidelink path comprises a fourth user equipment of the wireless sidelink communication zone group;
transmitting a first sidelink path configuration corresponding to the first sidelink path to the third user equipment and a second sidelink path configuration corresponding to the second sidelink path to the fourth user equipment;
receiving, from the third user equipment, a first indication of a determined first characteristic value associated with a first characteristic corresponding to the third user equipment and, from the fourth user equipment, a second indication of a determined second characteristic value associated with a second characteristic corresponding to the fourth user equipment;
determining, based on the first characteristic value and the second characteristic value, a determined traffic delivery plan to deliver the portion of the data traffic flow from the first user equipment to the second user equipment via the first sidelink path and the second sidelink path, respectively; and
transmitting the portion of the data traffic flow to the second user equipment via the first sidelink path and the second sidelink path according to the determined traffic delivery plan.
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