US 12,231,972 B2
Beam-based relay node switch
Min Huang, Beijing (CN); Jing Dai, Beijing (CN); Qiaoyu Li, Beijing (CN); and Chao Wei, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/757,334
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 20, 2019, PCT No. PCT/CN2019/126925
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 14, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/120163, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0100201 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/08 (2009.01); H04W 88/04 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 36/0077 (2013.01) [H04W 36/085 (2023.05); H04W 88/04 (2013.01)] 32 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of wireless communication by a first wireless node, comprising:
relaying wireless communications between a user equipment (UE) and a second wireless node;
transmitting, to one or more third wireless nodes, relay request signals via a plurality of beams at relay request signal occasions, wherein each of the relay request signals indicates a request to switch relay services of the UE from the first wireless node to the one or more third wireless nodes; and
switching the relay services of the UE to at least one of the one or more third wireless nodes.