US 11,910,386 B2
Signaling parameters for relay devices
Navid Abedini, Basking Ridge, NJ (US); Lenaig Genevieve Chaponniere, La Jolla, CA (US); Junyi Li, Fairless Hills, PA (US); and Ashwin Sampath, Skillman, NJ (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/447,515.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/078,188, filed on Sep. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0086817 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 72/20 (2023.01); H04W 52/46 (2009.01); H04W 72/044 (2023.01); H04W 52/14 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 72/20 (2023.01) [H04W 52/14 (2013.01); H04W 52/46 (2013.01); H04W 72/0473 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for wireless communication at a network node, comprising:
a memory; and
one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to:
determine at least one parameter associated with use of a relay device to forward data between the network node and one or more wireless devices, the at least one parameter including a use time associated with the relay device, an amount of data associated with the relay device, or a combination thereof;
transmit, to the relay device, at least one control command to forward the data between the network node and the one or more wireless devices; and
transmit, to a central network node, the at least one parameter, wherein the at least one parameter is based at least in part on the at least one control command.