| CPC H04W 74/08 (2013.01) [H04L 45/20 (2013.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.02); H04W 88/04 (2013.01)] | 11 Claims |

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1. A method for operating a second user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system comprising:
establishing, by the second UE, a direct link with a third UE,
selecting, by the second UE, a first UE as a UE for relaying,
receiving, by the second UE, a first message and a channel access authority from the third UE, and
transmitting, by the second UE, the first message received from the third UE to the first UE, based on the channel access authority;
wherein the second UE selects the first UE for relaying, based on the channel access authority, and
wherein the channel access authority is transmitted to the first UE for selection of another UE for relaying.
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