US 12,250,080 B2
Communication via sidelink relay
Ruifeng Ma, Beijing (CN); Yuwei Ren, Beijing (CN); and Huilin Xu, Temecula, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/757,401
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 23, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CN2020/138503
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 15, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/136026, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. PCT/CN2019/129748 (WO), filed on Dec. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0034434 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 1/1812 (2023.01); H04L 1/08 (2006.01); H04W 88/04 (2009.01)
CPC H04L 1/1812 (2013.01) [H04L 1/08 (2013.01); H04W 88/04 (2013.01)] 35 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
transmitting a capability report that indicates whether the UE supports using a relay UE for one or more of relaying an initial transmission, relaying hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback, relaying retransmissions, relaying data channel communications, or relaying control channel communications;
receiving an indication that the relay UE is to be used as a relay, wherein the indication is based at least in part on the capability report; and
transmitting or receiving one or more communications via the relay UE, wherein the one or more communications include at least one of HARQ feedback, a retransmission, or a control communication.