US 12,355,544 B2
Methods and apparatus to facilitate access link and ATG-based message relaying
Lianghai Ji, San Diego, CA (US); Qiang Wu, San Diego, CA (US); Jun Ma, San Diego, CA (US); Huilin Xu, Temecula, CA (US); Mehmet Izzet Gurelli, San Diego, CA (US); Weimin Duan, San Diego, CA (US); and Karthik Anantha Swamy, La Jolla, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/645,949.
Prior Publication US 2023/0246705 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01)
CPC H04B 7/18506 (2013.01) [H04W 76/10 (2018.02)] 34 Claims
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1. An apparatus for wireless communication at an aerial device, comprising:
memory; and
one or more processors coupled to the memory, wherein the one or more processors are configured to cause the aerial device to:
receive a first communication from a ground-based user equipment (UE) via an access link defined between the ground-based UE and a payload that includes a radio unit (RU) deployed on-board the aerial device, wherein the first communication includes a first message to be provided to a terrestrial network;
decode a first portion of the first message;
generate a second message, wherein the second message includes the first portion and a non-decoded portion of the first message; and
transmit, to a ground-based network node via an air-to-ground (ATG) communication system, a second communication that includes the second message.