| CPC H04W 76/10 (2018.02) [H04W 76/28 (2018.02); H04W 92/18 (2013.01)] | 17 Claims |

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1. A method for performing wireless communication by a first device, the method comprising:
establishing a radio resource control (RRC) connection with a base station;
establishing a PC5 connection with a second device relaying communication between the first device and the base station;
configuring a power saving mode for saving power related to Uu communication between the base station and the first device, based on the establishment of the PC5 connection with the second device;
performing communication with the base station based on the power saving mode; and
releasing or suspending the RRC connection based on the Uu communication not being performed on a primary cell (PCell) during a time period configured for the first device,
wherein an RRC state between the first device and the base station transitions from an RRC_CONNECTED state to an RRC_IDLE state or an RRC_INACTIVE state.
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