US 12,463,685 B2
Relaying beam switching information
Hua Wang, Basking Ridge, NJ (US); Sony Akkarakaran, Poway, CA (US); and Tao Luo, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/182,043.
Prior Publication US 2024/0305337 A1, Sep. 12, 2024
Int. Cl. H04B 7/0408 (2017.01); H04B 7/0404 (2017.01); H04W 88/04 (2009.01)
CPC H04B 7/0408 (2013.01) [H04B 7/0404 (2013.01); H04W 88/04 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for wireless communication at a relay user equipment (UE), comprising:
one or more memories; and
one or more processors, coupled to the one or more memories, configured to:
receive, from a network node, a first message indicating beam switching information for a target UE;
generate a second message indicating the beam switching information for the target UE based at least in part on the first message,
wherein the one or more processors, to generate the second message, are configured to:
wrap the first message in a first sidelink medium access control control element (MAC-CE) without changing a payload of the first message and encode the payload of the first message in a first sidelink control information (SCI) based at least in part on the first message being received via a MAC-CE; or
encode the first message in a second sidelink MAC-CE or a second SCI based at least in part on the first message being received via a downlink control information (DCI);
transmit, to the target UE, the second message based at least in part on the first message; and
receive, from the target UE, an acknowledgement (ACK) associated with a receipt of the second message.