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Granted Patent B2
US 11,432,226 · App. 16/500,252 · Granted Aug 30, 2022

Method for forwarding system information for a remote UE by a relay UE in wireless communication system and a device therefor

Inventors: Jaewook Lee (Seoul, KR); Jongwoo Hong (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04W40/22H04W48/10H04W88/04
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Patent No.
US 11,432,226
App. No.
16/500,252
Granted
Aug 30, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for forwarding system information for a remote UE by a relay UE in wireless communication system, the method comprising: establishing a link between a remote UE and the relay UE for communicating between the remote UE and the network via the relay UE; receiving assistance information including a serving cell identity of the remote UE from the remote UE; checking whether a serving cell identity of the relay UE and the serving cell identity of the remote UE are same or not; and forwarding system information block (SIB), which was already received by the relay UE from the network, to the remote UE via the link if the serving cell identity of the relay UE and the serving cell identity of the remote UE are different. The UE is capable of communicating with at least one of another UE, a UE related to an autonomous driving vehicle, a base station or a network.

Claims (19)

1. A method for a relay user equipment (UE) operating in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving a discovery signal from a remote UE;

establishing, by the relay UE, a link with the remote UE for communicating between the remote UE and a network via the relay UE, based on the discovery signal;

receiving, by the relay UE, a system information block (SIB) from the network;

receiving, by the relay UE, assistance information including at least one of UE type information and coverage information; and

forwarding, by the relay UE, a required system information block (SIB) corresponding to the received at least one of UE type information and coverage information based on the SIB received from the network,

wherein based on the assistance information further including an SIB requested from the remote UE, the relay UE forwards an up-to-date requested SIB, and

wherein based on the assistance information not including the requested SIB and including information about a radio resource control (RRC) state of the remote UE, the relay UE forwards a required SIB corresponding to the RRC state to the remote UE.

2. A relay user equipment (UE) configured to operate in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor operably coupled with the transceiver and configured to:

receive a discovery signal from a remote UE,

establish a link with the remote UE for communicating between the remote UE and a network via the relay UE, based on the discovery signal,

receive a system information block (SIB) from the network,

receive assistance information including at least one of UE type information and coverage information, and

forward a required system information block (SIB) corresponding to the received UE type information or coverage information based on the SIB received from the network,

wherein based on the assistance information further including an SIB requested from the remote UE, the relay UE forwards an up-to-date requested SIB, and

wherein based on the assistance information not including the requested SIB and including information about a radio resource control (RRC) state of the remote UE, the relay UE forwards a required SIB corresponding to the RRC state to the remote UE.

3. The UE according to claim 2 , wherein the UE is capable of communicating with at least one of another UE, a UE related to an autonomous driving vehicle, a base station or a network.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 2, 2019
From: LEE, JAEWOOK; HONG, JONGWOO
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 050603/0886 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62487526 · Apr 20, 2017
Related Publication 20210120476A1 · Apr 22, 2021