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US 12,193,088 · App. 18/461,803 · Granted Jan 7, 2025

Apparatuses and methods for SideLink (SL) communication in a User Equipment (UE)-to-UE relaying architecture

Inventors: Nathan Edward Tenny (San Jose, CA); Guan-Yu Lin (Hsinchu, TW); Xuelong Wang (Beijing, CN); Ming-Yuan Cheng (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: MEDIATEK SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
H04W76/14H04W76/15
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Patent No.
US 12,193,088
App. No.
18/461,803
Granted
Jan 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method executed by a relay UE is provided. The relay UE receives an incoming SideLink (SL) transmission from the first remote UE on the first RLC channel, wherein the first RLC channel is associated with an SL Radio Bearer (SLRB) ID, in which the incoming SL transmission includes the first identifier, which includes the SLRB ID and a first UE ID. The relay UE sends an outgoing SL transmission to a second remote UE on a second RLC channel according to the SLRB ID and the first UE ID.

Claims (20)

1. A method, executed by a relay User Equipment (UE), the method comprising:

receiving an incoming SideLink (SL) transmission from a first remote UE on a first RLC channel,

wherein the first RLC channel is associated with an SL Radio Bearer (SLRB) ID,

wherein the incoming SL transmission comprises a first identifier, and the first identifier comprises the SL Radio Bearer (SLRB) ID and a first UE ID; and

sending an outgoing SL transmission to a second remote UE on a second RLC channel according to the SL Radio Bearer (SLRB) ID and the first UE ID.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the outgoing SL transmission comprises the first UE ID or a second UE ID.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the first UE ID is the UE ID of the first remote UE, and the second UE ID is the UE ID of the second remote UE.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first UE ID is the UE ID of the second remote UE, and the second UE ID is the UE ID of the first remote UE.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

determining the second RLC channel for the outgoing SL transmission based on the SL Radio Bearer (SLRB) ID.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5 , further comprising:

determining the second RLC channel for the outgoing SL transmission based on the SL Radio Bearer (SLRB) ID and the first UE ID.

7. A method, executed by a first remote UE, the method comprising:

receiving an incoming SideLink (SL) transmission on a first RLC channel, wherein the first RLC channel is associated with an SL Radio Bearer (SLRB) ID, wherein the incoming SL transmission comprises the SL Radio Bearer (SLRB) ID and a first UE ID; and

sending an outgoing SL transmission on a second RLC channel according to the SL Radio Bearer (SLRB) ID.

8. The method as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the outgoing SL transmission comprises the first UE ID or a second UE ID.

9. The method as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the first UE ID is the UE ID of the second remote UE, and the second UE ID is the UE ID of the first remote UE the end-to-end identifier is indicated in the first reconfiguration complete message.

10. The method as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the first UE ID is the UE ID of the first remote UE, and the second UE ID is the UE ID of the second remote UE.

11. The method as claimed in claim 7 , further comprising:

determining the second RLC channel for the outgoing SL transmission based on the SL Radio Bearer (SLRB) ID.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 6, 2023
From: TENNY, NATHAN EDWARD; LIN, GUAN-YU; WANG, XUELONG; CHENG, MING-YUAN
To: MEDIATEK SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 064812/0709 →
Priority Claims (1)
WO PCT/CN2020/082142 · Mar 30, 2020 · international
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17995009
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