A serving base station connected to a remote user equipment (UE) device over a current communication path sends a conditional path switch reconfiguration message to the remote UE device. The current communication path is either an indirect communication type through at least one relay UE device or a direct communication type without relay UE devices. The conditional path switch reconfiguration message instructs the remote UE device to switch from the current communication path to an alternate communication path when a condition is met. The alternate communication path is a different communication type from the current communication type of the current communication path.