Layer 2 UE to UE data forwarding
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12041526B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-16

    申请号:US17593600

    申请日:2020-10-22

    Applicant: APPLE INC.

    CPC classification number: H04W40/02 H04L45/66 H04W76/11 H04W88/04

    Abstract: Systems and methods for using a relay user equipment (UE) to transport data of interest received from a first remote UE to a second remote UE on a UE to UE relay within a wireless communication system are discussed herein. These methods may be performed at Layer 2 of a protocol stack of the wireless communication system. Data packets sent on the UE to UE relay may include an adaptation header including routing information (e.g., Layer 2 addresses, a bearer-specific index, etc.) for the UE to UE relay. An adaptation layer may accordingly be provided within Layer 2 to decode these adaptation headers. In some cases, a per-bearer approach may be used to map between individual direct bearers of a hop by hop path configuration of the UE to UE relay. Embodiments eschewing the adaptation header and instead using logical channel identifiers (LCIDs) to make routing indications are also described.

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