LAYER 2 UE TO UE DATA FORWARDING
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240064602A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-22

    申请号:US18494980

    申请日:2023-10-26

    申请人: APPLE INC.

    IPC分类号: H04W40/02 H04W76/11 H04L45/00

    摘要: 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.