QUALCOMM Incorporated
LAYER 2 USER EQUIPMENT RELAY PROCEDURE

Abstract:

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a remote user equipment may identify a relay UE that is operating in a connected discontinuous reception mode, wherein the relay UE and the remote UE are connected to a base station, wherein the relay UE is in a discontinuous reception mode on a first link with the base station and a discontinuous reception mode or an active mode on a sidelink with the remote UE, and wherein one or more links between two or more of the remote UE, the relay UE, or the base station are radio resource control configured by the base station; and transmit one or more layer-2 communications to, or receiving one or more layer-2 communications from, the base station via the relay UE. Numerous other aspects are provided.