QUALCOMM Incorporated
PAGING OVER SIDELINK VIA A RELAY USER EQUIPMENT

Abstract:

A method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for wireless communication are provided. A second user equipment (UE) receives a paging message for a first UE from a base station while in a radio resource control (RRC) idle mode or an RRC inactive mode and transmits the paging message from the second UE to the first UE over sidelink. A method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for wireless communication at a base station are provided. The base station determines to page a first UE in an inactive state or an idle state and transmits a paging message for the first UE to a second UE in a radio resource control (RRC) idle mode or an RRC inactive mode, the paging message to be relayed to the first UE over sidelink.