Patent ID: 11937144
Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 9:
10. A method for wireless communication at a second cooperative user equipment (UE), comprising:
receiving, from a target UE that forms a virtual UE with a first cooperative UE, an indication that the second cooperative UE has been selected to replace the first cooperative UE within the virtual UE, the first cooperative UE served by a first base station;
transmitting, to a second base station in a random-access channel and based at least in part on receiving the indication, a message associated with establishing a connection between the second base station and the second cooperative UE;
establishing the connection with the second base station based at least in part on transmitting the message; and
relaying, based at least in part on establishing the connection with the second base station, data received from the second base station to the target UE.