Patent ID: 11889400
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 12:
13. A first user equipment (UE), comprising:
a processor; and
a memory storing instructions that when executed by the processor configure the first UE to perform steps comprising:
receiving information sent by a second UE, wherein the information indicates that the second UE is capable of serving as a UE to network relay UE; and
determining that the second UE is one of multiple candidate relay UEs according to the information sent by the second UE;
wherein the second UE is capable of serving as the UE to network relay UE when a link quality of a radio link between the second UE and a base station is higher than a first quality threshold;
wherein the first quality threshold is configured by the base station, or the first quality threshold is indicated by the first UE by using indication information; and
wherein the information sent by the second UE is sent by the second UE to the first UE based on the link quality of the radio link between the base station and the second UE being higher than the first quality threshold.