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

Claim 12:
13. A method for wireless communication at a first cooperative user equipment (UE), comprising:
receiving, from a target UE that forms a virtual UE with the first cooperative UE, an indication that a second cooperative UE has been selected to replace the first cooperative UE within the virtual UE, the first cooperative UE being served by a first base station;
receiving, from the target UE, a first measurement of a quality of signals associated with the first cooperative UE and the first base station, a second measurement of a quality of signals associated with the second cooperative UE and a second base station, or both;
transmitting, to the first base station, a message comprising at least one of the first measurement or the second measurement;
receiving, from the first base station, an indication that a handover procedure to the second base station has been initiated for the target UE based at least in part on the message; and
transmitting, to the target UE, the indication of the handover procedure.