Patent ID: 11910457
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a memory; and
a processor in communication with the memory and configured to cause a first wireless device to:
establish a unicast sidelink wireless connection with a second wireless device; and
perform access stratum measurements for the unicast sidelink wireless connection, wherein to perform the access stratum measurements for the unicast sidelink wireless connection, the first wireless device is further configured to:
measure a plurality of characteristics of the unicast sidelink wireless connection, wherein the plurality of characteristics of the unicast sidelink wireless connection include at least a sidelink reference signal received power (SL RSRP); and
provide a measurement report to the second wireless device based at least in part on measuring the plurality of characteristics of the unicast sidelink wireless connection;

receive, by an access stratum layer of the first wireless device, an indication from an upper layer of the first wireless device that the unicast sidelink wireless connection with the second wireless device has been released at the upper layer of the first wireless device; and
release a radio resource control connection of the unicast sidelink wireless connection with the second wireless device based at least in part on the indication from the upper layer of the first wireless device.