Patent ID: 11895548
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 15:
16. A method, comprising:
at a remote user equipment (UE) configured to communicate with a network using a first communication link:
receiving configuration information from the network;
transmitting to the network one or more of i) measurement data corresponding to the first communication link or a second communication link or ii) preference information;
receiving radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message from the network on a Uu link, the RRC reconfiguration message comprising an indication that a communication link of the remote UE is to be switched from the Uu link to a relay link;

establishing the relay link to the relay UE; and
transmitting a RRC reconfiguration complete message to the network via the relay link.