A method for wireless communication, at a user equipment, UE, with a first proximity services, ProSe, relay candidate selected from a plurality of ProSe relay candidates, the method comprising: configuring the UE with a relay radio layer condition comprising a combination of: i.) a threshold ProSe relay-to-network reference signal received power, RSRP, or a threshold ProSe relay-to-network reference signal received quality, RSRQ, and ii.) a threshold ProSe relay-to-UE RSRP; receiving at least one ProSe discovery message from each of the plurality of ProSe relay candidates providing access to a network ; measuring a relay-to-UE RSRP of the first ProSe relay candidate ; comparing the measured relay-to-UE RSRP of the first ProSe relay candidate to the threshold relay-to-UE RSRP of the relay radio layer condition; determining that the measured relay-to-UE RSRP of the first ProSe relay candidate satisfies the threshold relay-to-UE RSRP of the relay radio layer condition; evaluating the received ProSe discovery messages with respect to the threshold ProSe relay-to-network RSRP or the threshold ProSe relay-to-network RSRQ of the relay radio layer condition, wherein the evaluating comprises identifying the first ProSe relay candidate as the most appropriate of the plurality of the ProSe relay candidates when the ProSe discovery message of the first ProSe relay candidate better satisfies the threshold ProSe relay-to-network RSRP or the threshold ProSe relay-to-network RSRQ of the relay radio layer condition than at least one other ProSe discovery message received from at least one other ProSe relay candidate of the plurality of ProSe relay candidates ; selecting the first ProSe relay candidate from the plurality of ProSe relay candidates based at least in part on the evaluating and the determining; and connecting to the network via the first ProSe relay candidate . configuring the UE with a relay radio layer condition comprising a combination of: i.) a threshold ProSe relay-to-network reference signal received power, RSRP, or a threshold ProSe relay-to-network reference signal received quality, RSRQ, and ii.) a threshold ProSe relay-to-UE RSRP; receiving at least one ProSe discovery message from each of the plurality of ProSe relay candidates providing access to a network ; measuring a relay-to-UE RSRP of the first ProSe relay candidate ; comparing the measured relay-to-UE RSRP of the first ProSe relay candidate to the threshold relay-to-UE RSRP of the relay radio layer condition; determining that the measured relay-to-UE RSRP of the first ProSe relay candidate satisfies the threshold relay-to-UE RSRP of the relay radio layer condition; evaluating the received ProSe discovery messages with respect to the threshold ProSe relay-to-network RSRP or the threshold ProSe relay-to-network RSRQ of the relay radio layer condition, wherein the evaluating comprises identifying the first ProSe relay candidate as the most appropriate of the plurality of the ProSe relay candidates when the ProSe discovery message of the first ProSe relay candidate better satisfies the threshold ProSe relay-to-network RSRP or the threshold ProSe relay-to-network RSRQ of the relay radio layer condition than at least one other ProSe discovery message received from at least one other ProSe relay candidate of the plurality of ProSe relay candidates ; selecting the first ProSe relay candidate from the plurality of ProSe relay candidates based at least in part on the evaluating and the determining; and connecting to the network via the first ProSe relay candidate . <EOS>