公开(公告)号：US10602550B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-24

申请号：US15745868

申请日：2015-12-23

Applicant: INTEL IP CORPORATION

Inventor： Richard Burbidge ,  Sangeetha Bangolae ,  Youn Hyoung Heo ,  Kyeongin Jeong ,  Jaemin Han ,  Mo-Han Fong

IPC: H04W76/10 ,  H04W88/04

Abstract: There is are provided methods and apparatus relating to layer 2 relaying and mobility using a sidelink interface, including a remote user equipment (UE) for use in a wireless communication network, the UE comprising: a device to network (D2N) entity, a device to device (D2D) entity, and control logic to: receive a service data unit derived from an IP packet direct the service data unit to the D2N entity for communication with an eNB using a Uu interface in a first mode of operation, and direct the service data unit to the D2D entity for communication with the eNB via a first relay UE using a sidelink interface in a second, relay, mode of operation.