User equipment (ue) routing selection policy (ursp) rules for a roaming ue

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2026046599-A1
Application number	US-202219101003-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 2, 2022
Priority date	Aug 8, 2022
Publication date	Feb 12, 2026
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present application relates to improving a roaming service. In an example, a method includes a remote user equipment (UE) receiving a discovery message from a relay UE, the discovery message indicating an ability to serve as the relay UE for the first remote UE to reach a second remote UE. The remote UE can determine whether to select the relay UE to relay a message to the second remote UE based on the discovery message. The remote UE can select the relay UE to reach the second remote UE based on the determination.

First claim

1 - 20 . (canceled)

21 . A method comprising:
receiving a message comprising first connectivity information from a first remote user equipment (UE); and generating, for transmission to the first remote UE, a first discovery message based on receiving the message, the first discovery message indicating an ability for providing an end-to-end (E2E) link with a second remote UE; and generating, for transmission to the second remote UE, a second discovery message based on receiving the message, the second discovery message indicating an ability to provide the E2E link.

22 . The method of claim 21 , further comprising:
determining connectivity with the first remote UE based on the message from the first remote UE.

23 . The method of claim 22 , wherein the connectivity to the first remote UE is determined based on having established a link with the first remote UE.

24 . The method of claim 21 , wherein the message is a first message, and the method further comprising:
receiving a second message comprising second connectivity information from the second remote UE, wherein the first message comprises connectivity information with the second remote UE, and wherein the second message comprises connectivity information for connecting with the first remote UE.

25 . The method of claim 21 , wherein the message is a first message, and the method further comprising:
receiving a second message from the first remote UE indicating seeking an E2E link with the second remote UE.

26 . The method of claim 21 , wherein the first discovery message indicates a link quality for a link with the second remote UE.

27 . The method of claim 21 , wherein the message is a first message, and the method further comprising:
receiving a second message comprising second connectivity information from the second remote UE; and combining the first message and the second message, wherein the first discovery message and the second discovery message each comprise the combination of the first message and the second message.

28 . The method of claim 21 , wherein the first discovery message comprises:
a discovery message type and a relay service code (RSC).

29 . The method of claim 21 , wherein the first discovery message further comprises:
a status indicator.

30 . A device comprising:
processor circuitry to:
receive, from a first remote user equipment (UE), a message comprising an indication that the first remote UE seeks an end-to-end (E2E) link with a second remote UE;
generate, for transmission to the second remote UE, a first discovery message that includes: the indication that the first remote UE seeks an end-to-end (E2E) link with a second remote UE; and connectivity information for the first remote UE; and
interface circuitry coupled with the processor circuitry to enable communication.

31 . The device of claim 30 , wherein the first discovery message further includes a discovery message type, a status indicator, and a relay service code (RSC).

32 . The device of claim 30 , wherein the first discovery message includes a discovery message type, device relay information, and an RSC.

33 . The device of claim 30 , wherein the second remote UE is configured to determine whether to use the device as a relay device based on the first discovery message.

34 . The device of claim 30 , wherein the device has not stored information or reaching the second remote UE prior to transmitting the first discovery message.

35 . The device of claim 30 , wherein the device has stored information to reach the second remote UE, and wherein the device transmit the first discovery message based on the stored information for reaching the second remote UE.

36 . The device of claim 30 , wherein the first discovery message further includes a local identifier for the second remote UE based on the device having a link with the second remote UE, and wherein the device is configured to use the local identifier to distinguish the second remote UE from a third remote UE that is linked the device.

37 . The device of claim 30 , wherein the first discovery message further includes a PC5 link quality based on the device and the second remote UE being sidelink (SL) connected.

38 . The device of claim 30 , wherein the first discovery message further comprises a layer 2 identifier (L 2 ID) associated with the second remote UE.

39 . One or more non-transitory, computer-readable media including stored thereon instructions that, when executed, cause a device to:
generate, for transmission to a relay user equipment (UE), a first message that includes first connectivity information for a first remote UE; and receive a second message from the relay UE, the second message including second connectivity information for a second remote UE.

40 . The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 39 , wherein the second message further comprises the first connectivity information for a first remote UE.

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Wu Zhibin
• Cheng Peng
• Gupta Vivek G
• Manithara Vamanan Sudeep
• Aghili Behrouz
• Hu Haijing

Classifications

• H04W92/18

  between terminal devices · CPC title

• H04W76/14

  Direct-mode setup · CPC title

• H04W48/20

  Selecting an access point · CPC title

• H04W88/04

  adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user · CPC title

• H04W8/005 Primary

  Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals · CPC title