Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for Methods And Apparatuses For Supporting Connectivity Of Remote User Equipments With Relay Access Via An Interworking Function

MUMBAI, India, July 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202548069469 A) filed by Qualcomm Incorporated on July 21, 2025, for Methods And Apparatuses For Supporting Connectivity Of Remote User Equipments With Relay Access Via An Interworking Function.

Inventors include Paladugu, Karthika; Cheng, Hong; Horn, Gavin Bernard Number; Zisimopoulos, Haris; Faccin, Stefano; and Griot, Miguel Filed On.

The application for the patent was published on July 10, 2026, under issue no. 28/2026.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to wireless communications, and more particularly to providing connectivity of a PC5 remote user equipment (UE) with UE-to-network (NW) relay access to the 5G core (5GC) via an IWF (e.g., ...