ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,726,894, issued on Sept. 1.

"Relay selection and re-selection assisted by discovery information" was invented by Peng Cheng (Beijing) and Karthika Paladugu (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for relay selection and reselection based on discovery information. An example method generally includes receiving, from a network entity, relay selection assistance information identifying a plurality of relay UEs available for selection by the UE; selecting a first relay UE of the plurality of relay UEs based, at least in part, on the relay selection assistance information; and con...