ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,659,788, issued on June 16, was assigned to ASUSTek Computer Inc. (Taipei City, Taiwan).
"Method and apparatus for supporting UE-to-network relay communication in a wireless communication system" was invented by Li-Te Pan (Taipei City, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and device are disclosed for a relay User Equipment (UE). In one embodiment, the relay UE establishes a first layer-2 link with a first remote UE. The relay UE also establishes a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session with a network, wherein the relay UE forwards traffic of the first remote UE on the PDU session. The relay UE further establishes a second layer-2 lin...