Robust xr data transfer to network with assistance
Patent Information
- Application Number
- PCT/CN2024/080267
- Authority / Receiving Office
- WO · WO
- Patent Type
- Applications
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-03-06
- Publication Date
- 2025-10-02
AI Technical Summary
Existing wireless communication systems face challenges in supporting enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) and ultra-reliable low latency communications (URLLC) services, particularly for UEs at the edge of cells, due to issues with relay selection and link quality for different types of traffic with varying quality of service (QoS) specifications in XR services.
Implementing a UE-to-Network Relay (U2N Relay) architecture that allows wireless devices to exchange information on relay capabilities and link quality for different types of traffic, enabling selective relay selection based on QoS considerations beyond reference signal received power (RSRP).
Improves the performance of XR services by optimizing relay selection for different traffic types, ensuring timely and reliable delivery of video and control data even at cell edges, thereby enhancing user experience.
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Abstract
Description
ROBUST XR DATA TRANSFER TO NETWORK WITH ASSISTANCETECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present disclosure relates generally to communication systems, and more particularly, to a data transfer for a wireless device.
[0002] INTRODUCTION
[0003] Wireless communication systems are widely deployed to provide various telecommunication services such as telephony, video, data, messaging, and broadcasts. Typical wireless communication systems may employ multiple-access technologies capable of supporting communication with multiple users by sharing available system resources. Examples of such multiple-access technologies include code division multiple access (CDMA) systems, time division multiple access (TDMA) systems, frequency division multiple access (FDMA) systems, orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) systems, single-carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) systems, and time division synchronous code division multiple access (TD-SCDMA) systems.
[0004] These multiple access technologies have been adopted in various telecommunication standards to provide a common protocol that enables different wireless devices to communicate on a municipal, national, regional, and even global level. An example telecommunication standard is 5G New Radio (NR) . 5G NR is part of a continuous mobile broadband evolution promulgated by Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) to meet new requirements associated with latency, reliability, security, scalability (e.g., with Internet of Things (IoT) ) , and other requirements. 5G NR includes services associated with enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) , massive machine type communications (mMTC) , and ultra-reliable low latency communications (URLLC) . Some aspects of 5G NR may be based on the 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) standard. There exists a need for further improvements in 5G NR technology. These improvements may also be applicable to other multi-access technologies and the telecommunication standards that employ these technologies.
[0005] BRIEF SUMMARY
[0006] The following presents a simplified summary of one or more aspects in order to provide a basic understanding of such aspects. This summary is not an extensive overview of all contemplated aspects. This summary neither identifies key or critical elements of all aspects nor delineates the scope of any or all aspects. Its sole purpose is to present some concepts of one or more aspects in a simplified form as a prelude to the more detailed description that is presented later.
[0007] In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a wireless device (e.g., a candidate relay wireless device) configured to transmit a capability indication of support for acting as a relay for at least one class of traffic at a second wireless device, receive an indication to act as the relay for the second wireless device for the at least one class of traffic, and relay the at least one class of traffic between the second wireless device and a network device.
[0008] In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a wireless device (e.g., a wireless device associated with a first application) configured to receive, from at least one candidate relay wireless device, a capability indication of support for acting as a relay for at least one class of traffic at the first wireless device. The apparatus may further be configured to transmit an indication for a second candidate relay wireless device of the at least one candidate relay wireless device to act as the relay for the first wireless device for the at least one class of traffic and communicate, in association with the at least one class of traffic, with a network device via the second candidate relay wireless device as a relay device.
[0009] To the accomplishment of the foregoing and related ends, the one or more aspects may include the features hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims. The following description and the drawings set forth in detail certain illustrative features of the one or more aspects. These features are indicative, however, of but a few of the various ways in which the principles of various aspects may be employed.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0010] FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a wireless communications system and an access network.
[0011] FIG. 2A is a diagram illustrating an example of a first frame, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.
[0012] FIG. 2B is a diagram illustrating an example of downlink (DL) channels within a subframe, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.
[0013] FIG. 2C is a diagram illustrating an example of a second frame, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.
[0014] FIG. 2D is a diagram illustrating an example of uplink (UL) channels within a subframe, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.
[0015] FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a base station and user equipment (UE) in an access network.
[0016] FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an environment of an extended reality (XR) device in accordance with some aspects of the disclosure.
[0017] FIG. 5 is a call flow diagram illustrating a method of communication associated with an XR service in accordance with some aspects of the disclosure.
[0018] FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a method of wireless communication.
[0019] FIG. 7A is a flowchart of a method of wireless communication.
[0020] FIG. 7B is a flowchart of a method of wireless communication.
[0021] FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a method of wireless communication.
[0022] FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a method of wireless communication.
[0023] FIG. 10A is a flowchart of a method of wireless communication.
[0024] FIG. 10B is a flowchart of a method of wireless communication.
[0025] FIG. 11 is a flowchart of a method of wireless communication.
[0026] FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware implementation for an example apparatus and / or network entity.DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0027] In some aspects of wireless communication XR services (or virtual reality (VR) , augmented reality (AR) , or other similar services) may be supported by wireless devices (e.g., UEs) . Wireless devices supporting XR services may communicate (e.g., transmit and / or receive) multiple concurrent data streams associated with different types of traffic including video, audio, haptic data, pose / control, and / or legacy traffic such as FTP data. The different types of traffic, in some aspects, may be associated with different quality of service (QoS) specifications related to, among others, one or more of an average data rate, a maximum tolerable packet error rate, and / or a delay deadline. In some aspects, a UE-to-Network Relay (U2N Relay) device, or architecture, may participate in, or be used for, communicating one or more types of traffic from a first UE to a network. For example, in a U2N Relay architecture or environment, a first UE (a relay UE) may act as a relay to forward traffic between network and another UE (remote UE) or vice versa. In some aspects, for U2N Relay, the link between a relay UE and a network may be UE-UTRAN (Uu) link, while the link between a relay UE and a remote UE may be a sidelink (SL) , or SL relay.
[0028] A selection and / or reselection of a relay UE, in some aspects, may be performed by a remote UE based on a reference signal received power (RSRP) measured by the remote UE in the PC5 link (e.g., associated with one of sidelink discovery RSRP (SD-RSRP) or SL-RSRP) and is agnostic to the remote UE’s traffic (e.g., may not consider other considerations related to QoS beyond the RSRP) . Accordingly, meeting a cell edge UE XR service specification has been a challenge. In some aspects, UEs at the edge of certain cells (e.g., an urban macro (UMa) cell) may not be able to deliver UL video (directly) to a base station within a delay deadline (e.g., at the cell edge there may be a low link budget and / or a low available bandwidth) . In contrast, a UE at a cell edge may be able to transfer UL video through another UE (e.g., a relay UE which is closer to the base station and / or less impacted by blockage) within the delay deadline (e.g., a UL path loss associated with the direct communication may be compensated for by the transfer) . For example, shorter distances between the UE and a relay UE and between the relay UE and the base station (e.g., when compared to the distance between the UE and the base station) may be associated with a higher link budget and / or more available bandwidth. In some aspects, UL video may tolerate more delay than other types of traffic. Additionally, in some aspects, UL pose / control may be sent directly to a base station even for a cell edge UE (e.g., a UE associated with an XR service or an XR device) as the QoS associated with pose / control information may be less stringent than for UL video or other traffic associated with an XR service. For example, pose / control information and / or data may be associated with a low data rate, and a low available bandwidth from a cell edge to a base station may not interfere with pose / control information.
[0029] In some aspects, SL and U2N relay, may be used to provide communication for UEs at a cell edge in association with XR services. However, enhancements may be needed to support XR over U2N relay. For example, one of the issues affecting supporting XR over U2N relay may involve relay selection for different types of traffic associated with the XR service with different QoS specifications. In some aspects, for example, UL video transfer from an XR device may be a demanding traffic type, which may be associated with a high quality link for both backhaul (e.g., a Uu link between a relay UE and a network) and access (e.g., a PC5 link between the relay UE and the XR device) .
[0030] Various aspects relate generally to relay selection for U2N relay supporting an XR service or device. Some aspects more specifically relate to a relay UE and remote UE (or XR device) associated with an XR service and / or application exchanging information on the relay UE’s capability to support the XR service and making a selection of one or more links and / or relay UEs for one or more types of traffic associated with the XR service and / or application. For example, the relay UE and the remote UE may exchange information regarding one or more of: XR traffic types to be supported, a Uu link (e.g., a link quality) from the relay UE to the network, a PC5 link (e.g., a link quality) between the remote UE and the relay UE, relay selection criteria for relaying XR traffic, and further considerations including different traffic going via different relay UEs. In some examples, a first wireless device (e.g., a relay UE) may be configured to transmit a capability indication of support for acting as a relay for at least one class of traffic at a second wireless device (e.g., a remote UE) , receive an indication to act as the relay for the second wireless device for the at least one class of traffic associated; and relay the at least one class of traffic between the second wireless device and a network device. The second wireless device (e.g., a remote UE) , in some aspects, may be configured to receive, from at least one candidate relay wireless device, a capability indication of support for acting as a relay for at least one class of traffic at the second wireless device, transmit an indication for a first candidate relay wireless device of the at least one candidate relay wireless device to act as the relay for the second wireless device for the at least one class of traffic, and communicate, in association with the at least one class of traffic, with a network device via the first candidate relay wireless device as a relay device.
[0031] Particular aspects of the subject matter described in this disclosure can be implemented to realize one or more of the following potential advantages. In some examples, by exchanging additional information regarding relay UEs and the different links between the different components of the network and using updated selection criteria based on the additional information, the described techniques can be used to improve the performance of an XR service and / or application.
[0032] The detailed description set forth below in connection with the drawings describes various configurations and does not represent the only configurations in which the concepts described herein may be practiced. The detailed description includes specific details for the purpose of providing a thorough understanding of various concepts. However, these concepts may be practiced without these specific details. In some instances, well known structures and components are shown in block diagram form in order to avoid obscuring such concepts.
[0033] Several aspects of telecommunication systems are presented with reference to various apparatus and methods. These apparatus and methods are described in the following detailed description and illustrated in the accompanying drawings by various blocks, components, circuits, processes, algorithms, etc. (collectively referred to as “elements” ) . These elements may be implemented using electronic hardware, computer software, or any combination thereof. Whether such elements are implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the overall system.
[0034] By way of example, an element, or any portion of an element, or any combination of elements may be implemented as a “processing system” that includes one or more processors. When multiple processors are implemented, the multiple processors may perform the functions individually or in combination. Examples of processors include microprocessors, microcontrollers, graphics processing units (GPUs) , central processing units (CPUs) , application processors, digital signal processors (DSPs) , reduced instruction set computing (RISC) processors, systems on a chip (SoC) , baseband processors, field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) , programmable logic devices (PLDs) , state machines, gated logic, discrete hardware circuits, and other suitable hardware configured to perform the various functionality described throughout this disclosure. One or more processors in the processing system may execute software. Software, whether referred to as software, firmware, middleware, microcode, hardware description language, or otherwise, shall be construed broadly to mean instructions, instruction sets, code, code segments, program code, programs, subprograms, software components, applications, software applications, software packages, routines, subroutines, objects, executables, threads of execution, procedures, functions, or any combination thereof.
[0035] Accordingly, in one or more example aspects, implementations, and / or use cases, the functions described may be implemented in hardware, software, or any combination thereof. If implemented in software, the functions may be stored on or encoded as one or more instructions or code on a computer-readable medium. Computer-readable media includes computer storage media. Storage media may be any available media that can be accessed by a computer. By way of example, such computer-readable media can include a random-access memory (RAM) , a read-only memory (ROM) , an electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM) , optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage, other magnetic storage devices, combinations of the types of computer-readable media, or any other medium that can be used to store computer executable code in the form of instructions or data structures that can be accessed by a computer.
[0036] While aspects, implementations, and / or use cases are described in this application by illustration to some examples, additional or different aspects, implementations and / or use cases may come about in many different arrangements and scenarios. Aspects, implementations, and / or use cases described herein may be implemented across many differing platform types, devices, systems, shapes, sizes, and packaging arrangements. For example, aspects, implementations, and / or use cases may come about via integrated chip implementations and other non-module-component based devices (e.g., end-user devices, vehicles, communication devices, computing devices, industrial equipment, retail / purchasing devices, medical devices, artificial intelligence (AI) -enabled devices, etc. ) . While some examples may or may not be specifically directed to use cases or applications, a wide assortment of applicability of described examples may occur. Aspects, implementations, and / or use cases may range a spectrum from chip-level or modular components to non-modular, non-chip-level implementations and further to aggregate, distributed, or original equipment manufacturer (OEM) devices or systems incorporating one or more techniques herein. In some practical settings, devices incorporating described aspects and features may also include additional components and features for implementation and practice of claimed and described aspect. For example, transmission and reception of wireless signals necessarily includes a number of components for analog and digital purposes (e.g., hardware components including antenna, RF-chains, power amplifiers, modulators, buffer, processor (s) , interleaver, adders / summers, etc. ) . Techniques described herein may be practiced in a wide variety of devices, chip-level components, systems, distributed arrangements, aggregated or disaggregated components, end-user devices, etc. of varying sizes, shapes, and constitution.
[0037] Deployment of communication systems, such as 5G NR systems, may be arranged in multiple manners with various components or constituent parts. In a 5G NR system, or network, a network node, a network entity, a mobility element of a network, a radio access network (RAN) node, a core network node, a network element, or a network equipment, such as a base station (BS) , or one or more units (or one or more components) performing base station functionality, may be implemented in an aggregated or disaggregated architecture. For example, a BS (such as a Node B (NB) , evolved NB (eNB) , NR BS, 5G NB, access point (AP) , a transmission reception point (TRP) , or a cell, etc. ) may be implemented as an aggregated base station (also known as a standalone BS or a monolithic BS) or a disaggregated base station.
[0038] An aggregated base station may be configured to utilize a radio protocol stack that is physically or logically integrated within a single RAN node. A disaggregated base station may be configured to utilize a protocol stack that is physically or logically distributed among two or more units (such as one or more central or centralized units (CUs) , one or more distributed units (DUs) , or one or more radio units (RUs) ) . In some aspects, a CU may be implemented within a RAN node, and one or more DUs may be co-located with the CU, or alternatively, may be geographically or virtually distributed throughout one or multiple other RAN nodes. The DUs may be implemented to communicate with one or more RUs. Each of the CU, DU and RU can be implemented as virtual units, i.e., a virtual central unit (VCU) , a virtual distributed unit (VDU) , or a virtual radio unit (VRU) .
[0039] Base station operation or network design may consider aggregation characteristics of base station functionality. For example, disaggregated base stations may be utilized in an integrated access backhaul (IAB) network, an open radio access network (O- RAN (such as the network configuration sponsored by the O-RAN Alliance) ) , or a virtualized radio access network (vRAN, also known as a cloud radio access network (C-RAN) ) . Disaggregation may include distributing functionality across two or more units at various physical locations, as well as distributing functionality for at least one unit virtually, which can enable flexibility in network design. The various units of the disaggregated base station, or disaggregated RAN architecture, can be configured for wired or wireless communication with at least one other unit.
[0040] FIG. 1 is a diagram 100 illustrating an example of a wireless communications system and an access network. The illustrated wireless communications system includes a disaggregated base station architecture. The disaggregated base station architecture may include one or more CUs 110 that can communicate directly with a core network 120 via a backhaul link, or indirectly with the core network 120 through one or more disaggregated base station units (such as a Near-Real Time (Near-RT) RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) 125 via an E2 link, or a Non-Real Time (Non-RT) RIC 115 associated with a Service Management and Orchestration (SMO) Framework 105, or both) . A CU 110 may communicate with one or more DUs 130 via respective midhaul links, such as an F1 interface. The DUs 130 may communicate with one or more RUs 140 via respective fronthaul links. The RUs 140 may communicate with respective UEs 104 via one or more radio frequency (RF) access links. In some implementations, the UE 104 may be simultaneously served by multiple RUs 140.
[0041] Each of the units, i.e., the CUs 110, the DUs 130, the RUs 140, as well as the Near-RT RICs 125, the Non-RT RICs 115, and the SMO Framework 105, may include one or more interfaces or be coupled to one or more interfaces configured to receive or to transmit signals, data, or information (collectively, signals) via a wired or wireless transmission medium. Each of the units, or an associated processor or controller providing instructions to the communication interfaces of the units, can be configured to communicate with one or more of the other units via the transmission medium. For example, the units can include a wired interface configured to receive or to transmit signals over a wired transmission medium to one or more of the other units. Additionally, the units can include a wireless interface, which may include a receiver, a transmitter, or a transceiver (such as an RF transceiver) , configured to receive or to transmit signals, or both, over a wireless transmission medium to one or more of the other units.
[0042] In some aspects, the CU 110 may host one or more higher layer control functions. Such control functions can include radio resource control (RRC) , packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) , service data adaptation protocol (SDAP) , or the like. Each control function can be implemented with an interface configured to communicate signals with other control functions hosted by the CU 110. The CU 110 may be configured to handle user plane functionality (i.e., Central Unit –User Plane (CU-UP) ) , control plane functionality (i.e., Central Unit –Control Plane (CU-CP) ) , or a combination thereof. In some implementations, the CU 110 can be logically split into one or more CU-UP units and one or more CU-CP units. The CU-UP unit can communicate bidirectionally with the CU-CP unit via an interface, such as an E1 interface when implemented in an O-RAN configuration. The CU 110 can be implemented to communicate with the DU 130, as necessary, for network control and signaling.
[0043] The DU 130 may correspond to a logical unit that includes one or more base station functions to control the operation of one or more RUs 140. In some aspects, the DU 130 may host one or more of a radio link control (RLC) layer, a medium access control (MAC) layer, and one or more high physical (PHY) layers (such as modules for forward error correction (FEC) encoding and decoding, scrambling, modulation, demodulation, or the like) depending, at least in part, on a functional split, such as those defined by 3GPP. In some aspects, the DU 130 may further host one or more low PHY layers. Each layer (or module) can be implemented with an interface configured to communicate signals with other layers (and modules) hosted by the DU 130, or with the control functions hosted by the CU 110.
[0044] Lower-layer functionality can be implemented by one or more RUs 140. In some deployments, an RU 140, controlled by a DU 130, may correspond to a logical node that hosts RF processing functions, or low-PHY layer functions (such as performing fast Fourier transform (FFT) , inverse FFT (iFFT) , digital beamforming, physical random access channel (PRACH) extraction and filtering, or the like) , or both, based at least in part on the functional split, such as a lower layer functional split. In such an architecture, the RU (s) 140 can be implemented to handle over the air (OTA) communication with one or more UEs 104. In some implementations, real-time and non-real-time aspects of control and user plane communication with the RU (s) 140 can be controlled by the corresponding DU 130. In some scenarios, this configuration can enable the DU (s) 130 and the CU 110 to be implemented in a cloud-based RAN architecture, such as a vRAN architecture.
[0045] The SMO Framework 105 may be configured to support RAN deployment and provisioning of non-virtualized and virtualized network elements. For non-virtualized network elements, the SMO Framework 105 may be configured to support the deployment of dedicated physical resources for RAN coverage requirements that may be managed via an operations and maintenance interface (such as an O1 interface) . For virtualized network elements, the SMO Framework 105 may be configured to interact with a cloud computing platform (such as an open cloud (O-Cloud) 190) to perform network element life cycle management (such as to instantiate virtualized network elements) via a cloud computing platform interface (such as an O2 interface) . Such virtualized network elements can include, but are not limited to, CUs 110, DUs 130, RUs 140 and Near-RT RICs 125. In some implementations, the SMO Framework 105 can communicate with a hardware aspect of a 4G RAN, such as an open eNB (O-eNB) 111, via an O1 interface. Additionally, in some implementations, the SMO Framework 105 can communicate directly with one or more RUs 140 via an O1 interface. The SMO Framework 105 also may include a Non-RT RIC 115 configured to support functionality of the SMO Framework 105.
[0046] The Non-RT RIC 115 may be configured to include a logical function that enables non-real-time control and optimization of RAN elements and resources, artificial intelligence (AI) / machine learning (ML) (AI / ML) workflows including model training and updates, or policy-based guidance of applications / features in the Near-RT RIC 125. The Non-RT RIC 115 may be coupled to or communicate with (such as via an A1 interface) the Near-RT RIC 125. The Near-RT RIC 125 may be configured to include a logical function that enables near-real-time control and optimization of RAN elements and resources via data collection and actions over an interface (such as via an E2 interface) connecting one or more CUs 110, one or more DUs 130, or both, as well as an O-eNB, with the Near-RT RIC 125.
[0047] In some implementations, to generate AI / ML models to be deployed in the Near-RT RIC 125, the Non-RT RIC 115 may receive parameters or external enrichment information from external servers. Such information may be utilized by the Near-RT RIC 125 and may be received at the SMO Framework 105 or the Non-RT RIC 115 from non-network data sources or from network functions. In some examples, the Non-RT RIC 115 or the Near-RT RIC 125 may be configured to tune RAN behavior or performance. For example, the Non-RT RIC 115 may monitor long-term trends and patterns for performance and employ AI / ML models to perform corrective actions through the SMO Framework 105 (such as reconfiguration via O1) or via creation of RAN management policies (such as A1 policies) .
[0048] At least one of the CU 110, the DU 130, and the RU 140 may be referred to as a base station 102. Accordingly, a base station 102 may include one or more of the CU 110, the DU 130, and the RU 140 (each component indicated with dotted lines to signify that each component may or may not be included in the base station 102) . The base station 102 provides an access point to the core network 120 for a UE 104. The base station 102 may include macrocells (high power cellular base station) and / or small cells (low power cellular base station) . The small cells include femtocells, picocells, and microcells. A network that includes both small cell and macrocells may be known as a heterogeneous network. A heterogeneous network may also include Home Evolved Node Bs (eNBs) (HeNBs) , which may provide service to a restricted group known as a closed subscriber group (CSG) . The communication links between the RUs 140 and the UEs 104 may include uplink (UL) (also referred to as reverse link) transmissions from a UE 104 to an RU 140 and / or downlink (DL) (also referred to as forward link) transmissions from an RU 140 to a UE 104. The communication links may use multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) antenna technology, including spatial multiplexing, beamforming, and / or transmit diversity. The communication links may be through one or more carriers. The base station 102 / UEs 104 may use spectrum up to Y MHz (e.g., 5, 10, 15, 20, 100, 400, etc. MHz) bandwidth per carrier allocated in a carrier aggregation of up to a total of Yx MHz (x component carriers) used for transmission in each direction. The carriers may or may not be adjacent to each other. Allocation of carriers may be asymmetric with respect to DL and UL (e.g., more or fewer carriers may be allocated for DL than for UL) . The component carriers may include a primary component carrier and one or more secondary component carriers. A primary component carrier may be referred to as a primary cell (PCell) and a secondary component carrier may be referred to as a secondary cell (SCell) .
[0049] Certain UEs 104 may communicate with each other using device-to-device (D2D) communication link 158. The D2D communication link 158 may use the DL / UL wireless wide area network (WWAN) spectrum. The D2D communication link 158 may use one or more sidelink channels, such as a physical sidelink broadcast channel (PSBCH) , a physical sidelink discovery channel (PSDCH) , a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) , and a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) . D2D communication may be through a variety of wireless D2D communications systems, such as for example, BluetoothTM (Bluetooth is a trademark of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) ) , Wi-FiTM (Wi-Fi is a trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance) based on the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 standard, LTE, or NR.
[0050] The wireless communications system may further include a Wi-Fi AP 150 in communication with UEs 104 (also referred to as Wi-Fi stations (STAs) ) via communication link 154, e.g., in a 5 GHz unlicensed frequency spectrum or the like. When communicating in an unlicensed frequency spectrum, the UEs 104 / AP 150 may perform a clear channel assessment (CCA) prior to communicating in order to determine whether the channel is available.
[0051] The electromagnetic spectrum is often subdivided, based on frequency / wavelength, into various classes, bands, channels, etc. In 5G NR, two initial operating bands have been identified as frequency range designations FR1 (410 MHz –7.125 GHz) and FR2 (24.25 GHz –52.6 GHz) . Although a portion of FR1 is greater than 6 GHz, FR1 is often referred to (interchangeably) as a “sub-6 GHz” band in various documents and articles. A similar nomenclature issue sometimes occurs with regard to FR2, which is often referred to (interchangeably) as a “millimeter wave” band in documents and articles, despite being different from the extremely high frequency (EHF) band (30 GHz –300 GHz) which is identified by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) as a “millimeter wave” band.
[0052] The frequencies between FR1 and FR2 are often referred to as mid-band frequencies. Recent 5G NR studies have identified an operating band for these mid-band frequencies as frequency range designation FR3 (7.125 GHz –24.25 GHz) . Frequency bands falling within FR3 may inherit FR1 characteristics and / or FR2 characteristics, and thus may effectively extend features of FR1 and / or FR2 into mid-band frequencies. In addition, higher frequency bands are currently being explored to extend 5G NR operation beyond 52.6 GHz. For example, three higher operating bands have been identified as frequency range designations FR2-2 (52.6 GHz –71 GHz) , FR4 (71 GHz –114.25 GHz) , and FR5 (114.25 GHz –300 GHz) . Each of these higher frequency bands falls within the EHF band.
[0053] With the above aspects in mind, unless specifically stated otherwise, the term “sub-6 GHz” or the like if used herein may broadly represent frequencies that may be less than 6 GHz, may be within FR1, or may include mid-band frequencies. Further, unless specifically stated otherwise, the term “millimeter wave” or the like if used herein may broadly represent frequencies that may include mid-band frequencies, may be within FR2, FR4, FR2-2, and / or FR5, or may be within the EHF band.
[0054] The base station 102 and the UE 104 may each include a plurality of antennas, such as antenna elements, antenna panels, and / or antenna arrays to facilitate beamforming. The base station 102 may transmit a beamformed signal 182 to the UE 104 in one or more transmit directions. The UE 104 may receive the beamformed signal from the base station 102 in one or more receive directions. The UE 104 may also transmit a beamformed signal 184 to the base station 102 in one or more transmit directions. The base station 102 may receive the beamformed signal from the UE 104 in one or more receive directions. The base station 102 / UE 104 may perform beam training to determine the best receive and transmit directions for each of the base station 102 / UE 104. The transmit and receive directions for the base station 102 may or may not be the same. The transmit and receive directions for the UE 104 may or may not be the same.
[0055] The base station 102 may include and / or be referred to as a gNB, Node B, eNB, an access point, a base transceiver station, a radio base station, a radio transceiver, a transceiver function, a basic service set (BSS) , an extended service set (ESS) , a TRP, network node, network entity, network equipment, or some other suitable terminology. The base station 102 can be implemented as an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node, a relay node, a sidelink node, an aggregated (monolithic) base station with a baseband unit (BBU) (including a CU and a DU) and an RU, or as a disaggregated base station including one or more of a CU, a DU, and / or an RU. The set of base stations, which may include disaggregated base stations and / or aggregated base stations, may be referred to as next generation (NG) RAN (NG-RAN) .
[0056] The core network 120 may include an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) 161, a Session Management Function (SMF) 162, a User Plane Function (UPF) 163, a Unified Data Management (UDM) 164, one or more location servers 168, and other functional entities. The AMF 161 is the control node that processes the signaling between the UEs 104 and the core network 120. The AMF 161 supports registration management, connection management, mobility management, and other functions. The SMF 162 supports session management and other functions. The UPF 163 supports packet routing, packet forwarding, and other functions. The UDM 164 supports the generation of authentication and key agreement (AKA) credentials, user identification handling, access authorization, and subscription management. The one or more location servers 168 are illustrated as including a Gateway Mobile Location Center (GMLC) 165 and a Location Management Function (LMF) 166. However, generally, the one or more location servers 168 may include one or more location / positioning servers, which may include one or more of the GMLC 165, the LMF 166, a position determination entity (PDE) , a serving mobile location center (SMLC) , a mobile positioning center (MPC) , or the like. The GMLC 165 and the LMF 166 support UE location services. The GMLC 165 provides an interface for clients / applications (e.g., emergency services) for accessing UE positioning information. The LMF 166 receives measurements and assistance information from the NG-RAN and the UE 104 via the AMF 161 to compute the position of the UE 104. The NG-RAN may utilize one or more positioning methods in order to determine the position of the UE 104. Positioning the UE 104 may involve signal measurements, a position estimate, and an optional velocity computation based on the measurements. The signal measurements may be made by the UE 104 and / or the base station 102 serving the UE 104. The signals measured may be based on one or more of a satellite positioning system (SPS) 170 (e.g., one or more of a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) , global position system (GPS) , non-terrestrial network (NTN) , or other satellite position / location system) , LTE signals, wireless local area network (WLAN) signals, Bluetooth signals, a terrestrial beacon system (TBS) , sensor-based information (e.g., barometric pressure sensor, motion sensor) , NR enhanced cell ID (NR E-CID) methods, NR signals (e.g., multi-round trip time (Multi-RTT) , DL angle-of-departure (DL-AoD) , DL time difference of arrival (DL-TDOA) , UL time difference of arrival (UL-TDOA) , and UL angle-of-arrival (UL-AoA) positioning) , and / or other systems / signals / sensors.
[0057] Examples of UEs 104 include a cellular phone, a smart phone, a session initiation protocol (SIP) phone, a laptop, a personal digital assistant (PDA) , a satellite radio, a global positioning system, a multimedia device, a video device, a digital audio player (e.g., MP3 player) , a camera, a game console, a tablet, a smart device, a wearable device, a vehicle, an electric meter, a gas pump, a large or small kitchen appliance, a healthcare device, an implant, a sensor / actuator, a display, or any other similar functioning device. Some of the UEs 104 may be referred to as IoT devices (e.g., parking meter, gas pump, toaster, vehicles, heart monitor, etc. ) . The UE 104 may also be referred to as a station, a mobile station, a subscriber station, a mobile unit, a subscriber unit, a wireless unit, a remote unit, a mobile device, a wireless device, a wireless communications device, a remote device, a mobile subscriber station, an access terminal, a mobile terminal, a wireless terminal, a remote terminal, a handset, a user agent, a mobile client, a client, or some other suitable terminology. In some scenarios, the term UE may also apply to one or more companion devices such as in a device constellation arrangement. One or more of these devices may collectively access the network and / or individually access the network.
[0058] Referring again to FIG. 1, in certain aspects, the UE 104 may have a XR relay UE component 198 that may be configured to transmit a capability indication of support for acting as a relay for at least one class of traffic associated with a first application at a second wireless device, receive an indication to act as the relay for the second wireless device for the at least one class of traffic associated with the first application, and relay traffic between the second wireless device and a network device associated with the first application. In certain aspects, the XR relay UE component 198 may be configured to receive, from at least one candidate relay wireless device, a capability indication of support for acting as a relay for at least one class of traffic associated with a first application at the first wireless device. The XR relay UE component 198 may further be configured to transmit an indication for a second candidate relay wireless device of the at least one candidate relay wireless device to act as the relay for the first wireless device for the first application and communicate, in association with the first application, with a network device via the second candidate relay wireless device as a relay device. In some aspects, the XR relay UE component 198 may be configured to perform different subsets of the actions above based on a functionality of a UE or wireless device in which it is incorporated (e.g., a virtual reality (VR) headset capable of providing an XR service may not be configured to act as a relay device but may be configured to identify potential relay UEs and select one or more relay UEs for providing the XR service) . Although the following description may be focused on 5G NR, the concepts described herein may be applicable to other similar areas, such as LTE, LTE-A, CDMA, GSM, and other wireless technologies.
[0059] FIG. 2A is a diagram 200 illustrating an example of a first subframe within a 5G NR frame structure. FIG. 2B is a diagram 230 illustrating an example of DL channels within a 5G NR subframe. FIG. 2C is a diagram 250 illustrating an example of a second subframe within a 5G NR frame structure. FIG. 2D is a diagram 280 illustrating an example of UL channels within a 5G NR subframe. The 5G NR frame structure may be frequency division duplexed (FDD) in which for a particular set of subcarriers (carrier system bandwidth) , subframes within the set of subcarriers are dedicated for either DL or UL, or may be time division duplexed (TDD) in which for a particular set of subcarriers (carrier system bandwidth) , subframes within the set of subcarriers are dedicated for both DL and UL. In the examples provided by FIGs. 2A, 2C, the 5G NR frame structure is assumed to be TDD, with subframe 4 being configured with slot format 28 (with mostly DL) , where D is DL, U is UL, and F is flexible for use between DL / UL, and subframe 3 being configured with slot format 1 (with all UL) . While subframes 3, 4 are shown with slot formats 1, 28, respectively, any particular subframe may be configured with any of the various available slot formats 0-61. Slot formats 0, 1 are all DL, UL, respectively. Other slot formats 2-61 include a mix of DL, UL, and flexible symbols. UEs are configured with the slot format (dynamically through DL control information (DCI) , or semi-statically / statically through radio resource control (RRC) signaling) through a received slot format indicator (SFI) . Note that the description infra applies also to a 5G NR frame structure that is TDD.
[0060] FIGs. 2A-2D illustrate a frame structure, and the aspects of the present disclosure may be applicable to other wireless communication technologies, which may have a different frame structure and / or different channels. A frame (10 ms) may be divided into 10 equally sized subframes (1 ms) . Each subframe may include one or more time slots. Subframes may also include mini-slots, which may include 7, 4, or 2 symbols. Each slot may include 14 or 12 symbols, depending on whether the cyclic prefix (CP) is normal or extended. For normal CP, each slot may include 14 symbols, and for extended CP, each slot may include 12 symbols. The symbols on DL may be CP orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) (CP-OFDM) symbols. The symbols on UL may be CP-OFDM symbols (for high throughput scenarios) or discrete Fourier transform (DFT) spread OFDM (DFT-s-OFDM) symbols (for power limited scenarios; limited to a single stream transmission) . The number of slots within a subframe is based on the CP and the numerology. The numerology defines the subcarrier spacing (SCS) (see Table 1) . The symbol length / duration may scale with 1 / SCS.
[0061] Table 1: Numerology, SCS, and CP
[0062] For normal CP (14 symbols / slot) , different numerologies μ 0 to 4 allow for 1, 2, 4, 8, and 16 slots, respectively, per subframe. For extended CP, the numerology 2 allows for 4 slots per subframe. Accordingly, for normal CP and numerology μ, there are 14 symbols / slot and 2μ slots / subframe. The subcarrier spacing may be equal to 2μ*15 kHz, where μ is the numerology 0 to 4. As such, the numerology μ=0 has a subcarrier spacing of 15 kHz and the numerology μ=4 has a subcarrier spacing of 240 kHz. The symbol length / duration is inversely related to the subcarrier spacing. FIGs. 2A-2D provide an example of normal CP with 14 symbols per slot and numerology μ=2 with 4 slots per subframe. The slot duration is 0.25 ms, the subcarrier spacing is 60 kHz, and the symbol duration is approximately 16.67 μs. Within a set of frames, there may be one or more different bandwidth parts (BWPs) (see FIG. 2B) that are frequency division multiplexed. Each BWP may have a particular numerology and CP (normal or extended) .
[0063] A resource grid may be used to represent the frame structure. Each time slot includes a resource block (RB) (also referred to as physical RBs (PRBs) ) that extends 12 consecutive subcarriers. The resource grid is divided into multiple resource elements (REs) . The number of bits carried by each RE depends on the modulation scheme.
[0064] As illustrated in FIG. 2A, some of the REs carry reference (pilot) signals (RS) for the UE. The RS may include demodulation RS (DM-RS) (indicated as R for one particular configuration, but other DM-RS configurations are possible) and channel state information reference signals (CSI-RS) for channel estimation at the UE. The RS may also include beam measurement RS (BRS) , beam refinement RS (BRRS) , and phase tracking RS (PT-RS) .
[0065] FIG. 2B illustrates an example of various DL channels within a subframe of a frame. The physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) carries DCI within one or more control channel elements (CCEs) (e.g., 1, 2, 4, 8, or 16 CCEs) , each CCE including six RE groups (REGs) , each REG including 12 consecutive REs in an OFDM symbol of an RB. A PDCCH within one BWP may be referred to as a control resource set (CORESET) . A UE is configured to monitor PDCCH candidates in a PDCCH search space (e.g., common search space, UE-specific search space) during PDCCH monitoring occasions on the CORESET, where the PDCCH candidates have different DCI formats and different aggregation levels. Additional BWPs may be located at greater and / or lower frequencies across the channel bandwidth. A primary synchronization signal (PSS) may be within symbol 2 of particular subframes of a frame. The PSS is used by a UE 104 to determine subframe / symbol timing and a physical layer identity. A secondary synchronization signal (SSS) may be within symbol 4 of particular subframes of a frame. The SSS is used by a UE to determine a physical layer cell identity group number and radio frame timing. Based on the physical layer identity and the physical layer cell identity group number, the UE can determine a physical cell identifier (PCI) . Based on the PCI, the UE can determine the locations of the DM-RS. The physical broadcast channel (PBCH) , which carries a master information block (MIB) , may be logically grouped with the PSS and SSS to form a synchronization signal (SS) / PBCH block (also referred to as SS block (SSB) ) . The MIB provides a number of RBs in the system bandwidth and a system frame number (SFN) . The physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) carries user data, broadcast system information not transmitted through the PBCH such as system information blocks (SIBs) , and paging messages.
[0066] As illustrated in FIG. 2C, some of the REs carry DM-RS (indicated as R for one particular configuration, but other DM-RS configurations are possible) for channel estimation at the base station. The UE may transmit DM-RS for the physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) and DM-RS for the physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) . The PUSCH DM-RS may be transmitted in the first one or two symbols of the PUSCH. The PUCCH DM-RS may be transmitted in different configurations depending on whether short or long PUCCHs are transmitted and depending on the particular PUCCH format used. The UE may transmit sounding reference signals (SRS) . The SRS may be transmitted in the last symbol of a subframe. The SRS may have a comb structure, and a UE may transmit SRS on one of the combs. The SRS may be used by a base station for channel quality estimation to enable frequency-dependent scheduling on the UL.
[0067] FIG. 2D illustrates an example of various UL channels within a subframe of a frame. The PUCCH may be located as indicated in one configuration. The PUCCH carries uplink control information (UCI) , such as scheduling requests, a channel quality indicator (CQI) , a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) , a rank indicator (RI) , and hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgment (ACK) (HARQ-ACK) feedback (i.e., one or more HARQ ACK bits indicating one or more ACK and / or negative ACK (NACK) ) . The PUSCH carries data, and may additionally be used to carry a buffer status report (BSR) , a power headroom report (PHR) , and / or UCI.
[0068] FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a base station 310 in communication with a UE 350 in an access network. In the DL, Internet protocol (IP) packets may be provided to a controller / processor 375. The controller / processor 375 implements layer 3 and layer 2 functionality. Layer 3 includes a radio resource control (RRC) layer, and layer 2 includes a service data adaptation protocol (SDAP) layer, a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer, a radio link control (RLC) layer, and a medium access control (MAC) layer. The controller / processor 375 provides RRC layer functionality associated with broadcasting of system information (e.g., MIB, SIBs) , RRC connection control (e.g., RRC connection paging, RRC connection establishment, RRC connection modification, and RRC connection release) , inter radio access technology (RAT) mobility, and measurement configuration for UE measurement reporting; PDCP layer functionality associated with header compression / decompression, security (ciphering, deciphering, integrity protection, integrity verification) , and handover support functions; RLC layer functionality associated with the transfer of upper layer packet data units (PDUs) , error correction through ARQ, concatenation, segmentation, and reassembly of RLC service data units (SDUs) , re-segmentation of RLC data PDUs, and reordering of RLC data PDUs; and MAC layer functionality associated with mapping between logical channels and transport channels, multiplexing of MAC SDUs onto transport blocks (TBs) , demultiplexing of MAC SDUs from TBs, scheduling information reporting, error correction through HARQ, priority handling, and logical channel prioritization.
[0069] The transmit (TX) processor 316 and the receive (RX) processor 370 implement layer 1 functionality associated with various signal processing functions. Layer 1, which includes a physical (PHY) layer, may include error detection on the transport channels, forward error correction (FEC) coding / decoding of the transport channels, interleaving, rate matching, mapping onto physical channels, modulation / demodulation of physical channels, and MIMO antenna processing. The TX processor 316 handles mapping to signal constellations based on various modulation schemes (e.g., binary phase-shift keying (BPSK) , quadrature phase-shift keying (QPSK) , M-phase-shift keying (M-PSK) , M-quadrature amplitude modulation (M-QAM) ) . The coded and modulated symbols may then be split into parallel streams. Each stream may then be mapped to an OFDM subcarrier, multiplexed with a reference signal (e.g., pilot) in the time and / or frequency domain, and then combined together using an Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT) to produce a physical channel carrying a time domain OFDM symbol stream. The OFDM stream is spatially precoded to produce multiple spatial streams. Channel estimates from a channel estimator 374 may be used to determine the coding and modulation scheme, as well as for spatial processing. The channel estimate may be derived from a reference signal and / or channel condition feedback transmitted by the UE 350. Each spatial stream may then be provided to a different antenna 320 via a separate transmitter 318Tx. Each transmitter 318Tx may modulate a radio frequency (RF) carrier with a respective spatial stream for transmission.
[0070] At the UE 350, each receiver 354Rx receives a signal through its respective antenna 352. Each receiver 354Rx recovers information modulated onto an RF carrier and provides the information to the receive (RX) processor 356. The TX processor 368 and the RX processor 356 implement layer 1 functionality associated with various signal processing functions. The RX processor 356 may perform spatial processing on the information to recover any spatial streams destined for the UE 350. If multiple spatial streams are destined for the UE 350, they may be combined by the RX processor 356 into a single OFDM symbol stream. The RX processor 356 then converts the OFDM symbol stream from the time-domain to the frequency domain using a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) . The frequency domain signal includes a separate OFDM symbol stream for each subcarrier of the OFDM signal. The symbols on each subcarrier, and the reference signal, are recovered and demodulated by determining the most likely signal constellation points transmitted by the base station 310. These soft decisions may be based on channel estimates computed by the channel estimator 358. The soft decisions are then decoded and deinterleaved to recover the data and control signals that were originally transmitted by the base station 310 on the physical channel. The data and control signals are then provided to the controller / processor 359, which implements layer 3 and layer 2 functionality.
[0071] The controller / processor 359 can be associated with at least one memory 360 that stores program codes and data. The at least one memory 360 may be referred to as a computer-readable medium. In the UL, the controller / processor 359 provides demultiplexing between transport and logical channels, packet reassembly, deciphering, header decompression, and control signal processing to recover IP packets. The controller / processor 359 is also responsible for error detection using an ACK and / or NACK protocol to support HARQ operations.
[0072] Similar to the functionality described in connection with the DL transmission by the base station 310, the controller / processor 359 provides RRC layer functionality associated with system information (e.g., MIB, SIBs) acquisition, RRC connections, and measurement reporting; PDCP layer functionality associated with header compression / decompression, and security (ciphering, deciphering, integrity protection, integrity verification) ; RLC layer functionality associated with the transfer of upper layer PDUs, error correction through ARQ, concatenation, segmentation, and reassembly of RLC SDUs, re-segmentation of RLC data PDUs, and reordering of RLC data PDUs; and MAC layer functionality associated with mapping between logical channels and transport channels, multiplexing of MAC SDUs onto TBs, demultiplexing of MAC SDUs from TBs, scheduling information reporting, error correction through HARQ, priority handling, and logical channel prioritization.
[0073] Channel estimates derived by a channel estimator 358 from a reference signal or feedback transmitted by the base station 310 may be used by the TX processor 368 to select the appropriate coding and modulation schemes, and to facilitate spatial processing. The spatial streams generated by the TX processor 368 may be provided to different antennas 352 via separate transmitters 354Tx. Each transmitter 354Tx may modulate an RF carrier with a respective spatial stream for transmission.
[0074] The UL transmission is processed at the base station 310 in a manner similar to that described in connection with the receiver function at the UE 350. Each receiver 318Rx receives a signal through its respective antenna 320. Each receiver 318Rx recovers information modulated onto an RF carrier and provides the information to a RX processor 370.
[0075] The controller / processor 375 can be associated with at least one memory 376 that stores program codes and data. The at least one memory 376 may be referred to as a computer-readable medium. In the UL, the controller / processor 375 provides demultiplexing between transport and logical channels, packet reassembly, deciphering, header decompression, control signal processing to recover IP packets. The controller / processor 375 is also responsible for error detection using an ACK and / or NACK protocol to support HARQ operations.
[0076] At least one of the TX processor 368, the RX processor 356, and the controller / processor 359 may be configured to perform aspects in connection with the XR relay UE component 198 of FIG. 1.
[0077] In some aspects of wireless communication XR services may be supported by wireless devices (e.g., UEs) . Wireless devices supporting XR services may communicate (e.g., transmit and / or receive) multiple concurrent data streams associated with different types of traffic including video, audio, haptic data, pose / control, and / or legacy traffic such as FTP data. The different types of traffic, in some aspects, may have different QoS specifications related to, among others, one or more of an average data rate, a maximum tolerable packet error rate, and / or a delay deadline. In some aspects, a U2N Relay device, or architecture, may participate in, or be used for, communicating one or more types of traffic from a first UE to a network. For example, in a U2N Relay architecture or environment, a first UE (a relay UE) may act as a relay to forward traffic between network and another UE (remote UE) or vice versa. In some aspects, for U2N Relay, the link between a relay UE and a network may be Uu, while the link between a relay UE and a remote UE may be a SL, or SL relay.
[0078] A selection and / or reselection of a relay UE, in some aspects, may be performed by a remote UE based on a RSRP measured by the remote UE in the PC5 link (e.g., associated with one of SD-RSRP or SL-RSRP) and is agnostic to the remote UE’s traffic (e.g., may not consider other considerations related to QoS beyond the RSRP) . Accordingly, meeting a cell edge UE XR service specification has been a challenge. In some aspects, UEs at the edge of certain cells (e.g., a UMa cell) may not be able to deliver UL video (directly) to a base station within a delay deadline (e.g., at the cell edge there may be a low link budget and / or a low available bandwidth) . In contrast, a UE at a cell edge may be able to transfer UL video through another UE (e.g., a relay UE which is closer to the base station and / or less impacted by blockage) within the delay deadline (e.g., a UL path loss associated with the direct communication may be compensated for by the transfer) . For example, shorter distances between the UE and a relay UE and between the relay UE and the base station (e.g., when compared to the distance between the UE and the base station) may be associated with a higher link budget and / or more available bandwidth. In some aspects, UL video may tolerate more delay than other types of traffic. Additionally, in some aspects, UL pose / control may be sent directly to a base station even for a cell edge UE (e.g., a UE associated with an XR service or an XR device) as the QoS associated with pose / control information may be less stringent than for UL video or other traffic associated with an XR service. For example, pose / control information and / or data may be associated with a low data rate, and a low available bandwidth from a cell edge to a base station may not interfere with pose / control information.
[0079] In some aspects, SL and U2N relay, may be used to provide communication for UEs at a cell edge in association with XR services. However, enhancements may be needed to support XR over U2N relay. For example, one of the issues affecting supporting XR over U2N relay may involve relay selection for different types of traffic associated with the XR service with different QoS specifications. In some aspects, for example, UL video transfer from an XR device may be a demanding traffic type, which may be associated with a high quality link for both backhaul (e.g., a Uu link between a relay UE and a network) and access (e.g., a PC5 link between the relay UE and the XR device) .
[0080] Various aspects relate generally to relay selection for U2N relay supporting an XR service or device. Some aspects more specifically relate to a relay UE and remote UE (or XR device) associated with an XR service and / or application exchanging information on the relay UE’s capability to support the XR service and making a selection of one or more links and / or relay UEs for one or more types of traffic associated with the XR service and / or application. For example, the relay UE and the remote UE may exchange information regarding one or more of: XR traffic types to be supported, a Uu link (e.g., a link quality) from the relay UE to the network, a PC5 link (e.g., a link quality) between the remote UE and the relay UE, relay selection criteria for relaying XR traffic, and further considerations including different traffic going via different relay UEs.
[0081] FIG. 4 is a diagram 400 illustrating an environment of an XR device 408 in accordance with some aspects of the disclosure. While the discussion below uses the terms XR service and / or XR application, the discussion may apply to an AR or VR service and / or AR or VR application associated with similar types (or classes) or traffic. In some aspects, the XR device 408 may be one of a wireless device or a UE associated with an XR service and / or an XR application (e.g., providing, or executing, the XR service and / or the XR application) . The XR service and / or XR application may be associated with multiple types of traffic associated with different desired QoS characteristics as discussed above. For example, diagram 400 illustrates an XR device 408 in communication with a base station 402B. Diagram 400 further illustrates a set of candidate relay UEs, e.g., the set of UEs including UE 404, UE 405, and UE 406. The set of candidate relay UEs, in some aspects, may include a first subset of UEs (e.g., UEs 404 and UE 405) associated with a base station 402A and a second subset of UEs (e.g., UE 406) associated with the base station 402B. The different elements illustrated in diagram 400, in some aspects, may exchange information regarding one or more of support for acting as a relay UE, a request for a relay UE, a type of traffic associated with the request for the relay, or a capability to support particular types of traffic (e.g., types of XR traffic) .
[0082] Based on the exchanged information, the XR device 408 may select one or more of the UEs, such as UE 404, to act as a relay for a first type of traffic (e.g., XR traffic A 410) while determining to communicate directly with a base station (e.g., base station 402B) in association with a second type of traffic (e.g., XR traffic B 420) . For example, the first type of traffic may be associated with UL video with strict QoS thresholds and the second type of traffic may be pose / control traffic with less strict thresholds. In some aspects, additional types of traffic may be communicated to (or from) the network via the UE 404, or other relay UEs such as UE 405 or UE 406.
[0083] As will be discussed in further detail below in relation to FIG. 5 a candidate U2N relay UE (e.g., UE 404 to 406) may indicate its relay capability for XR service to other UEs or XR devices (e.g., XR device 408) . The indication may allow a remote (XR) UE or XR device to be aware of whether a relay UE can support relaying for XR service between the remote UE (e.g., the XR device 408) and the network (e.g., via one of the base stations 402A or 402B) . In some aspects, the indication may be carried in a relay discovery related message. For example, for a first mode or model (e.g., Model A) of U2N relay discovery, a candidate relay UE may transmit a U2N Relay Discovery Announcement message (and / or in a U2N Relay Information message) . The U2N relay XR service capability may be indicated based on an existing field, such as a Relay Service Code (where a particular relay service code may be used to identify XR service over U2N Relay) or based on Announcer Information (e.g., a user information identifier) that may be used to identify XR service over U2N Relay. For a second mode or model (e.g., Model B) of U2N relay discovery, the remote UE (e.g., XR device 408) may transmit a U2N Relay Discovery Solicitation message. The solicitation message may simply indicate a request for a relay UE, or the solicitation message, in some aspects, may indicate that the remote UE’s relay request is for XR service. The indication that the remote UE’s relay request is for XR service may be carried in and / or identified by existing fields or elements of a solicitation message, e.g., Discoverer Information, a Relay Service Code, or Target Information. The relay UE (s) (e.g., one or more of UE 404-406) may respond to the Solicitation message by transmitting a U2N Relay Discovery Response message. In some aspects, the relay UE may transmit the Response message to the remote UE by matching the remote UE’s XR service request. In either the first or second mode or model of U2N relay discovery, a new field may be introduced in relay discovery related messages (e.g., an Announcement message, a Solicitation message, a Response message, or other U2N relay discover related messages) for identifying XR service. In some aspects, a dedicated destination Layer-2 ID may be used to identify XR service. The dedicated destination Layer-2 ID (together with a self-selected source Layer-2 ID) which identifies XR service support over U2N Relay, in some aspects, may be used for transmitting and / or receiving relay discovery related messages (e.g., an Announcement message, a Solicitation message, a Response message, etc. ) .
[0084] In some aspects, the relay discovery related messages may further identify supported XR traffic types. Before identifying the supported XR traffic types, one or more of the remote UE (e.g., XR device 408) , the relay UEs (e.g., one of UE 404 to 406) , or the network (e.g., a base station 402A or 402B) , may determine XR traffic types that can be supported over a candidate relay UE’s Uu link. In some aspects, the determination of the supported XR traffic types may include at least determining whether one or more specific XR traffic types (e.g., UL / DL video, UL / DL audio, haptic data, UL pose / control, etc. ) can be supported. The determination, in some aspects, may include determining a list of XR traffic types that can be supported (UL video, UL pose / control, etc. ) . In some aspects, the determination may be based at least on the candidate relay UE’s Uu link quality (e.g., an RSRP, an reference signal received quality (RSRQ) , a signal to interference and noise ratio (SINR) , a latency, etc. ) . The determination by a candidate relay UE may also be based on the link quality with the remote (XR) UE (e.g., the quality of the PC5 link associated with SL communication) . Additionally, the determination, in some aspects, may be based on the different characteristics (e.g., minimum or maximum thresholds for throughput, reliability, latency, etc. ) associated with the different XR traffic types.
[0085] The determination, in some aspects, may be performed by the network (e.g., a network associated with a base station 402A or 402B) or a candidate relay UE (e.g., a UE 404 to 406) . For example, the network may determine XR traffic types that can be supported by each of the candidate relay UEs, e.g., based on the candidate relay UE’s UL (or DL) link quality. The network may then indicate the supported XR traffic types for each candidate relay UE to the corresponding relay UE in an AS layer message (L2 / L3, e.g., RRC) . In some aspects, the determination may be made based on a request from a candidate relay UE or a relay capability report (e.g., a report or indication from a relay UE to a network of a capability, generally, to relay XR traffic) . A relay UE (e.g., a UE 404 to 406) , in some aspects, may determine the XR traffic types that can be supported based on a link quality with the network (e.g., a Uu link with base station 402A or 402B) . In some aspects, the determination may be based on measurements and / or evaluations made at the relay UE.
[0086] In some aspects, a candidate relay UE (e.g., UE 404 to 406) may indicate supported XR traffic types (e.g., UL / DL video, UL / DL audio, haptic data, UL pose / control, etc. ) to a remote (XR) UE (e.g., XR device 408) via a SL communication (e.g., via a PC5 link) . The indication of the supported XR traffic types, in some aspects, may be based on a set of benchmark link quality indications associated with the XR traffic types. For example, the characteristics of a first type of XR traffic may also be associated with different types of non-XR traffic and the indication may indicate support for a first class of traffic including the XR traffic and the non-XR traffic that shares the characteristics (e.g., threshold values for throughput, latency, error rates, etc. ) . The indication of the supported XR traffic types (or traffic classes) , in some aspects, may be used to perform a UE relay selection and / or reselection at a remote (XR) UE (e.g., the XR device 408) . In some aspects, the indication of the supported XR traffic types may be provided during U2N relay discovery (e.g., within U2N relay discovery related messages such as an announcement message or a response message) . For example, a U2N relay discovery message transmitted by a candidate relay UE may indicate one or more XR traffic types supported by the candidate relay UE’s link with the network (e.g., a Uu link between the candidate relay UE and an associated base station) .
[0087] The indication of the supported XR traffic types, in some aspects, may be transmitted after relay discovery (e.g., the identification of the candidate relay UEs) . For example, a remote (XR) UE may first determine the candidate relay UEs based on U2N relay discovery messages and then may transmit a query and / or request (over the SL) regarding the capability to support XR traffic. The query and / or request may be for one or more particular types of XR traffic or for a list of supported types of XR traffic) . The query and / or request, in some aspects, may be associated with L2 or L3, e.g., an RRC message (PC5 RRC) . Based on the query and / or request regarding the capability to support XR traffic, the candidate relay UE (s) may transmit a list of supported XR traffic types or an indication of support (or lack of support) for a specific XR traffic type to the remote (XR) device.
[0088] A remote (XR) UE, in some aspects, may select a relay UE of the candidate relay UEs based on a first indication that the relay UE supports U2N relay (e.g., generally or specifically for XR service) and an additional indication that a desired type of XR traffic is supported. The selection, in some aspects, may further be based on a measurement and / or evaluation of the link (e.g., a PC5 link or SL) between the remote (XR) UE and the candidate relay UEs. For example, the remote (XR) UE may select a particular candidate relay UE for a particular type of XR traffic (a particular XR data stream) based on having at least a threshold link quality (e.g., an RSRP, an SINR, a throughput, a latency, etc. ) for the SL communication and the UL / DL communication between the candidate relay UE and the network (where the link quality of the UL / DL communication may be indicated to be above the threshold link quality by the indication to support the particular type of XR traffic or a related class of traffic) .
[0089] In some aspects, a candidate relay UE may indicate supported XR traffic types based on the quality of it links with a network (e.g., its Uu link quality) . The remote XR device may then determine and / or evaluate whether the SL link (e.g., the PC5 link) with the candidate relay UE can support the traffic types. The remote (XR) UE (e.g., the XR device 408) may perform relay selection based on the indicated support and the SL link quality. As discussed above, in some aspects, a candidate relay UE may indicate supported XR traffic types based on both its link with the network (e.g., a Uu link quality) and its link with the remote (XR) UE (e.g., a PC5 link quality) , and indicate that to remote XR UE. The remote XR device may then perform a relay UE selection based on whether the desired traffic types are supported by the candidate relay UE (s) . Generally, factors that may be considered for evaluating whether certain XR traffic type can be supported over a relay link (e.g., a link from a remote (XR) UE to a relay UE to a network and / or a base station) may include a load of the relay UE’s anchor cell, the relay UE’s Uu link quality (e.g., associated with CSI, bit error rate (BER) , latency, etc. ) , and a PC5 link quality (e.g., associated with CSI, BER, latency, etc. ) between the relay UE and the remote (XR) UE.
[0090] In some aspects, the remote (XR) UE may select different relay UEs for different XR traffic types. A relay UE that supports a larger number of XR traffic types (concurrently) , in some aspects, may have higher priority to be selected than other relay UEs (to reduce number of PC5 connections at the XR UE) . In some aspects, a relay selection may be per traffic type such that the remote (XR) UE may select a relay UE or a base station for a specific XR traffic type if that relay UE or base station provides better service for that XR traffic type (e.g., to maximize communication performance) . A direct communication with a base station (e.g., a Uu link with a base station) , in some aspects, may have higher priority than communication via a relay UE. For example, if a first type of XR traffic (e.g., XR traffic type A 410) is supported by a first relay UE (e.g., UE 404) , and a second type of XR traffic (e.g., traffic type B 420) is supported by the first relay UE and a direct communication with a base station (e.g., by a direct Uu link between XR device 408 and base station 402B) , the direct communication may be prioritized for the second type of XR traffic (e.g., traffic type B 420) may be transferred over the direct link between the remote (XR) UE (e.g., XR device 408) and the base station (e.g., base station 402B) and the first traffic type (e.g., traffic type A 410) may be transferred over the U2N relay (e.g., via UE 404 and base station 402A) .
[0091] Relay selection and / or reselection, in some aspects, may also consider a relay UE’s capability to support simultaneous (or overlapping) transmission of multiple streams of one or more types of (XR) traffic. For example, relay selection may be performed for a left eye video stream and a right eye video stream and the relay selection may select different relay UEs for the different streams (e.g., if neither relay UE has the bandwidth to support both data streams) and the remote (XR) UE may select the relay UEs from the set of candidate relay UEs supporting a single-eye video stream such that jitter is minimized. In some aspects, relay selection may consider an identity of an anchor base station such that relay UEs connected to a same base station may be prioritized over relay UEs connected to different base stations (where the candidate relay UEs indicate a cell association to the remote (XR) UE) . One or more characteristics of the SL connection (e.g., a PC5 link RSRP) may be used for relay selection in some aspects. For example, when two candidate relay UEs support a same XR traffic type, an RSRP of the two PC5 links may be used for relay selection (e.g., the remote (XR) UE may select the candidate relay UE associated with the higher RSRP) .
[0092] FIG. 5 is a call flow diagram 500 illustrating a method of communication associated with an XR service in accordance with some aspects of the disclosure. The method is illustrated in relation to a set of base stations including a first base station 502A and a second base station 502B (e.g., as examples of a network device or network node that may include one or more components of a disaggregated base station) in communication with a set of candidate relay UEs (including a UE 504, a UE 505, and a UE 506) and a UE or XR device associated with an XR service such as UE 508 (e.g., where a UE is used as an example of a wireless device that may serve as a relay or XR device) . The functions ascribed to the first base station 502A or the second base station 502B, in some aspects, may be performed by one or more components of a network entity, a network node, or a network device (a single network entity / node / device or a disaggregated network entity / node / device as described above in relation to FIG. 1) . Similarly, the functions ascribed to the UEs 504 to 508, in some aspects, may be performed by one or more components of a wireless device supporting communication with a network entity / node / device. Accordingly, references to “transmitting” in the description below may be understood to refer to a first component of a base station (or UE) outputting (or providing) an indication of the content of the transmission to be transmitted by a different component of the base station (or UE) . Similarly, references to “receiving” in the description below may be understood to refer to a first component of the base station (or UE) receiving a transmitted signal and outputting (or providing) the received signal (or information based on the received signal) to a different component of the base station (or UE) .
[0093] The UE 504, 505, 506, and 508, the first base station 502A, and the second base station 502B may exchange a set of RS 510. In some aspects, the set of RS 510 may include a subset of RS that may be exchanged between the UE 508 and the candidate relay UEs (e.g., UEs 504 to 506) to measure and / or determine a link quality (e.g., an RSRP, an SINR, a throughput, a latency, etc. ) associated with SL communication (e.g., a PC5 link) between the UE 508 and each of the UEs 504 to 506. The set of RS 510 may additionally, or alternatively, include a subset of RS exchanged between the UEs 504 and 505 (or UE 506 and 508) and a first base station 502A (or a second base station 502B) to which they are connected to measure and / or determine a link quality (e.g., an RSRP, an SINR, a throughput, a latency, etc. ) associated with UL / DL communication (e.g., a Uu link) between the UEs 504 and 505 (or UE 506 and 508) and the first base station 502A (or a second base station 502B) . While illustrated as being exchanged as a set of RS 510 at the beginning of the method, the set of RS may be distributed and / or repeated over time. Additionally, while illustrated as a set of RS, the set of RS are representative of, and may include or refer to, any transmissions used to assess link quality.
[0094] In some aspects, the UE 508 may transmit, and the UEs 504 to 506 may receive, a message 512 (e.g., a U2N relay discovery solicitation message) requesting for the UEs 504 to 506 (and any other candidate relay UEs not shown) to indicate whether they support acting as a relay generally or, in some aspects, acting as a relay for an XR service specifically. In response to the message 512, each of the UEs 504 to 506 may transmit, and the UE 508 (and the first base station 502A and the second base station 502B) may receive, a support indication 514 (e.g., a U2N relay discovery response message) that, in some aspects, may indicate that it is in response to the message 512 (e.g., by matching and / or incorporating an identifier of the message 512) . In some aspects, the message 512 may not be transmitted and the support indication 514 may be an unsolicited announcement message (e.g., a U2N relay discovery announcement message) transmitted by the UEs 504 to UE 406 indicating support for acting as a relay (generally or specifically for an XR service) .
[0095] In some aspects, the support indication 514 may indicate a support for acting as a relay (e.g., acting as a relay generally or for an XR service) without indicating support for specific types of traffic. In some aspects, a message 512 and / or a support indication 514 may indicate an association with an XR service via announcer information, discoverer information, a relay service code, target information, an XR-specific field (e.g., a newly added, or repurposed, field) , or other information as appropriate for the type of message. U2N discovery related messages related to an XR service, in some aspects, may be associated with a dedicated destination L2 ID (where an L2 source ID may be self-selected by a UE and not indicate an association with an XR service) .
[0096] If the support indication 514 indicates support for an XR service, the UE 508 may transmit, and the UEs 504 to 506 and the first base station 502A and the second base station 502B may receive, a capability message 516 (e.g., a U2N relay discovery solicitation message) requesting (or querying for) an indication of supported XR traffic types. In some aspects, the capability message 516 may include an indication of one or more specific type (s) of XR traffic for which the UE 508 may select a relay UE and / or a request for a list of supported XR traffic types. The capability message 516 in some aspects, may be transmitted via SL communication (e.g., via a PC5 link) and may be transmitted via an L2 or L3 (e.g., RRC or PC5 RRC) message.
[0097] Based on the capability message 516, one or more of the UEs 504 to 506, the first base station 502A, or the second base station 502B, may determine, at 518, support for one or more types of XR traffic (e.g., a set of requested types of XR traffic, a list of supported types of XR traffic, or a determination of support for each of a known set of XR traffic types) . In some aspects, the determination at 518 may be based on a link quality between a base station (e.g., the first base station 502A or the second base station 502B) and a connected candidate relay UE (e.g., one of the UEs 504 to 506) . For example, based on a subset of the set of RS 510, a link quality may be evaluated and / or determined, e.g., based on an RSRP, an SINR, CSI, a BER, a block error rate (BLER) , latency, etc., for (1) a link (e.g., a Uu link) between a candidate relay UE such as one of UE 504 to 506 and a base station such as the first base station 502A or the second base station 502B and / or (2) a link (e.g., a SL or PC5 link) between a candidate relay UE such as one of UE 504 to 506 and the UE 508 (e.g., an XR device) .
[0098] For the link between the candidate relay UE and the base station, the determination at 518 may be made (or performed) by the candidate relay UE (e.g., the UE 504 to 506) or may be made (or performed) by the network (e.g., one of the first base station 502A or the second base station 502B) and communicated to the candidate relay UE. In some aspects, to determine the support for specific types of XR traffic at 518, the candidate relay UEs (e.g., UEs 504 to 506) may transmit a request to a connected base station (e.g., the first base station 502A or the second base station 502B) for the network to determine the support for specific types of XR traffic. The network (e.g., the first base station 502A or the second base station 502B) , in some aspects, may, based on receiving the support indication 514, determine the support for specific types of XR traffic at 518. In aspects, in which the network determines the supported types of XR traffic, the network (e.g., one of the first base station 502A or the second base station 502B) may transmit, and a corresponding and / or connected candidate relay UE (e.g., a connected one of the UEs 504 to 506) may receive, an indication of the support for one or more types of XR traffic.
[0099] In some aspects, the determination of the supported XR traffic types at 518 may be based on the link quality between the candidate relay UE (e.g., one of UEs 504 to 506) and the network (e.g., the first base station 502A or the second base station 502B) . For example, the supported XR traffic types determined at 518, in some aspects, may be XR traffic types supported by the link (e.g., the Uu link) between the candidate relay UE (e.g., one of UEs 504 to 506) and the network (e.g., the first base station 502A or the second base station 502B) without consideration of the link (e.g., the SL or PC5 link) between the candidate relay UE (e.g., one of UEs 504 to 506) and the remote (XR) UE (e.g., the UE 508) . The determination of the supported XR traffic types at 518, in some aspects, may further be based on the link quality between the candidate relay UE (e.g., one of UEs 504 to 506) and the remote (XR) UE (e.g., the UE 508) . For example, the supported XR traffic types determined at 518, in some aspects, may be XR traffic types supported by the combination of the links (e.g., the link between the remote UE and the candidate relay UE and the link between the candidate relay UE and the base station) connecting the remote (XR) UE (e.g., the UE 508) and the network (e.g., one of the first base station 502A or the second base station 502B) .
[0100] Based on the capability message 516 and the determination of the supported XR traffic types at 518, the candidate relay UEs (e.g., the UEs 504 to 506) may transmit, and the remote (XR) UE (e.g., UE 508) may receive, a capability indication 520 indicating support for one or more types of XR traffic. For example, the capability indication 520 may include a list of supported types of XR traffic, an indication of support for each of a known list of XR traffic types (e.g., a bitmap) , or an indication of support for a specific set of one or more XR traffic types indicated in one or more of message 512 or capability message 516. In some aspects, the indication of support for different types of XR traffic may be via an indication of support for one or more classes of traffic that include one or more types of XR traffic. The indication of support for different types of XR traffic, in some aspects, may include an indication of one or more characteristics of the link (or a link quality) between the candidate relay UE (e.g., the UEs 504 to 506) and the network (e.g., one of the first base station 502A or the second base station 502B) . For example, a candidate relay UE (e.g., one of the UEs 504 to 506) may indicate a signal strength or quality (e.g., an RSRP, an RSRQ, an SINR) along with other characteristics of the link (e.g., a measure of current traffic, available bandwidth, etc. ) between the candidate relay UE and the network. While discussed above as two separate sets of messages, in some aspects, the contents of the message 512 and the capability message 516 may be included in a single and / or combined solicitation message and the content of the support indication 514 and the capability indication 520 may be included in a single and / or combined capability indication, where the determination of the supported XR traffic types may be performed in response to the single and / or combined solicitation message.
[0101] The UE 508, at 522, may select one or more relay devices from the candidate relay UEs (e.g., including the UEs 504 to 506) for one or more XR traffic types. The selection at 522, in some aspects, may be based on the indicated support for XR traffic types received in the capability indication 520 received from each of the candidate relay UEs. In some aspects, the selection at 522 may further include determining and / or evaluating a link quality of a link (e.g., a SL or PC5 link) between the UE 508 and each of the one or more candidate relay UEs (e.g., including the UEs 504 to 506) . In some aspects, the selection may further include consideration of a load of an anchor cell associated with a candidate relay UE. The UE 508, in some aspects, may select a different relay UE for different types of XR traffic.
[0102] Relay selection (or reselection) at 522, in some aspects, may also consider a relay UE’s capability to support simultaneous (or overlapping) transmission of multiple streams of one or more types of (XR) traffic. For example, relay selection may be performed for a left eye video stream and a right eye video stream and the relay selection at 522 may select a different relay UE (e.g., of the UE 504 to 506) for the different streams (e.g., if neither relay UE has the bandwidth to support both data streams) and the UE 508 (e.g., a remote (XR) UE) may select the relay UEs from the set of candidate relay UEs (e.g., including UEs 504 to 506) supporting a single-eye video stream such that jitter is minimized. In some aspects, the relay selection at 522 may consider an identity of an anchor base station (e.g., one of the first base station 502A or the second base station 502B) such that relay UEs (e.g., UE 504 and 505) connected to a same base station (e.g., the first base station 502A) may be prioritized over relay UEs connected to different base stations (where the candidate relay UEs indicate a cell association to the UE 508 in one of support indication 514 or capability indication 520) . One or more characteristics of the SL connection (e.g., a PC5 link RSRP) may be used for relay selection at 522 in some aspects. For example, when two candidate relay UEs support a same XR traffic type, an RSRP of the two PC5 links may be used for relay selection (e.g., the UE 508 may select the candidate relay UE associated with the higher RSRP) .
[0103] Based on the selection at 522, the UE 508 may transmit, and the UE 505 may receive, an indication 524 of a selection of the UE 505 to serve as a relay for a first type of XR traffic. Similarly, based on the selection at 522, the UE 508 may transmit, and the UE 504 may receive, an indication 526 of a selection of the UE 504 to serve as a relay for a second type of XR traffic. In some aspects, the selection of the UEs 505 and 504 for the first type of XR traffic and the second type of XR traffic, respectively, may be based on the UEs 504 and 505 being connected to a same base station (e.g., the first base station 502A) . The selection at 522 may also include a selection of the direct link (e.g., a Uu link) with the second base station 502B for a third type of XR traffic. Accordingly, the UE may transmit (1) XR traffic of the first type 528 to the UE 505 for relaying to the first base station 502A, (2) XR traffic of the second type 530 to the UE 504 for relaying to the first base station 502A, and (3) XR traffic of the third type 532 to the second base station 502B.
[0104] FIG. 6 is a flowchart 600 of a method of wireless communication. The method may be performed by a first wireless device such as a UE (e.g., the UE 104, 404 to 406, 504 to 506; the apparatus 1204) . In some aspects, the UE (the first wireless device) may receive, from a second wireless device (e.g., an XR UE such as the UE 508 of FIG. 5) , a request to indicate a capability of support for acting as a relay for traffic associated with the second wireless device. The request, in some aspects, may identify at least one class of traffic (e.g., a first class of traffic associated with UL video data, a second class of traffic associated with UL pose data, or a third class of traffic associated with UL control data, or at least one class of traffic associated with at least one set of characteristics of the at least one class of traffic) . The identification of the at least one class of traffic may be via at least one of information regarding the second wireless device, a service code, or information regarding a requested relay device. For example, referring to FIG. 5, the UE 504 (or one of UE 505 or UE 506) may receive a capability message 516. After receiving the request at, the UE may proceed to determine the types of supported traffic or to transmit a capability indication at 612.
[0105] In some aspects, instead of the request to indicate a capability of support for acting as a relay for traffic associated with the second wireless device, the UE (the first wireless device) may receive, from a second wireless device (e.g., an XR UE such as the UE 508 of FIG. 5) , a request to indicate support for acting as a relay for traffic associated with the second wireless device. The request, in some aspects, may be for an indication of support for acting as a relay generally or, in some aspects, acting as a relay for an XR service specifically. For example, referring to FIG. 5, the UE 504 (or one of UE 505 or UE 506) may receive a message 512.
[0106] In response to the request to indicate support for acting as a relay for traffic, in some aspects, the UE may transmit a first indication of support for acting as a relay for traffic associated with the second wireless device. The indication of support, in some aspects, may include an indication of support for acting as a relay generally or, in some aspects, acting as a relay for an XR service specifically. For example, referring to FIG. 5, the UE 504 (or one of UE 505 or UE 506) may transmit the support indication 514. Based on the indicated support for acting as a relay for traffic associated with the second wireless device, the UE may receive, from the second wireless device, an additional request to identify support for acting as the relay for at least one class of traffic at the second wireless device. The at least one class of traffic may be associated with an XR service and, in some aspects, may be a first class of traffic associated with UL video data, a second class of traffic associated with UL pose data, or a third class of traffic associated with UL control data, or at least one class of traffic associated with at least one set of characteristics of the at least one class of traffic. The identification of the at least one class of traffic may be via at least one of information regarding the second wireless device, a service code, or information regarding a requested relay device. For example, referring to FIG. 5, the UE 504 (or one of UE 505 or 506) may receive a capability message 516.
[0107] In some aspects, the UE (the first wireless device) may determine that the UE supports the at least one class of traffic based on at least one of an indication from at least one network device or a link quality between the first wireless device and the network device. In some aspects, the determination may be based on a previously measured link quality between the UE (or first wireless device) and a network device or base station. In some aspects, the determination may be based on the previously measured link quality between the UE (or first wireless device) and a network device or base station may be based on an indication received from the network device or base station. The determination, in some aspects, may also be based on a previously measured link quality between the UE (or first wireless device) and the second wireless device (or UE) . For example, referring to FIG. 5, the UE 504 (or one of UE 505 or 506) may determine, at 518, support for one or more types of XR traffic.
[0108] At 612, the UE may transmit a capability indication of support for acting as a relay for at least one class of traffic at the second wireless device. For example, 612 may be performed by application processor (s) 1206, cellular baseband processor (s) 1224, transceiver (s) 1222, antenna (s) 1280, and / or XR relay UE component 198 of FIG. 12. In some aspects, the at least one class of traffic may be associated with an XR application and the at least one class of traffic may include one or more of a first class of traffic associated with UL video data, a second class of traffic associated with UL pose data, or a third class of traffic associated with UL control data. The capability indication, in some aspects, may include a service code associated with the at least one class of traffic. In some aspects, the capability indication may be associated with an L2 destination identifier associated with the at least one class of traffic. The capability indication, in some aspects, may include a list of supported types of XR traffic, an indication of support for each of a known list of XR traffic types (e.g., a bitmap) , or an indication of support for a specific set of one or more XR traffic types indicated in one or more of the request received at 702 or at 708. In some aspects, the indication of support for different types of XR traffic may be via an indication of support for one or more classes of traffic that include one or more types of XR traffic. For example, referring to FIG. 5, the UE 504 (or one of UE 505 or 506) may transmit the capability indication 520 indicating support for acting as a relay for at least one class of traffic associated with a first application at the UE 508.
[0109] At 614, the UE may receive an indication to act as the relay for the second wireless device for the at least one class of traffic. For example, 614 may be performed by application processor (s) 1206, cellular baseband processor (s) 1224, transceiver (s) 1222, antenna (s) 1280, and / or XR relay UE component 198 of FIG. 12. Referring to FIG. 5, for example, the UE 505 may receive an indication 524 of a selection of the UE 505 to serve as a relay for a first type (or class) of XR traffic or the UE 504 may receive, an indication 526 of a selection of the UE 504 to serve as a relay for a second type (or class) of XR traffic.
[0110] At 616, the UE may relay the at least one class of traffic between the second wireless device and a network device. For example, 616 may be performed by application processor (s) 1206, cellular baseband processor (s) 1224, transceiver (s) 1222, antenna (s) 1280, and / or XR relay UE component 198 of FIG. 12. Referring to FIG. 5, for example, the UE 505 may receive XR traffic of the first type 528 and relay it to the first base station 502A and the UE 504 may receive XR traffic of the second type 530 and relay it to the first base station 502A.
[0111] FIG. 7A is a flowchart 700 of a method of wireless communication. The method may be performed by a first wireless device such as a UE (e.g., the UE 104, 404 to 406, 504 to 506; the apparatus 1204) . At 702, the UE (the first wireless device) may receive, from a second wireless device (e.g., an XR UE such as the UE 508 of FIG. 5) , a request to indicate a capability of support for acting as a relay for traffic associated with the second wireless device. For example, 702 may be performed by application processor (s) 1206, cellular baseband processor (s) 1224, transceiver (s) 1222, antenna (s) 1280, and / or XR relay UE component 198 of FIG. 12. The request, in some aspects, may identify at least one class of traffic (e.g., a first class of traffic associated with UL video data, a second class of traffic associated with UL pose data, or a third class of traffic associated with UL control data, or at least one class of traffic associated with at least one set of characteristics of the at least one class of traffic) . The identification of the at least one class of traffic may be via at least one of information regarding the second wireless device, a service code, or information regarding a requested relay device. For example, referring to FIG. 5, the UE 504 (or one of UE 505 or UE 506) may receive a capability message 516. After receiving the request at 702, the UE may proceed to 810 of FIG. 8 below.
[0112] FIG. 7B is a flowchart 701 of a method of wireless communication. The method may be performed by a first wireless device such as a UE (e.g., the UE 104, 404 to 406, 504 to 506; the apparatus 1204) . At 704, the UE (the first wireless device) may receive, from a second wireless device (e.g., an XR UE such as the UE 508 of FIG. 5) , a request to indicate support for acting as a relay for traffic associated with the second wireless device. For example, 704 may be performed by application processor (s) 1206, cellular baseband processor (s) 1224, transceiver (s) 1222, antenna (s) 1280, and / or XR relay UE component 198 of FIG. 12. The request, in some aspects, may be for an indication of support for acting as a relay generally or, in some aspects, acting as a relay for an XR service specifically. For example, referring to FIG. 5, the UE 504 (or one of UE 505 or UE 506) may receive a message 512.
[0113] At 706, the UE may transmit a first indication of support for acting as a relay for traffic associated with the second wireless device. For example, 706 may be performed by application processor (s) 1206, cellular baseband processor (s) 1224, transceiver (s) 1222, antenna (s) 1280, and / or XR relay UE component 198 of FIG. 12. The indication of support, in some aspects, may include an indication of support for acting as a relay generally or, in some aspects, acting as a relay for an XR service specifically. For example, referring to FIG. 5, the UE 504 (or one of UE 505 or UE 506) may transmit the support indication 514.
[0114] At 708, the UE may receive, from the second wireless device, an additional request to identify support for acting as the relay for at least one class of traffic at the second wireless device. For example, 708 may be performed by application processor (s) 1206, cellular baseband processor (s) 1224, transceiver (s) 1222, antenna (s) 1280, and / or XR relay UE component 198 of FIG. 12. The at least one class of traffic may be associated with an XR service and, in some aspects, may be a first class of traffic associated with UL video data, a second class of traffic associated with UL pose data, or a third class of traffic associated with UL control data, or at least one class of traffic associated with at least one set of characteristics of the at least one class of traffic. The identification of the at least one class of traffic may be via at least one of information regarding the second wireless device, a service code, or information regarding a requested relay device. For example, referring to FIG. 5, the UE 504 (or one of UE 505 or 506) may receive a capability message 516. After receiving the additional request at 708, the UE may proceed to 810 of FIG. 8 below.
[0115] FIG. 8 is a flowchart 800 of a method of wireless communication. The method may be performed by a first wireless device such as a UE (e.g., the UE 104, 404 to 406, 504 to 506; the apparatus 1204) . The method of wireless communication illustrated in flowchart 800, in some aspects, may be preceded by, or may be independent from, one of the methods described in relation to flowchart 700 or the flowchart 701. At 810, the UE (the first wireless device) may determine that the UE supports the at least one class of traffic based on at least one of an indication from at least one network device or a link quality between the first wireless device and the network device. For example, 810 may be performed by application processor (s) 1206, cellular baseband processor (s) 1224, transceiver (s) 1222, antenna (s) 1280, and / or XR relay UE component 198 of FIG. 12. In some aspects, the determination may be based on a previously measured link quality between the UE (or first wireless device) and a network device or base station. In some aspects, the determination may be based on the previously measured link quality between the UE (or first wireless device) and a network device or base station may be based on an indication received from the network device or base station. The determination at 810, in some aspects, may also be based on a previously measured link quality between the UE (or first wireless device) and the second wireless device (or UE) . For example, referring to FIG. 5, the UE 504 (or one of UE 505 or 506) may determine, at 518, support for one or more types of XR traffic.
[0116] At 812, the UE may transmit a capability indication of support for acting as a relay for at least one class of traffic at the second wireless device. For example, 812 may be performed by application processor (s) 1206, cellular baseband processor (s) 1224, transceiver (s) 1222, antenna (s) 1280, and / or XR relay UE component 198 of FIG. 12. In some aspects, the at least one class of traffic may be associated with an XR application and the at least one class of traffic may include one or more of a first class of traffic associated with UL video data, a second class of traffic associated with UL pose data, or a third class of traffic associated with UL control data. The capability indication, in some aspects, may include a service code associated with the at least one class of traffic. In some aspects, the capability indication may be associated with an L2 destination identifier associated with the at least one class of traffic. The capability indication, in some aspects, may include a list of supported types of XR traffic, an indication of support for each of a known list of XR traffic types (e.g., a bitmap) , or an indication of support for a specific set of one or more XR traffic types indicated in one or more of the request received at 702 or at 708. In some aspects, the indication of support for different types of XR traffic may be via an indication of support for one or more classes of traffic that include one or more types of XR traffic. For example, referring to FIG. 5, the UE 504 (or one of UE 505 or 506) may transmit the capability indication 520 indicating support for acting as a relay for at least one class of traffic associated with a first application at the UE 508.
[0117] At 814, the UE may receive an indication to act as the relay for the second wireless device for the at least one class of traffic. For example, 814 may be performed by application processor (s) 1206, cellular baseband processor (s) 1224, transceiver (s) 1222, antenna (s) 1280, and / or XR relay UE component 198 of FIG. 12. Referring to FIG. 5, for example, the UE 505 may receive an indication 524 of a selection of the UE 505 to serve as a relay for a first type (or class) of XR traffic or the UE 504 may receive, an indication 526 of a selection of the UE 504 to serve as a relay for a second type (or class) of XR traffic.
[0118] At 816, the UE may relay the at least one class of traffic between the second wireless device and a network device. For example, 816 may be performed by application processor (s) 1206, cellular baseband processor (s) 1224, transceiver (s) 1222, antenna (s) 1280, and / or XR relay UE component 198 of FIG. 12. Referring to FIG. 5, for example, the UE 505 may receive XR traffic of the first type 528 and relay it to the first base station 502A and the UE 504 may receive XR traffic of the second type 530 and relay it to the first base station 502A.
[0119] FIG. 9 is a flowchart 900 of a method of wireless communication. The method may be performed by a first wireless device such as a UE (e.g., the UE 104, 508; the XR device 408; the apparatus 1204) . In some aspects, the UE (the first wireless device) may transmit, for at least one candidate relay wireless device, a request to indicate a capability of support for acting as a relay for traffic associated with the first wireless device. request, in some aspects, may identify at least one class of traffic (e.g., a first class of traffic associated with UL video data, a second class of traffic associated with UL pose data, or a third class of traffic associated with UL control data, or at least one class of traffic associated with at least one set of characteristics of the at least one class of traffic) . The identification of the at least one class of traffic may be via at least one of information regarding the second wireless device, a service code, or information regarding a requested relay device. For example, referring to FIG. 5, the UE 508 may transmit a capability message 516 to one or more of the UEs 504 to 506. After transmitting the request, the UE may proceed to 910.
[0120] In some aspects, instead of the request to indicate a capability of support for acting as a relay for traffic associated with the second wireless device, the UE (the first wireless device) may transmit, for at least one candidate relay wireless device, a request to indicate support for acting as a relay for traffic associated with the first wireless device. The request, in some aspects, may be for an indication of support for acting as a relay generally or, in some aspects, acting as a relay for an XR service specifically. For example, referring to FIG. 5, the UE 508 may transmit the message 512 to one or more of the UEs 504 to 506. In some aspects, the UE may receive, from the at least one candidate relay wireless device, a first indication of support for acting as a relay for traffic associated with the first wireless device. The indication of support, in some aspects, may include an indication of support for acting as a relay generally or, in some aspects, acting as a relay for an XR service specifically. For example, referring to FIG. 5, the UE 508 may receive the support indication 514 from one or more of the UEs 504 to 506.
[0121] In response to the first indication of support for acting as a relay for traffic, in some aspects, the UE may transmit, for the at least one candidate relay wireless device, an additional request to identify support for acting as the relay for the at least one class of traffic at the first wireless device. The at least one class of traffic may be associated with an XR service and, in some aspects, may be a first class of traffic associated with UL video data, a second class of traffic associated with UL pose data, or a third class of traffic associated with UL control data, or at least one class of traffic associated with at least one set of characteristics of the at least one class of traffic. The identification of the at least one class of traffic may be via at least one of information regarding the second wireless device, a service code, or information regarding a requested relay device. For example, referring to FIG. 5, the UE 508 may transmit a capability message 516 to one or more of the UEs 504 to 506. After transmitting the additional request, the UE may proceed to 910. In some aspects, the above transmissions may be omitted and a candidate relay wireless device (or UE) may, instead, independently announce its support for acting as a relay.
[0122] At 910, the UE (the first wireless device) may receive, from at least one candidate relay wireless device, a capability indication of support for acting as a relay for at least one class of traffic at the first wireless device. For example, 910 may be performed by application processor (s) 1206, cellular baseband processor (s) 1224, transceiver (s) 1222, antenna (s) 1280, and / or XR relay UE component 198 of FIG. 12. The at least one class of traffic may be associated with an XR service and, in some aspects, may be a first class of traffic associated with UL video data, a second class of traffic associated with UL pose data, or a third class of traffic associated with UL control data, or at least one class of traffic associated with at least one set of characteristics of the at least one class of traffic. The capability indication, in some aspects, may include a service code associated with the at least one class of traffic. In some aspects, the capability indication may be associated with an L2 destination identifier associated with the at least one class of traffic. The capability indication, in some aspects, may include a list of supported types of XR traffic, an indication of support for each of a known list of XR traffic types (e.g., a bitmap) , or an indication of support for a specific set of one or more XR traffic types indicated in one or more of the request transmitted at 1002 or at 1008. In some aspects, the indication of support for different types of XR traffic may be via an indication of support for one or more classes of traffic that include one or more types of XR traffic. For example, referring to FIG. 5, the UE 508 may receive, from at least one of the UEs 504 to 506, the capability indication 520 indicating support for acting as a relay for at least one class of traffic associated with a first application at the UE 508.
[0123] In some aspects, the UE may receive, from the at least one candidate relay wireless device, a link-quality indication associated with the at least one candidate relay wireless device. The link-quality indication, in some aspects, may include a measure of a link quality (e.g., an RSRP, an RSRQ, an SINR, an available bandwidth, a link budget, CSI, a BER, a BLER, a latency, etc. ) between the at least one candidate relay wireless device and a network device for which the at least one candidate relay wireless device may act as a relay. In some aspects, the link-quality indication may be a RS that is measured at the UE to determine the link quality (e.g., via a measured RSRP or SINR based on the RS) . For example, referring to FIG. 5, the UE 508 may receive an RS in the set of RS 510 to measure and / or determine a link quality (e.g., an RSRP, an SINR, a throughput, a latency, etc. ) associated with SL communication (e.g., a PC5 link) between the UE 508 and each of the UEs 504 to 506.
[0124] The UE, in some aspects, may select one or more wireless devices of the at least one candidate relay wireless device to act as a relay for one or more classes of traffic of the at least one class of traffic. In some aspects, the selection of the one or more wireless devices of the at least one candidate relay wireless device may be based on a received link-quality indication. The selection of the one or more wireless devices of the at least one candidate relay wireless device may be based on a link quality between the one or more wireless devices and the first wireless device. In some aspects, the selection of the one or more wireless devices of the at least one candidate relay wireless device may be based on a connection with a same network node as the first wireless device. The selection of the one or more wireless devices of the at least one candidate relay wireless device, in some aspects, may be based on the capability indication received at 910 (e.g., based on indicated support for XR traffic types or classes) . In some aspects, the selection may be based on a load of an anchor cell associated with the at least one candidate relay wireless device. Different candidate relay wireless devices, in some aspects, may be selected different types (or classes) of XR traffic. In some aspects, the selection may be based on a candidate relay wireless device’s capability to support simultaneous (or overlapping) transmission of multiple streams of one or more types or classes of (XR) traffic. The selection, in some aspects, may be based on an identity of an anchor base station such that candidate relay wireless devices connected to a same base station may be prioritized over candidate relay wireless devices connected to different base stations (where the cell association may be indicated to the first wireless device in the capability indication received at 910) . For example, referring to FIG. 5, the UE 508 may select, at 522, one or more of the UEs 504 to 506, to act as a relay for one or more types of XR traffic (e.g., UE 504 may be selected for relaying XR traffic of the second type 530 and UE 505 may be selected to relay XR traffic of the first type 528) .
[0125] At 916, the UE may transmit an indication for a second candidate relay wireless device of the at least one candidate relay wireless device to act as the relay for the first wireless device for the at least one class of traffic. For example, 916 may be performed by application processor (s) 1206, cellular baseband processor (s) 1224, transceiver (s) 1222, antenna (s) 1280, and / or XR relay UE component 198 of FIG. 12. Referring to FIG. 5, for example, the UE 508 may transmit one of indication 524 or 526 to UE 505 or UE 504, respectively to indicate a selection of the UE 505 to serve as a relay for a first type (or class) of XR traffic and a selection of the UE 504 to serve as a relay for a second type (or class) of XR traffic.
[0126] At 918, the UE may communicate, in association with the at least one class of traffic, with a network device via the second candidate relay wireless device as a relay device. For example, 918 may be performed by application processor (s) 1206, cellular baseband processor (s) 1224, transceiver (s) 1222, antenna (s) 1280, and / or XR relay UE component 198 of FIG. 12. Referring to FIG. 5, for example, the UE 508 may communicate with the first base station 502A via the UE 505 in association with the XR traffic of the first type 528 and / or via the UE 504 in association with the XR traffic of the second type 530.
[0127] FIG. 10A is a flowchart 1000 of a method of wireless communication. The method may be performed by a first wireless device such as a UE (e.g., the UE 104, 508; the XR device 408; the apparatus 1204) . At 1002, the UE (the first wireless device) may transmit, for at least one candidate relay wireless device, a request to indicate a capability of support for acting as a relay for traffic associated with the first wireless device. For example, 1002 may be performed by application processor (s) 1206, cellular baseband processor (s) 1224, transceiver (s) 1222, antenna (s) 1280, and / or XR relay UE component 198 of FIG. 12. The request, in some aspects, may identify at least one class of traffic (e.g., a first class of traffic associated with UL video data, a second class of traffic associated with UL pose data, or a third class of traffic associated with UL control data, or at least one class of traffic associated with at least one set of characteristics of the at least one class of traffic) . The identification of the at least one class of traffic may be via at least one of information regarding the second wireless device, a service code, or information regarding a requested relay device. For example, referring to FIG. 5, the UE 508 may transmit a capability message 516 to one or more of the UEs 504 to 506. After transmitting the request at 1002, the UE may proceed to 1110 of FIG. 11 below.
[0128] FIG. 10B is a flowchart 1001 of a method of wireless communication. The method may be performed by a first wireless device such as a UE (e.g., the UE 104, 508; the XR device 408; the apparatus 1204) . At 1004, the UE (the first wireless device) may transmit, for at least one candidate relay wireless device, a request to indicate support for acting as a relay for traffic associated with the first wireless device. For example, 1004 may be performed by application processor (s) 1206, cellular baseband processor (s) 1224, transceiver (s) 1222, antenna (s) 1280, and / or XR relay UE component 198 of FIG. 12. The request, in some aspects, may be for an indication of support for acting as a relay generally or, in some aspects, acting as a relay for an XR service specifically. For example, referring to FIG. 5, the UE 508 may transmit the message 512 to one or more of the UEs 504 to 506.
[0129] At 1006, the UE may receive, from the at least one candidate relay wireless device, a first indication of support for acting as a relay for traffic associated with the first wireless device. For example, 1006 may be performed by application processor (s) 1206, cellular baseband processor (s) 1224, transceiver (s) 1222, antenna (s) 1280, and / or XR relay UE component 198 of FIG. 12. The indication of support, in some aspects, may include an indication of support for acting as a relay generally or, in some aspects, acting as a relay for an XR service specifically. For example, referring to FIG. 5, the UE 508 may receive the support indication 514 from one or more of the UEs 504 to 506.
[0130] At 1008, the UE may transmit, for the at least one candidate relay wireless device, an additional request to identify support for acting as the relay for the at least one class of traffic at the first wireless device. For example, 1008 may be performed by application processor (s) 1206, cellular baseband processor (s) 1224, transceiver (s) 1222, antenna (s) 1280, and / or XR relay UE component 198 of FIG. 12. The at least one class of traffic may be associated with an XR service and, in some aspects, may be a first class of traffic associated with UL video data, a second class of traffic associated with UL pose data, or a third class of traffic associated with UL control data, or at least one class of traffic associated with at least one set of characteristics of the at least one class of traffic. The identification of the at least one class of traffic may be via at least one of information regarding the second wireless device, a service code, or information regarding a requested relay device. For example, referring to FIG. 5, the UE 508 may transmit a capability message 516 to one or more of the UEs 504 to 506. After transmitting the additional request at 1008, the UE may proceed to 1110 of FIG. 11 below.
[0131] FIG. 11 is a flowchart 1100 of a method of wireless communication. The method may be performed by a first wireless device such as a UE (e.g., the UE 104, 508; the XR device 408; the apparatus 1204) . The method of wireless communication illustrated in flowchart 1100, in some aspects, may be preceded by, or may be independent from, one of the methods described in relation to flowchart 1000 or the flowchart 1001. At 1110, the UE (the first wireless device) may receive, from at least one candidate relay wireless device, a capability indication of support for acting as a relay for at least one class of traffic associated with a first application at the first wireless device. For example, 1110 may be performed by application processor (s) 1206, cellular baseband processor (s) 1224, transceiver (s) 1222, antenna (s) 1280, and / or XR relay UE component 198 of FIG. 12. The at least one class of traffic may be associated with an XR service and, in some aspects, may be a first class of traffic associated with UL video data, a second class of traffic associated with UL pose data, or a third class of traffic associated with UL control data, or at least one class of traffic associated with at least one set of characteristics of the at least one class of traffic. The capability indication, in some aspects, may include a service code associated with the at least one class of traffic. In some aspects, the capability indication may be associated with an L2 destination identifier associated with the at least one class of traffic. The capability indication, in some aspects, may include a list of supported types of XR traffic, an indication of support for each of a known list of XR traffic types (e.g., a bitmap) , or an indication of support for a specific set of one or more XR traffic types indicated in one or more of the request transmitted at 1002 or at 1008. In some aspects, the indication of support for different types of XR traffic may be via an indication of support for one or more classes of traffic that include one or more types of XR traffic. For example, referring to FIG. 5, the UE 508 may receive, from at least one of the UEs 504 to 506, the capability indication 520 indicating support for acting as a relay for at least one class of traffic associated with a first application at the UE 508.
[0132] At 1112, the UE may receive, from the at least one candidate relay wireless device, a link-quality indication associated with the at least one candidate relay wireless device. For example, 1112 may be performed by application processor (s) 1206, cellular baseband processor (s) 1224, transceiver (s) 1222, antenna (s) 1280, and / or XR relay UE component 198 of FIG. 12. In some aspects, the link-quality indication may be a RS that is measured at the UE to determine the link quality (e.g., via a measured RSRP or SINR based on the RS) . For example, referring to FIG. 5, the UE 508 may receive an RS in the set of RS 510 to measure and / or determine a link quality (e.g., an RSRP, an SINR, a throughput, a latency, etc. ) associated with SL communication (e.g., a PC5 link) between the UE 508 and each of the UEs 504 to 506.
[0133] At 1114, the UE may select one or more wireless devices of the at least one candidate relay wireless device to act as a relay for one or more classes of traffic of the at least one class of traffic. For example, 1114 may be performed by application processor (s) 1206, cellular baseband processor (s) 1224, transceiver (s) 1222, antenna (s) 1280, and / or XR relay UE component 198 of FIG. 12. In some aspects, the selection of the one or more wireless devices of the at least one candidate relay wireless device may be based on the link-quality indication received at 1112. The selection of the one or more wireless devices of the at least one candidate relay wireless device may be based on a link quality between the one or more wireless devices and the first wireless device. In some aspects, the selection of the one or more wireless devices of the at least one candidate relay wireless device may be based on a connection with a same network node as the first wireless device. The selection of the one or more wireless devices of the at least one candidate relay wireless device, in some aspects, may be based on the capability indication received at 1110 (e.g., based on indicated support for XR traffic types or classes) . In some aspects, the selection may be based on a load of an anchor cell associated with the at least one candidate relay wireless device. Different candidate relay wireless devices, in some aspects, may be selected different types (or classes) of XR traffic. In some aspects, the selection may be based on a candidate relay wireless device’s capability to support simultaneous (or overlapping) transmission of multiple streams of one or more types or classes of (XR) traffic. The selection, in some aspects, may be based on an identity of an anchor base station such that candidate relay wireless devices connected to a same base station may be prioritized over candidate relay wireless devices connected to different base stations (where the cell association may be indicated to the first wireless device in the capability indication received at 1110) . For example, referring to FIG. 5, the UE 508 may select, at 522, one or more of the UEs 504 to 506, to act as a relay for one or more types of XR traffic (e.g., UE 504 may be selected for relaying XR traffic of the second type 530 and UE 505 may be selected to relay XR traffic of the first type 528) .
[0134] At 1116, the UE may transmit an indication for a second candidate relay wireless device of the at least one candidate relay wireless device to act as the relay for the first wireless device for the at least one class of traffic. For example, 1116 may be performed by application processor (s) 1206, cellular baseband processor (s) 1224, transceiver (s) 1222, antenna (s) 1280, and / or XR relay UE component 198 of FIG. 12. Referring to FIG. 5, for example, the UE 508 may transmit one of indication 524 or 526 to UE 505 or UE 504, respectively to indicate a selection of the UE 505 to serve as a relay for a first type (or class) of XR traffic and a selection of the UE 504 to serve as a relay for a second type (or class) of XR traffic.
[0135] At 1118, the UE may communicate, in association with the at least one class of traffic, with a network device via the second candidate relay wireless device as a relay device. For example, 1118 may be performed by application processor (s) 1206, cellular baseband processor (s) 1224, transceiver (s) 1222, antenna (s) 1280, and / or XR relay UE component 198 of FIG. 12. Referring to FIG. 5, for example, the UE 508 may communicate with the first base station 502A via the UE 505 in association with the XR traffic of the first type 528 and / or via the UE 504 in association with the XR traffic of the second type 530.
[0136] FIG. 12 is a diagram 1200 illustrating an example of a hardware implementation for an apparatus 1204. The apparatus 1204 may be a UE, a component of a UE, or may implement UE functionality. In some aspects, the apparatus 1204 may include at least one cellular baseband processor 1224 (also referred to as a modem) coupled to one or more transceivers 1222 (e.g., cellular RF transceiver) . The cellular baseband processor (s) 1224 may include at least one on-chip memory 1224'. In some aspects, the apparatus 1204 may further include one or more subscriber identity modules (SIM) cards 1220 and at least one application processor 1206 coupled to a secure digital (SD) card 1208 and a screen 1210. The application processor (s) 1206 may include on-chip memory 1206'. In some aspects, the apparatus 1204 may further include a Bluetooth module 1212, a WLAN module 1214, an SPS module 1216 (e.g., GNSS module) , one or more sensor modules 1218 (e.g., barometric pressure sensor / altimeter; motion sensor such as inertial measurement unit (IMU) , gyroscope, and / or accelerometer (s) ; light detection and ranging (LIDAR) , radio assisted detection and ranging (RADAR) , sound navigation and ranging (SONAR) , magnetometer, audio and / or other technologies used for positioning) , additional memory modules 1226, a power supply 1230, and / or a camera 1232. The Bluetooth module 1212, the WLAN module 1214, and the SPS module 1216 may include an on-chip transceiver (TRX) (or in some cases, just a receiver (RX) ) . The Bluetooth module 1212, the WLAN module 1214, and the SPS module 1216 may include their own dedicated antennas and / or utilize one or more antennas 1280 for communication. The cellular baseband processor (s) 1224 communicates through the transceiver (s) 1222 via the one or more antennas 1280 with the UE 104 and / or with an RU associated with a network entity 1202. The cellular baseband processor (s) 1224 and the application processor (s) 1206 may each include a computer-readable medium / memory 1224', 1206', respectively. The additional memory modules 1226 may also be considered a computer-readable medium / memory. Each computer-readable medium / memory 1224', 1206', 1226 may be non-transitory. The cellular baseband processor (s) 1224 and the application processor (s) 1206 are each responsible for general processing, including the execution of software stored on the computer-readable medium / memory. The software, when executed by the cellular baseband processor (s) 1224 / application processor (s) 1206, causes the cellular baseband processor (s) 1224 / application processor (s) 1206 to perform the various functions described supra. The computer-readable medium / memory may also be used for storing data that is manipulated by the cellular baseband processor (s) 1224 / application processor (s) 1206 when executing software. The cellular baseband processor (s) 1224 / application processor (s) 1206 may be a component of the UE 350 and may include the at least one memory 360 and / or at least one of the TX processor 368, the RX processor 356, and the controller / processor 359. In one configuration, the apparatus 1204 may be at least one processor chip (modem and / or application) and include just the cellular baseband processor (s) 1224 and / or the application processor (s) 1206, and in another configuration, the apparatus 1204 may be the entire UE (e.g., see UE 350 of FIG. 3) and include the additional modules of the apparatus 1204.
[0137] As discussed supra, the XR relay UE component 198 may be configured to transmit a capability indication of support for acting as a relay for at least one class of traffic at a second wireless device, receive an indication to act as the relay for the second wireless device for the at least one class of traffic, and relay the at least one class of traffic between the second wireless device and a network device. The XR relay UE component 198, in some aspects, may be configured to receive, from at least one candidate relay wireless device, a capability indication of support for acting as a relay for at least one class of traffic at the first wireless device. The XR relay UE component 198, in some aspects, may further be configured to transmit an indication for a second candidate relay wireless device of the at least one candidate relay wireless device to act as the relay for the first wireless device for the at least one class of traffic and communicate, in association with the at least one class of traffic, with a network device via the second candidate relay wireless device as a relay device. The component 198 may be within the cellular baseband processor (s) 1224, the application processor (s) 1206, or both the cellular baseband processor (s) 1224 and the application processor (s) 1206. The component 198 may be one or more hardware components specifically configured to carry out the stated processes / algorithm, implemented by one or more processors configured to perform the stated processes / algorithm, stored within a computer-readable medium for implementation by one or more processors, or some combination thereof. When multiple processors are implemented, the multiple processors may perform the stated processes / algorithm individually or in combination. As shown, the apparatus 1204 may include a variety of components configured for various functions. In one configuration, the apparatus 1204, and in particular the cellular baseband processor (s) 1224 and / or the application processor (s) 1206, may include means for transmitting a capability indication of support for acting as a relay for at least one class of traffic at a second wireless device. The apparatus 1204, and in particular the cellular baseband processor (s) 1224 and / or the application processor (s) 1206, in some aspects, may include means for receiving an indication to act as the relay for the second wireless device for the at least one class of traffic. The apparatus 1204, and in particular the cellular baseband processor (s) 1224 and / or the application processor (s) 1206, in some aspects, may include means for relaying the at least one class of traffic between the second wireless device and a network device. The apparatus 1204, and in particular the cellular baseband processor (s) 1224 and / or the application processor (s) 1206, in some aspects, may include means for receiving, from the second wireless device, a request to indicate a capability of support for acting as a relay for traffic associated with the second wireless device. The apparatus 1204, and in particular the cellular baseband processor (s) 1224 and / or the application processor (s) 1206, in some aspects, may include means for receiving, from the second wireless device, a request to indicate support for acting as a relay for traffic associated with the second wireless device. The apparatus 1204, and in particular the cellular baseband processor (s) 1224 and / or the application processor (s) 1206, in some aspects, may include means for transmitting a first indication of support for acting as a relay for traffic associated with the second wireless device. The apparatus 1204, and in particular the cellular baseband processor (s) 1224 and / or the application processor (s) 1206, in some aspects, may include means for receiving, from the second wireless device, an additional request to identify support for acting as the relay for the at least one class of traffic at the second wireless device. The apparatus 1204, and in particular the cellular baseband processor (s) 1224 and / or the application processor (s) 1206, in some aspects, may include means for determining that the first wireless device supports the at least one class of traffic based on at least one of an indication from at least one network device or a link quality between the first wireless device and the network device. The apparatus 1204, and in particular the cellular baseband processor (s) 1224 and / or the application processor (s) 1206, in some aspects, may include means for receiving, from at least one candidate relay wireless device, a capability indication of support for acting as a relay for at least one class of traffic at the first wireless device. The apparatus 1204, and in particular the cellular baseband processor (s) 1224 and / or the application processor (s) 1206, in some aspects, may include means for transmitting an indication for a second candidate relay wireless device of the at least one candidate relay wireless device to act as the relay for the first wireless device for the at least one class of traffic. The apparatus 1204, and in particular the cellular baseband processor (s) 1224 and / or the application processor (s) 1206, in some aspects, may include means for communicating, in association with the at least one class of traffic, with a network device via the second candidate relay wireless device as a relay device. The apparatus 1204, and in particular the cellular baseband processor (s) 1224 and / or the application processor (s) 1206, in some aspects, may include means for transmitting, for the at least one candidate relay wireless device, a request to indicate a capability of support for acting as a relay for traffic associated with the first wireless device. The apparatus 1204, and in particular the cellular baseband processor (s) 1224 and / or the application processor (s) 1206, in some aspects, may include means for transmitting, for the at least one candidate relay wireless device, a request to indicate support for acting as a relay for traffic associated with the first wireless device. The apparatus 1204, and in particular the cellular baseband processor (s) 1224 and / or the application processor (s) 1206, in some aspects, may include means for receiving, from the at least one candidate relay wireless device, a first indication of support for acting as a relay for traffic associated with the first wireless device. The apparatus 1204, and in particular the cellular baseband processor (s) 1224 and / or the application processor (s) 1206, in some aspects, may include means for transmitting, for the at least one candidate relay wireless device, an additional request to identify support for acting as the relay for the at least one class of traffic at the first wireless device. The apparatus 1204, and in particular the cellular baseband processor (s) 1224 and / or the application processor (s) 1206, in some aspects, may include means for selecting one or more wireless devices of the at least one candidate relay wireless device to act as a relay for one or more classes of traffic of the at least one class of traffic. The apparatus 1204, and in particular the cellular baseband processor (s) 1224 and / or the application processor (s) 1206, in some aspects, may include means for receiving, from the at least one candidate relay wireless device, a link-quality indication associated with the at least one candidate relay wireless device. The apparatus 1204 may further include means for performing any of the aspects described in connection with the flowcharts in FIGs. 6, 7A, 7B, 8, 9, 10A, 10B, and 11, and / or performed by the UEs 504 to 506, or the UE 508 in the communication flow of FIG. 5. The means may be the component 198 of the apparatus 1204 configured to perform the functions recited by the means. As described supra, the apparatus 1204 may include the TX processor 368, the RX processor 356, and the controller / processor 359. As such, in one configuration, the means may be the TX processor 368, the RX processor 356, and / or the controller / processor 359 configured to perform the functions recited by the means.
[0138] Various aspects relate generally to relay selection for U2N relay supporting an XR service or device. Some aspects more specifically relate to a relay UE and remote UE (or XR device) associated with an XR service and / or application exchanging information on the relay UE’s capability to support the XR service and making a selection of one or more links and / or relay UEs for one or more types of traffic associated with the XR service and / or application. For example, the relay UE and the remote UE may exchange information regarding one or more of: XR traffic types to be supported, a Uu link (e.g., a link quality) from the relay UE to the network, a PC5 link (e.g., a link quality) between the remote UE and the relay UE, relay selection criteria for relaying XR traffic, and further considerations including different traffic going via different relay UEs. In some examples, a first wireless device (e.g., a relay UE) may be configured to transmit a capability indication of support for acting as a relay for at least one class of traffic at a second wireless device (e.g., a remote UE) , receive an indication to act as the relay for the second wireless device for the at least one class of traffic; and relay the at least one class of traffic between the second wireless device and a network device associated with the first application. The second wireless device (e.g., a remote UE) , in some aspects, may be configured to receive, from at least one candidate relay wireless device, a capability indication of support for acting as a relay for at least one class of traffic at the second wireless device, transmit an indication for a first candidate relay wireless device of the at least one candidate relay wireless device to act as the relay for the second wireless device for the at least one class of traffic, and communicate, in association with the at least one class of traffic, with a network device via the first candidate relay wireless device as a relay device.
[0139] For example, various aspects may relate to relay selection enhancements for UE-to-network relay supporting XR, which may be an important enhancement expected for supporting stringent XR service specifications. The enhancements include a UE exchanging information on the XR relay capability, XR traffic types to be supported, taking into consideration both Uu and PC5 link in the selection, relay selection criteria for relaying XR traffic, and further considerations including different traffic going via different relay UEs.
[0140] Particular aspects of the subject matter described in this disclosure can be implemented to realize one or more of the following potential advantages. In some examples, by exchanging additional information regarding relay UEs and the different links between the different components of the network and using updated selection criteria based on the additional information, the described techniques can be used to improve the performance of an XR service and / or application.
[0141] It is understood that the specific order or hierarchy of blocks in the processes / flowcharts disclosed is an illustration of example approaches. Based upon design preferences, it is understood that the specific order or hierarchy of blocks in the processes / flowcharts may be rearranged. Further, some blocks may be combined or omitted. The accompanying method claims present elements of the various blocks in a sample order, and are not limited to the specific order or hierarchy presented.
[0142] The previous description is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to practice the various aspects described herein. Various modifications to these aspects will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other aspects. Thus, the claims are not limited to the aspects described herein, but are to be accorded the full scope consistent with the language claims. Reference to an element in the singular does not mean “one and only one” unless specifically so stated, but rather “one or more. ” Terms such as “if, ” “when, ” and “while” do not imply an immediate temporal relationship or reaction. That is, these phrases, e.g., “when, ” do not imply an immediate action in response to or during the occurrence of an action, but simply imply that if a condition is met then an action will occur, but without requiring a specific or immediate time constraint for the action to occur. The word “exemplary” is used herein to mean “serving as an example, instance, or illustration. ” Any aspect described herein as “exemplary” is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other aspects. Unless specifically stated otherwise, the term “some” refers to one or more. Combinations such as “at least one of A, B, or C, ” “one or more of A, B, or C, ” “at least one of A, B, and C, ” “one or more of A, B, and C, ” and “A, B, C, or any combination thereof” include any combination of A, B, and / or C, and may include multiples of A, multiples of B, or multiples of C. Specifically, combinations such as “at least one of A, B, or C, ” “one or more of A, B, or C, ” “at least one of A, B, and C, ” “one or more of A, B, and C, ” and “A, B, C, or any combination thereof” may be A only, B only, C only, A and B, A and C, B and C, or A and B and C, where any such combinations may contain one or more member or members of A, B, or C. Sets should be interpreted as a set of elements where the elements number one or more. Accordingly, for a set of X, X would include one or more elements. When at least one processor is configured to perform a set of functions, the at least one processor, individually or in any combination, is configured to perform the set of functions. Accordingly, each processor of the at least one processor may be configured to perform a particular subset of the set of functions, where the subset is the full set, a proper subset of the set, or an empty subset of the set. A processor may be referred to as processor circuitry. A memory / memory module may be referred to as memory circuitry. If a first apparatus receives data from or transmits data to a second apparatus, the data may be received / transmitted directly between the first and second apparatuses, or indirectly between the first and second apparatuses through a set of apparatuses. A device configured to “output” data, such as a transmission, signal, or message, may transmit the data, for example with a transceiver, or may send the data to a device that transmits the data. A device configured to “obtain” data, such as a transmission, signal, or message, may receive, for example with a transceiver, or may obtain the data from a device that receives the data. Information stored in a memory includes instructions and / or data. All structural and functional equivalents to the elements of the various aspects described throughout this disclosure that are known or later come to be known to those of ordinary skill in the art are expressly incorporated herein by reference and are encompassed by the claims. Moreover, nothing disclosed herein is dedicated to the public regardless of whether such disclosure is explicitly recited in the claims. The words “module, ” “mechanism, ” “element, ” “device, ” and the like may not be a substitute for the word “means. ” As such, no claim element is to be construed as a means plus function unless the element is expressly recited using the phrase “means for. ”
[0143] As used herein, the phrase “based on” shall not be construed as a reference to a closed set of information, one or more conditions, one or more factors, or the like. In other words, the phrase “based on A” (where “A” may be information, a condition, a factor, or the like) shall be construed as “based at least on A” unless specifically recited differently.
[0144] The following aspects are illustrative only and may be combined with other aspects or teachings described herein, without limitation.
[0145] Aspect 1 is a method of wireless communication at a first wireless device, comprising: transmitting a capability indication of support for acting as a relay for at least one class of traffic at a second wireless device; receiving an indication to act as the relay for the second wireless device for the at least one class of traffic; and relaying the at least one class of traffic between the second wireless device and a network device.
[0146] Aspect 2 is the method of aspect 1, wherein the at least one class of traffic is associated with an extended reality (XR) service and the at least one class of traffic comprises one or more of a first class of traffic associated with uplink (UL) video data, a second class of traffic associated with UL pose data, or a third class of traffic associated with UL control data.
[0147] Aspect 3 is the method of any of aspects 1 and 2, wherein the capability indication comprises a service code associated with the at least one class of traffic.
[0148] Aspect 4 is the method of any of aspects 1 to 3, further comprising: receiving, from the second wireless device, a request to indicate a capability of support for acting as a relay for traffic associated with the second wireless device, wherein the transmission of the capability indication is based on the request.
[0149] Aspect 5 is the method of aspect 4, wherein the request identifies the at least one class of traffic via at least one of information regarding the second wireless device, a service code, or information regarding a requested relay device.
[0150] Aspect 6 is the method of any of aspects 1 to 3, further comprising: receiving, from the second wireless device, a request to indicate support for acting as a relay for traffic associated with the second wireless device; transmitting a first indication of support for acting as a relay for traffic associated with the second wireless device; and receiving, from the second wireless device, an additional request to identify support for acting as the relay for the at least one class of traffic at the second wireless device, wherein the transmission of the capability indication is based on the additional request.
[0151] Aspect 7 is the method of any of aspects 1 to 6, wherein the capability indication is associated with a layer-2 (L2) destination identifier associated with the at least one class of traffic.
[0152] Aspect 8 is the method of any of aspects 1 to 7, further comprising: determining that the first wireless device supports the at least one class of traffic based on at least one of an indication from at least one network device or a link quality between the first wireless device and the network device.
[0153] Aspect 9 is a method of wireless communication at a first wireless device, comprising: receiving, from at least one candidate relay wireless device, a capability indication of support for acting as a relay for at least one class of traffic at the first wireless device; transmitting an indication for a second candidate relay wireless device of the at least one candidate relay wireless device to act as the relay for the first wireless device for the at least one class of traffic; and communicating, in association with the at least one class of traffic, with a network device via the second candidate relay wireless device as a relay device.
[0154] Aspect 10 is the method of aspect of any of aspects 9, wherein the at least one class of traffic is associated with an extended reality (XR) service and the at least one class of traffic comprises one or more of a first class of traffic associated with uplink (UL) video data, a second class of traffic associated with UL pose data, or a third class of traffic associated with UL control data.
[0155] Aspect 11 is the method of any of aspects 9 to 10, wherein the capability indication comprises a service code associated with the at least one class of traffic.
[0156] Aspect 12 is the method of any of aspects 9 to 11, further comprising: transmitting, for the at least one candidate relay wireless device, a request to indicate a capability of support for acting as a relay for traffic associated with the first wireless device, wherein the reception of the capability indication is based on the request.
[0157] Aspect 13 is the method of aspect 12, wherein the request identifies the at least one class of traffic via at least one of information regarding the first wireless device, a service code, or information regarding candidate relay wireless devices.
[0158] Aspect 14 is the method of any of aspects 9 to 11, further comprising: transmitting, for the at least one candidate relay wireless device, a request to indicate support for acting as a relay for traffic associated with the first wireless device; receiving, from the at least one candidate relay wireless device, a first indication of support for acting as a relay for traffic associated with the first wireless device; and transmitting, for the at least one candidate relay wireless device, an additional request to identify support for acting as the relay for the at least one class of traffic at the first wireless device, wherein the reception of the capability indication is based on the additional request.
[0159] Aspect 15 is the method of any of aspects 9 to 14, wherein the capability indication is associated with a layer-2 (L2) destination identifier associated with the at least one class of traffic.
[0160] Aspect 16 is the method of any of aspects 9 to 15, further comprising: selecting one or more wireless devices of the at least one candidate relay wireless device to act as a relay for one or more classes of traffic of the at least one class of traffic.
[0161] Aspect 17 is the method of aspect 16, further comprising: receiving, from the at least one candidate relay wireless device, a link-quality indication associated with the at least one candidate relay wireless device, wherein the selection of the one or more wireless devices of the at least one candidate relay wireless device is based on the link-quality indication.
[0162] Aspect 18 is the method of aspect 17, wherein the selection of the one or more wireless devices of the at least one candidate relay wireless device is further based on a link quality between the one or more wireless devices and the first wireless device.
[0163] Aspect 19 is the method of any of aspects 16 to 18, wherein the selection of the one or more wireless devices of the at least one candidate relay wireless device is based on a connection with a same network node as the first wireless device.
[0164] Aspect 20 is an apparatus for wireless communication at a device including a memory and at least one processor coupled to the memory and, based at least in part on information stored in the memory, the at least one processor is configured to implement any of aspects 1 to 8.
[0165] Aspect 21 is the apparatus of aspect 20, further including a transceiver or an antenna coupled to the at least one processor.
[0166] Aspect 22 is an apparatus for wireless communication at a device including means for implementing any of aspects 1 to 8.
[0167] Aspect 23 is a computer-readable medium (e.g., a non-transitory computer-readable medium) storing computer executable code, where the code when executed by a processor causes the processor to implement any of aspects 1 to 8.
[0168] Aspect 24 is an apparatus for wireless communication at a device including a memory and at least one processor coupled to the memory and, based at least in part on information stored in the memory, the at least one processor is configured to implement any of aspects 9 to 19.
[0169] Aspect 25 is the apparatus of aspect 24, further including a transceiver or an antenna coupled to the at least one processor.
[0170] Aspect 26 is an apparatus for wireless communication at a device including means for implementing any of aspects 9 to 19.
[0171] Aspect 27 is a computer-readable medium (e.g., a non-transitory computer-readable medium) storing computer executable code, where the code when executed by a processor causes the processor to implement any of aspects 9 to 19.
Claims
1.An apparatus for wireless communication at a first wireless device, comprising:at least one memory; andat least one processor coupled to the at least one memory and, based at least in part on stored information that is stored in the at least one memory, the at least one processor, individually or in any combination, is configured to:transmit a capability indication of support for acting as a relay for at least one class of traffic at a second wireless device;receive an indication to act as the relay for the second wireless device for the at least one class of traffic; andrelay the at least one class of traffic between the second wireless device and a network device.2.The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one class of traffic is associated with an extended reality (XR) service and the at least one class of traffic comprises one or more of a first class of traffic associated with uplink (UL) video data, a second class of traffic associated with UL pose data, or a third class of traffic associated with UL control data.3.The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the capability indication comprises a service code associated with the at least one class of traffic.4.The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor, individually or in any combination, is further configured to:receive, from the second wireless device, a request to indicate a capability of support for acting as a relay for traffic associated with the second wireless device, wherein to transmit the capability indication, the at least one processor, individually or in any combination, is configured to transmit the capability indication based on the request.5.The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the request identifies the at least one class of traffic via at least one of information regarding the second wireless device, a service code, or information regarding a requested relay device.6.The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor, individually or in any combination, is further configured to:receive, from the second wireless device, a request to indicate support for acting as a relay for traffic associated with the second wireless device;transmit a first indication of support for acting as a relay for traffic associated with the second wireless device; andreceive, from the second wireless device, an additional request to identify support for acting as the relay for the at least one class of traffic at the second wireless device, wherein to transmit the capability indication, the at least one processor, individually or in any combination, is configured to transmit the capability indication based on the request.7.The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the capability indication is associated with a layer-2 (L2) destination identifier associated with the at least one class of traffic.8.The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor, individually or in any combination, is further configured to:determine that the first wireless device supports the at least one class of traffic based on at least one of an indication from at least one network device or a link quality between the first wireless device and the network device.9.The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising at least one of a transceiver or an antenna coupled to the at least one processor, wherein to transmit the capability indication, the at least one processor, individually or in any combination, is configured to: transmit the capability indication via at least one of the transceiver or the antenna.10.An apparatus for wireless communication at a first wireless device, comprising:at least one memory; andat least one processor coupled to the at least one memory and, based at least in part on stored information that is stored in the at least one memory, the at least one processor, individually or in any combination, is configured to:receive, from at least one candidate relay wireless device, a capability indication of support for acting as a relay for at least one class of traffic at the first wireless device;transmit an indication for a second candidate relay wireless device of the at least one candidate relay wireless device to act as the relay for the first wireless device for the at least one class of traffic; andcommunicate, in association with the at least one class of traffic, with a network device via the second candidate relay wireless device as a relay device.11.The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the at least one class of traffic is associated with an extended reality (XR) service and the at least one class of traffic comprises one or more of a first class of traffic associated with uplink (UL) video data, a second class of traffic associated with UL pose data, or a third class of traffic associated with UL control data.12.The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the capability indication comprises a service code associated with the at least one class of traffic.13.The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the at least one processor, individually or in any combination, is further configured to:transmit, for the at least one candidate relay wireless device, a request to indicate a capability of support for acting as a relay for traffic associated with the first wireless device, wherein to receive the capability indication, the at least one processor, individually or in any combination, is configured to receive the capability indication based on the request.14.The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the request identifies the at least one class of traffic via at least one of information regarding the first wireless device, a service code, or information regarding candidate relay wireless devices.15.The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the at least one processor, individually or in any combination, is further configured to:transmit, for the at least one candidate relay wireless device, a request to indicate support for acting as a relay for traffic associated with the first wireless device;receive, from the at least one candidate relay wireless device, a first indication of support for acting as a relay for traffic associated with the first wireless device; andtransmit, for the at least one candidate relay wireless device, an additional request to identify support for acting as the relay for the at least one class of traffic at the first wireless device, wherein to receive the capability indication, the at least one processor, individually or in any combination, is configured to receive the capability indication based on the request.16.The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the capability indication is associated with a layer-2 (L2) destination identifier associated with the at least one class of traffic.17.The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the at least one processor, individually or in any combination, is further configured to:select one or more wireless devices of the at least one candidate relay wireless device to act as a relay for one or more classes of traffic of the at least one class of traffic.18.The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the at least one processor, individually or in any combination, is further configured to:receive, from the at least one candidate relay wireless device, a link-quality indication associated with the at least one candidate relay wireless device, wherein to select the one or more wireless devices, the at least one processor, individually or in any combination, is configured to select the one or more wireless devices of the at least one candidate relay wireless device based on the link-quality indication.19.The apparatus of claim 18, wherein to select the one or more wireless devices, the at least one processor, individually or in any combination, is configured to select the one or more wireless devices of the at least one candidate relay wireless device based on a link quality between the one or more wireless devices and the first wireless device.20.The apparatus of claim 17, wherein to select the one or more wireless devices, the at least one processor, individually or in any combination, is configured to select the one or more wireless devices of the at least one candidate relay wireless device based on a connection with a same network node as the first wireless device.21.The apparatus of claim 10, further comprising at least one of a transceiver or an antenna coupled to the at least one processor, wherein to receive the capability indication, the at least one processor, individually or in any combination, is configured to: receive the capability indication via at least one of the transceiver or the antenna.22.A method of wireless communication at a first wireless device, comprising:transmitting a capability indication of support for acting as a relay for at least one class of traffic at a second wireless device;receiving an indication to act as the relay for the second wireless device for the at least one class of traffic; andrelaying the at least one class of traffic between the second wireless device and a network device.23.The method of claim 22, wherein the at least one class of traffic is associated with an extended reality (XR) service and the at least one class of traffic comprises one or more of a first class of traffic associated with uplink (UL) video data, a second class of traffic associated with UL pose data, or a third class of traffic associated with UL control data.24.The method of claim 22, wherein the capability indication comprises a service code associated with the at least one class of traffic.25.The method of claim 22, further comprising:receiving, from the second wireless device, a request to indicate a capability of support for acting as a relay for traffic associated with the second wireless device, wherein the transmission of the capability indication is based on the request.26.The method of claim 25, wherein the request identifies the at least one class of traffic via at least one of information regarding the second wireless device, a service code, or information regarding a requested relay device.27.A method of wireless communication at a first wireless device, comprising:receiving, from at least one candidate relay wireless device, a capability indication of support for acting as a relay for at least one class of traffic at the first wireless device;transmitting an indication for a second candidate relay wireless device of the at least one candidate relay wireless device to act as the relay for the first wireless device for the at least one class of traffic; andcommunicating, in association with the at least one class of traffic, with a network device via the second candidate relay wireless device as a relay device.28.The method of claim 27, wherein the at least one class of traffic is associated with an extended reality (XR) service and the at least one class of traffic comprises one or more of a first class of traffic associated with uplink (UL) video data, a second class of traffic associated with UL pose data, or a third class of traffic associated with UL control data.29.The method of claim 27, wherein the capability indication comprises a service code associated with the at least one class of traffic.30.The method of claim 27, further comprising:transmitting, for the at least one candidate relay wireless device, a request to indicate a capability of support for acting as a relay for traffic associated with the first wireless device, wherein the reception of the capability indication is based on the request.