Systems, methods, and processors are provided for flexibly configuring network slices in device to device communication. In one example, a baseband processor for a relay user equipment (UE) is configured to cause the UE to receive a UE route selection policy (URSP) from a network. The URSP includes respective URSP rules for routing UE traffic through respective network slices to the network. A first URSP rule indicates whether an associated first network slice is designated for remote UE traffic, relay UE traffic, or both remote UE traffic and relay UE traffic. The baseband processor is configured to cause the UE to establish a device to device (D2D) connection with a remote UE to relay remote UE traffic from the remote UE to a base station and assign the remote UE traffic to at least one network slice based on the URSP.

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In one example, a first user equipment (UE) identifies a trigger condition associated with a first communication link with a base station and establishes a second communication link with a second UE. The UE may transmit a relay request to the second UE based on the trigger condition, wherein the relay request instructs the second UE to relay communications for the first UE. The first UE communicates with the base station via the second communication link. In another example, a base station establishes communication links with a first and second UE. The base station receives a data forwarding request that instructs the base station to use the second UE to relay communications between it and the first UE. The base station communicates with the first UE via the second communication link based at least in part on the relay request.

A first device in a communication network receives from at least one second device in the communication network, a first request for acquiring a token, the token being permission for communicating with a third device. Based on the first request, a device from the at least one second device and the first device as a communication device is selected for providing a communication service to the third device in the communication network; and the token is transmitted to the communication device. The communication device receives the token for communicating with the third device. Other devices receive key information associated with communication of the third device from the first device, and monitor data associated with the communication of the third device.

Embodiments herein relate to a method performed by a network node in a telecommunication network providing a multicast transmission to a group of devices residing in a cell of the telecommunication network. The network node monitors a congestion level for communication, and, if the congestion level reaches a first threshold, the network node orders for at least one device in a RRC connected mode to be released from the RRC connected mode to an RRC idle mode or an RRC inactive mode, thereby disabling a capability of the at least one device to provide one or more re-transmission requests while keeping an ability of the at least one device to further receive the multicast transmission.

Methods and systems for providing an enhanced proximity services. The method includes monitoring, by a proximity controller provisioned in a preferred network, dual subscriber identification module (SIM) dual subscriber (DSDS) devices operating in the preferred network, detecting, by the proximity controller, a DSDS device operating in a non-preferred network, wherein the DSDS devices and the DSDS device are configured to switchably operate in one of the preferred network or the non-preferred network based on coverage, locating, by the proximity controller, from the monitored DSDS devices a DSDS device proximate to the DSDS device operating in the non-preferred network, and enabling, by the proximity controller, the proximate DSDS device and the DSDS device operating in the non-preferred network to establish a sidelink communication channel between the proximate DSDS device and the DSDS device operating in the non-preferred network for offloading data communications from the non-preferred network to the preferred network.

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications, and more particularly, to techniques for cross-carrier sidelink channel state information (CSI) reporting. One aspect provides a method for wireless communication by a first user equipment (UE). The method generally includes transmitting, to a second UE, one or more channel state information (CSI) requests on one or more first component carriers (CCs), via one or more sidelink control informations (SCIs) that includes a CSI request flag and receiving, in response to the one or more CSI requests, one or more CSI reports from the second UE on one or more second CCs.

Facilitating sidelink-based relaying and multi-connectivity in advanced networks (e.g., 5G, 6G, and beyond) is provided herein. Operations of a method can comprise facilitating, by a first communications device comprising a memory and a processor, an establishment of multiple-connectivity for communication links between a second communications device and a third communications device. Facilitating the establishment of the multiple-connectivity for the communication links can comprise facilitating establishing a communication link between the second communications device and the third communications device. Facilitating the establishment of the multiple-connectivity for the communication links also can comprise facilitating establishing a first communication relay link between the second communications device and the first communications device and a second communication relay link between the first communications device and the third communications device.

Channel occupancy time (COT) aware sensing and resource selection for new radio-unlicensed (NR-U) sidelink operations is disclosed. A first sidelink user equipment (UE) determines a sensing window or resource selection window (RSW) based on a projected listen-before-talk (LBT) completion time. The UE may sense for a subset of sideline resources within the RSW and COT-SI from a neighboring sidelink UE including identification of a COT initiated by the neighboring UE and one or more parameters associated with the COT. The UE may identify in-COT resources of located within the COT and out-COT resources located outside of the COT and then randomly select a set of transmission resources from the in-COT and out-COT resources. The UE may then transmit to a second UE using the set of transmission resources.

The disclosure relates to a 5G or a 4G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. The present disclosure relates to a method and a device for processing sidelink resource allocation in a V2X system. According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, in a wireless communication system, a terminal may include at least one transceiver and at least one processor coupled to the at least one transceiver. The at least one processor may be configured to: acquire aggregate maximum bit rate (AMBR) information regarding a PC5 unicast link for sidelink communication of the terminal; provide the AMBR information to a base station; receive information regarding a resource for the sidelink communication, which has been allocated on the basis of the AMBR information, from the base station; and transmit data following the sidelink communication to another terminal on the basis of the resource.

A communication method and apparatus are disclosed, and are applicable to fields such as V2X, the internet of vehicles, intelligent networked vehicles, driver assistance, and intelligent driving. The method includes: A terminal device determines that uplink transmission and sidelink transmission both exist; and when one or more of a first condition, a second condition, a third condition, and a fourth condition are not met, the terminal device performs the sidelink transmission; or when any one of one or more of a first condition, a second condition, a third condition, and a fourth condition is met, the terminal device performs the uplink transmission.