MUMBAI, India, Nov. 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202547097476 A) filed by Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, on Oct. 9, for 'route identifier allocation for multi-hop user equipment-to-network relay.'

Inventor(s) include Liu, Jianhua; Cheng, Hong; Paladugu, Karthika; and Krishnan, Shankar.

The application for the patent was published on Nov. 14, under issue no. 46/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "In an aspect, a UE may obtain a first route ID for a first route between the first UE and a second UE. The UE may receive, from the second UE, a data packet originating from a third UE, the data packet indicating the first route ID. The UE may identify the third UE based on the first route ID indicated in the data packet. In another aspect, a network node may obtain a route ID for at least one first route between the network node and a first UE. The network node may receive an indication that data packets received by the network node are received via a multi-hop route. The network node may receive, from the first UE, a data packet originating from a second UE based on the route ID and the indication."

The patent application was internationally filed on June 08, 2023, under International application No.PCT/CN2023/099047.

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