Providing and obtaining system information for remote wireless terminal

A user equipment (UE) comprising:

• processor circuitry configured to generate a request message including request message content, the request message content corresponding to either category information of the UE or an identification of type(s) of system information for the UE;
• transmitter circuitry configured:
• to transmit, to a UE-to-Network Relay (UTNR) node over a non-Uu interface, the request message including the request message content corresponding to the category information of the UE;
• to transmit, to the UE-to-Network Relay (UTNR) node over the non-Uu interface, the request including the request message content corresponding to the identification of type(s) of system information for the UE;
• and
• receiver circuitry configured to receive, from the UE-to-Network Relay (UTNR) node over the non-Uu interface, a response message, wherein
• in a case that the request message content corresponding to the category information of the UE is transmitted, the response message includes system information determined based on a predetermined relation with the category information, and
• in a case that the request message content corresponding to the identification of the type(s) of the system information for the UE is transmitted, the response message includes system information corresponding to the identification of the type(s) of the system information for the remote UE.

A method of a UE-to-Network Relay (UTNR) node comprising a radio access network, the method comprising:

• receiving, from a remote UE over a non-Uu radio interface;
• a request message including request message content corresponding to category information of the remote UE;
• a request message including request message content corresponding to an identification of type(s) of system information for the remote UE;
• generating a response message;
• and
• transmitting the response message to the remote UE over the non-Uu radio interface, wherein
• in a case that the request message content corresponding to the category information of the remote UE is received, the response message including system information determined based on a predetermined relation with the category information is generated, and
• in a case that the request message content corresponding to the identification of the type(s) of the system information for the remote UE is received, the response message including system information corresponding to the identification of the type(s) of the system information for the remote UE is generated.

A method of a user equipment (UE) comprising:

• generating a request message including request message content, the request message content corresponding to either category information of the UE or an identification of type(s) of system information for the UE;
• transmitting, to a UE-to-Network Relay (UTNR) node over a non-Uu interface, the request message including the request message content corresponding to the category information of the UE;
• transmitting, to the UE-to-Network Relay (UTNR) node over the non-Uu interface, the request including the request message content corresponding to the identification of type(s) of system information for the UE;
• and
• receiving, from the UE-to-Network Relay (UTNR) node over the non-Uu interface, a response message, wherein
• in a case that the request message content corresponding to the category information of the UE is transmitted, the response message includes system information determined based on a predetermined relation with the category information, and
• in a case that the request message content corresponding to the identification of the type(s) of the system information for the UE is transmitted, the response message includes system information corresponding to the identification of the type(s) of the system information for the remote UE.