Resource utilization based event triggering in wireless communications

A method for wireless communication, comprising:

• establishing, at a first node, a connection with a network via a first path that includes at least a first relay node in a wireless communications network, wherein the first node is a user equipment (UE) or a mobile termination (MT) function within the wireless communications network;
• identifying, at the first node, at least a second path available for the connection with the network that includes at least a second relay node;
• determining, by the first node, a first network load associated with the first path that includes one or more units of data traffic that the first node is to transmit to the network, and a second network load associated with the second path that includes the one or more units of data traffic;
• and
• transmitting a report to the network based at least in part on a difference between the first network load and the second network load determined by the first node or a change in one or more of the first network load or the second network load determined by the first node.