User-equipment-coordination-set regrouping

A method performed by a user equipment configured as a coordinating user equipment for a source user equipment-coordination set in a wireless communications network, the method comprising the coordinating user equipment:

• jointly-receiving, with other user equipments in the source user equipment-coordination set and from a base station, a release message for a regrouping of a user equipment in the source user equipment-coordination set;
• forwarding information related to the user equipment, to a coordinating user equipment of a target user equipment-coordination set, for the regrouping;
• and
• in response to successfully forwarding the information, transmitting another release message, to the user equipment, that is effective to direct the user equipment to release from the source user equipment-coordination set.

A method performed by a user equipment configured as a coordinating user equipment for a target user equipment-coordination set in a wireless communications network, the method comprising the coordinating user equipment:

• jointly-receiving, with other user equipments in the target user equipment-coordination set and from a base station, a request message for a regrouping of the user equipment to the target user equipment-coordination set;
• receiving information related to the user equipment, from a coordinating user equipment of a source user equipment-coordination set, for the regrouping;
• and
• in response to receiving the request message, transmitting another request message, to the user equipment, that is effective to direct the user equipment to join from the target user equipment-coordination set.