Trigger conditions for measurement reports for relay selection

A relay wireless device for a cellular communications network, the relay wireless device being a wireless device having relay functionality, comprising:

• a transceiver;
• a processor;
• and
• memory storing instructions executable by the processor whereby the relay wireless device is operable to:
• receive, via the transceiver, a relay request from a remote wireless device, the remote wireless device being a wireless device desiring a connection to the cellular communications network via a relay wireless device;
• determine whether one or more criteria for acting on the relay request are satisfied;
• and
• act on the relay request upon determining that the one or more criteria for responding to the relay request are satisfied.

A remote wireless device for a cellular communications network, the remote wireless device being a wireless device that desires to establish a relay connection with a relay wireless device, the relay wireless device being a wireless device having relay functionality, the remote wireless device comprising:

• a transceiver;
• a processor;
• and
• memory storing instructions executable by the processor whereby the relay wireless device is operable to:
• rank a plurality of candidate relay wireless devices;
• and
• report, to a network node of the cellular communications network via the transceiver, a subset of the plurality of candidate relay wireless devices based on the ranking of the plurality of candidate relay wireless devices.