Sidelink measurement configuration and reporting for a user equipment relay

A first user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to:
• perform one or more sidelink measurements of one or more sidelink reference signals associated with a second UE;
• transmit, to a network node, a sidelink measurement report that indicates results for the one or more sidelink measurements;
• and
• receive, from the network node, an indication to transition to a sidelink UE relay mode for operation as a sidelink UE relay between the network node and the second UE,
• wherein the indication to transition to the sidelink UE relay mode is based at least in part on the results of the one or more sidelink measurements.

A first user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to:
• transmit one or more sidelink reference signals;
• receive, from a second UE, a sidelink measurement report that indicates results for one or more sidelink measurements of the one or more sidelink reference signals;
• and
• transmit the sidelink measurement report to a network node.

A first user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to:
• perform one or more sidelink measurements of one or more sidelink reference signals associated with a second UE;
• and
• transmit, to a network node, a sidelink measurement report that indicates:
• results for the one or more sidelink measurements, and
• a selected sidelink UE relay mode for the second UE to operate as a relay UE between the first UE and the network node.