Enhanced user equipment (ue) to network (u2n) relay operation with low power wake up signal (lp-wus) support

An apparatus for wireless communications at a network entity, comprising:

• at least one memory comprising instructions;
• and
• one or more processors, individually or collectively, configured to execute the instructions and cause the apparatus to:
• receive, from a relay node, capability information of the relay node indicating a capability to receive one or more wakeup signals (WUSs) to exit from a low power state and a list of one or more user equipments (UEs) connected to the network entity via the relay node;
• and
• transmit an indication to the relay node that the network entity supports transmission of the one or more WUSs to the relay node for a joint paging of the relay node and the one or more UEs.