Terminal apparatus, method, and integrated circuit

A method for a terminal apparatus configured to communicate with a base station apparatus, the method comprising:

• determining whether a procedure of changing an indirect path and a procedure of adding the indirect path are ongoing in a case that a radio link failure of a direct path is detected;
• and
• reporting the radio link failure of the direct path to the base station apparatus, based on determining that neither the procedure of changing the indirect path nor the procedure of adding the indirect path is ongoing,
• wherein the direct path is a path connected to the base station apparatus via a Uu interface, and
• the indirect path is a path connected to the base station apparatus via another terminal apparatus.

An integrated circuit implemented in a terminal apparatus configured to communicate with a base station apparatus, the integrated circuit comprising:

• a function of determining whether a procedure of changing an indirect path and a procedure of adding the indirect path are ongoing in a case that a radio link failure of a direct path is detected;
• and
• a function of reporting the radio link failure of the direct path to the base station apparatus, based on determining that neither the procedure of changing the indirect path nor the procedure of adding the indirect path is ongoing,
• wherein the direct path is a path connected to the base station apparatus via a Uu interface, and
• the indirect path is a path connected to the base station apparatus via another terminal apparatus.