An exemplary method of the MTC UE includes the steps of: the UE is performing a discovery procedure (e.g., D2D discovery of the repeater search, relaying UE) for identifying the one or more devices that enables communication with the base station and indirect in the network, and determining whether to communicate with one or indirectly to the base than a number of criteria (e.g., based on the link quality or signal strength), or whether to directly communicate with the base station through the device identified by the discovery procedure. According to certain aspects, when the UE is communicating with the network and indirectly, the network may direct the UE paging is as, indirectly, or both. Method in the intermediate device, and a step of determining the detected parameter, and the step of the UE sending the detected signal to be able to find the device. The intermediate device may transmit to the UE by measuring an indicator of signal quality between the base station and the device.