WHATISCLAIMEDIS:
1. An apparatus for wireless communication at a relay entity, comprising: a memory; and
one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to:
establish a wireless communication session with a network entity associated with a visited public land mobile network (VPLMN), wherein the relay entity is configured to perform access node functions and user equipment (UE) functions, and wherein establishing the wireless communication session includes enabling wireless communication for both the access node functions and the UE functions via the VPLMN; and
perform a relay service via the access node functions.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to determine whether the access node functions are permitted to operate in the VPLMN.
3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to determine whether the access node functions are permitted to operate in the VPLMN based at least in part on at least one of a provisioned list of preferred public land mobile networks (PLMNs), or a provisioned list of PLMNs in which the access node functions are not permitted to operate.
4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein each of the preferred PLMNs includes a corresponding priority value.
5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to select the VPLMN based at least in part on a priority value associated with the VPLMN.
6. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein determining whether the access node functions are permitted to operate in the VPLMN is based at least in part on an indication received firom the network entity.
7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the indication received firom the network entity is received in response to a request, associated with the UE functions, for the access node functions to operate in the VPLMN.
8. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein establishing the wireless communication session with the network entity associated with the VPLMN is based at least in part on another VPLMN rejecting a request, associated with the UE functions, for the access node functions to operate in the other VPLMN.
9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the access node functions are associated with an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) distributed unit (IAB-DU).
10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to establish a connection between the IAB-DU and the network entity.