Device discovery using radio discovery codes in a secure local area network

A method of discovering a nearby service-providing device that is located in a secure local area network (LAN), the method comprising:

• receiving information about one or more service-providing devices located on the secure LAN using a LAN discovery procedure that (i) comprises a communication between a service-using device and the one or more service-providing devices over the secure LAN and (ii) occurs independently of a ProSe function, the information comprising a code for, and details on features of, each of the one or more service-providing devices, and the secure local area network being one of a 5G LAN or a VLAN;
• selecting one or more of the received codes;
• listening for wireless transmission of the selected one or more codes;
• and
• transmitting data to the service-providing device which wirelessly transmitted at least one of the selected one or more codes.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors of a computing device configured to identify a nearby service-providing device in a secure local area network (LAN), cause the computing device to carry out operations including:

• receiving information about one or more service-providing devices located on the secure LAN using a LAN discovery procedure that (i) comprises a communication between the computing device and the one or more service-providing devices over the secure LAN and (ii) occurs independently of a ProSe function, the information comprising a code for, and details on features of, each of the one or more service-providing devices, and the secure LAN being one of a 5G LAN or a VLAN;
• selecting one or more of the received codes;
• listening for wireless transmission of the selected one or more codes;
• and
• transmitting data to the service-providing device which wirelessly transmitted at least one of the selected one or more codes.

A service-providing device located on a secure local area network (LAN) and comprising:

• at least one receiver;
• at least one transmitter;
• and
• at least one processor configured to:
• obtain a code associated with the service-providing device, information comprising the code and details on features of the service-providing device being transmitted over the secure LAN to a service-using device using a LAN discovery procedure that (i) comprises a communication between the at least one transmitter and the service-using device over the secure LAN and (ii) occurs independently of a ProSe function, and the secure local area network being one of a 5G LAN or a VLAN,
• use the at least one transmitter to wirelessly transmit the code, and
• use the at least one receiver to receive data from the service-using device in response to the wireless transmission.

A method of enabling discovery of a service-providing device located on a secure local area network (LAN), the method comprising:

• obtaining a code associated with the service-providing device, the code and details on features of the service-providing device being transmitted over the secure LAN to a service-using device using a LAN discovery procedure that (i) comprises a communication between the service-providing device and the service-using device over the secure LAN and (ii) occurs independently of a ProSe function, and the secure local area network being one of a 5G LAN or a VLAN;
• wirelessly transmitting the code at the service-providing device;
• and
• receiving data from the service-using device at the service-providing device in response to the wireless transmission.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors of a computing device, cause the computing device to carry out operations including:

• obtaining a code associated with a service-providing device located on a secure local area network (LAN), the code and details on features of the service-providing device being transmitted over the secure LAN to a service-using device using a LAN discovery procedure that (i) comprises a communication between the computing device and the service-using device over the secure LAN and (ii) occurs independently of a ProSe function, and the secure local area network being one of a 5G LAN or a VLAN;
• wirelessly transmitting the code at the service-providing device;
• and
• receiving data from the service-using device at the service-providing device in response to the wireless transmission.