Method and apparatus for device-to-device communication setup
AssigneeNokia Technologies Oy
InventorsJiang Wang, Jing Xu, Zhenhong Li, Haifeng Wang
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Abstract
Disclosed are methods and apparatus for setting up cellular controlled device-to-device communications. A method can comprise sending, from a first device to a radio network node, a request to initiate device-to-device communication with a second device, the request comprising an identification of the second device and a first indicator indicating an intention of a device-to-device type of the communication; receiving, from the radio network node, a resource allocation; and transmitting service contents in the device-to-device communication directly between the first device and the second device using the allocated resources.
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A method, comprising:
- sending, by a first device to a radio network node, a request to initiate device-to-device communication with a second device, the request comprising an identification of the second device and a first indicator comprising a proximity indicator representative of a distance between the first device and the second device;
- receiving, from the radio network node, a resource allocation for the device-to-device communication;
- and
- transmitting, using the resource allocation, content in the device-to-device communication directly between the first device and the second device.
A method, comprising:
- receiving, from a first device, a request to initiate cellular controlled device-to-device communication with a second device, the request comprising an identification of the second device and a first indicator comprising a proximity indicator representative of a distance between the first device and the second device;
- allocating one or more resources for the device-to-device communication;
- and
- sending, to the first device and the second device, a resource allocation indicative of the one or more resources allocated for the device-to-device communication.
An apparatus, comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to at least perform:
- send, by a first device to a radio network node, a request to initiate device-to-device communication with a second device, the request comprising an identification of the second device and a first indicator comprising a proximity indicator representative of a distance between the first device and the second device;
- receive, from the radio network node, a resource allocation for the device-to-device communication;
- and
- transmit, using the resource allocation, content in the device-to-device communication directly between the first device and the second device.
An apparatus, comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to at least perform:
- receive, from a first device, a request to initiate cellular controlled device-to-device communication with a second device, the request comprising an identification of the second device and a first indicator comprising a proximity indicator representative of a distance between the first device and the second device;
- allocate one or more resources for the device-to-device communication;
- and
- send, to the first device and the second device, a resource allocation indicative of the one or more resources allocated for the device-to-device communication.
A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer program instructions stored therein, the execution of which result in operations that comprises:
- sending, by a first device to a radio network node, a request to initiate device-to-device communication with a second device, the request comprising an identification of the second device and a first indicator comprising a proximity indicator representative of a distance between the first device and the second device;
- receiving, from the radio network node, a resource allocation for the device-to-device communication;
- and
- transmitting, using the resource allocation, content in the device-to-device communication directly between the first device and the second device.
A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer program instructions stored therein, the execution of which result in operations that comprises:
- receiving, from a first device, a request to initiate cellular controlled device-to-device communication with a second device, the request comprising an identification of the second device and a first indicator comprising a proximity indicator representative of a distance between the first device and the second device;
- allocating one or more resources for the device-to-device communication;
- and
- sending, to the first device and the second device, a resource allocation indicative of the one or more resources allocated for the device-to-device communication.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.