Methods and apparatus for providing network-assisted end-to-end paging between LTE devices

An initiator user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:

• means for determining a network address of a target UE based on a target expression, the target expression including a set of characters broadcast by the target UE for facilitating a discovery and communication with other UEs;
• means for sending a connection request including information associated with the initiator UE to the target UE at the determined network address;
• means for sending information associated with the target UE to a mobility management entity (MME) serving the initiator UE;
• means for sending the target expression along with the information to the MME serving the initiator UE;
• means for receiving, from the MME serving the initiator UE, one or more parameters for communicating with the target UE, the one or more parameters being determined by the MME serving the initiator UE and an MME serving the target UE;
• and
• wherein at least one of the means for receiving or the means for transmitting is further configured to communicate with the target UE based on the one or more parameters.

An initiator user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:

• a processing system of the initiator UE configured to:
• determine a network address of a target UE based on a target expression, the target expression including a set of characters broadcast by the target UE for facilitating a discovery and communication with other UEs;
• send a connection request including information associated with the initiator UE to the target UE at the determined network address;
• send information associated with the target UE to a mobility management entity (MME) serving the initiator UE;
• send the target expression along with the information to the MME serving the initiator UE;
• receive, from the MME serving the initiator UE, one or more parameters for communicating with the target UE, the one or more parameters being determined by the MME serving the initiator UE and an MME serving the target UE;
• and
• communicate with the target UE based on the one or more parameters.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer code executable by a processor of an initiator user equipment (UE) for wireless communications, comprising code for:

• determining, by the processor of the initiator UE, a network address of a target UE based on a target expression, the target expression including a set of characters broadcast by the target UE for facilitating a discovery and communication with other UEs;
• sending, by the initiator UE, a connection request including information associated with the initiator UE to the target UE at the determined network address;
• sending information associated with the target UE to a mobility management entity (MME) serving the initiator UE;
• sending the target expression along with the information to the MME serving the initiator UE;
• receiving, by the initiator UE from the MME serving the initiator UE, one or more parameters for communicating with the target UE, the one or more parameters being determined by the MME serving the initiator UE and an MME serving the target UE;
• and
• communicating with the target UE based on the one or more parameters.