Method and device of generating a key for device-to-device communication between a first user equipment and a second user equipment

Abstract

A method of generating a key for D2D communication between a first user equipment and a second user equipment in a first radio access node is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, the method may comprise: receiving a request for D2D key generation from the first user equipment which is served by the first radio access node; determining whether the second user equipment is served by the first radio access node; when it is determined that the second user equipment is served by the first radio access node, generating a first random number and a second random number; generating a first D2D key based on the first random number and a second D2D key based on the second random number; sending the first D2D key and the second random number to the second user equipment; and sending the second D2D key and the first random number to the first user equipment; and when it is determined that the second user equipment is not served by the first radio access node, determining a second radio access node which serves the second user equipment; generating a first random number; generating a first D2D key based on the first random number; sending the first D2D key to the second radio access node; receiving a second D2D key from the second radio access node; and sending the second D2D key and the first random number to the first user equipment.