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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2012
Shohei Yamada, Camas, WA (US);
Ahmad Khoshnevis, Portland, OR (US);
Zhanping Yin, Vancouver, WA (US);
John Michael Kowalski, Camas, WA (US);
Kenneth James Park, Cathlamet, WA (US);
Shohei Yamada, Camas, WA (US);
Ahmad Khoshnevis, Portland, OR (US);
Zhanping Yin, Vancouver, WA (US);
John Michael Kowalski, Camas, WA (US);
Kenneth James Park, Cathlamet, WA (US);
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Methods, systems, and devices provide improved proximity services. In one aspect, a base station includes an information generating module and an information transmission module. The information generating module generates control information for causing a mobile device to initiate a discovery signal transmission procedure. The discovery signal transmission procedure allows the mobile device to be discovered. The information transmission module transmits the control information to the mobile device. In another aspect, a mobile device includes an information receiving module, a control module, and a signal transmission module. The information receiving module receives control information. The control module initiates a discovery signal transmission procedure for proximity services responsive to the information receiving module receiving the control information. The discovery signal transmission procedure includes generating a discovery signal allowing the mobile device to be discovered. The signal transmission module broadcasts the discovery signal.