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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2016
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Monica Wifvesson, Lund, SE;
Noamen Ben Henda, Stockholm, SE;
Vesa Lehtovirta, Espoo, FI;
Katharina Pfeffer, Graz, AT;
Shabnam Sultana, Montreal, CA;
Vesa Torvinen, Sauvo, FI;
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A terminal device, for example a 3GPP Proximity Services (ProSe)-enabled user equipment, obtains imprecise location information relating to a location of the terminal device, and transmits a proximity service discovery message, wherein the discovery message includes the imprecise location information. A second terminal device, again for example a 3GPP Proximity Services (ProSe)-enabled user equipment, receives a proximity service discovery message containing location information. The second terminal device obtains location information relating to its location, and calculates a distance from the location indicated by the location information in the received discovery message to its location. The second terminal device acts on the received discovery message only if the calculated distance is less than a predetermined distance.