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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2013
Ntt Docomo, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
NTT DOCOMO, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention discloses a method and a device for discovering a UE, a first UE and a base station. The method for discovering a UE comprises the steps of: monitoring, by a first UE, an uplink signal in a mobile communication system; extracting, by the first UE, first information for identifying a UE that is to be discovered and that transmits the uplink signal from the monitored uplink signal; transmitting, by the first UE, a monitoring report message carrying the first information to a base station, acquiring, by the first UE, the device ID of the UE to be discovered in accordance with the monitoring report response message and completing the discovery process of the UE. According to the present invention, it is able to discover the UE without changing a channel system of an existing system and occupying time-frequency resources of the system.