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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
May. 02, 2013
Deutsche Telekom Ag, Bonn, DE;
Andreas Neubacher, Komeuburg, AT;
DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG, Bonn, DE;
Abstract
A method for enhancing the use of proximity services in a public land mobile network includes: in a first step, a base transceiver station receives a first proximity services activation information related to a first user equipment of a plurality of user equipments; in a second step, the base transceiver station receives a second proximity services activation information related to a second user equipment of the plurality of user equipments; in a third step, a proximity services broadcast information is sent from the base transceiver station to the plurality of user equipments within the geographic area; and in a fourth step, the first user equipment starts to emit a first proximity services discovery signal and the second user equipment starts to emit a second proximity services discovery signal.