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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2014
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Korea University Research and Business Foundation, Seoul, KR;
Hye Joong Kang, Seoul, KR;
Chung Gu Kang, Seoul, KR;
Kwon Yeol Park, Seoul, KR;
Sang Heon Pack, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A method of a Mobile Station (MS) for discovering neighbor MSs in a Device to Device (D2D) network includes broadcasting, by a discovery MS, a discovery request signal for discovering neighbor MSs, using a discovery request resource region repeated with a first period, if a neighbor MS discovery event is detected; and receiving, by the discovery MS, a discovery signal from at least one of other MSs in response to the discovery request signal, using a discovery resource region repeated with a second period. Other embodiments including a method for a central node discovering neighbor MSs and a discovery MS and a central node are also disclosed.