Method and apparatus for device-to-device communication

摘要

In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus comprises transceiver circuitry configured to receive information from a fixed network node, initiate sending information toward the fixed network node and initiate communication with at least one peer node, the peer node being a mobile node. The apparatus further comprises a memory configured to store information received from the fixed network node, and logic circuitry operably connected to the memory, configured to derive internet protocol address information from the information received from the fixed node and to initiate sending the internet protocol address information to the at least one peer node.

主权项

1. An apparatus, comprising:
logic circuitry operably connected to a memory and configured to determine that the apparatus comprises a lead node among a broadcast cluster of peer nodes, wherein determining that the apparatus comprises the lead node is based on a link strength between the apparatus and a fixed node or path losses among direct wireless links between the peer nodes in the broadcast cluster; transceiver circuitry configured to
receive subnet information from an access point, the subnet information comprising a subnet mask,initiate sending information toward the access point, andinitiate communication with a peer node in the broadcast cluster using a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) associated with the apparatus or associated with the broadcast cluster, the peer node and the apparatus being embodied by mobile nodes; memory configured to store the subnet information received from the access point; and wherein the logic circuitry is further configured to
derive, in response to receiving a request for an internet protocol address from the peer node in the broadcast cluster, an internet protocol address from the subnet information received from the access point, wherein the request from the peer node utilizes a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) associated with the lead node or a common RNTI for the broadcast cluster, andinitiate allocation of the internet protocol address to the at least one peer node.