Network supervised device-to-device communication

摘要

A method of supervising device-to-device communication may include determining that a first wireless device and a second wireless device are configured to communicate with each other through device-to-device communication as a device-to-device pair. The method may further include assigning a pair identifier to the device-to-device pair. The pair identifier may be configured to allow the device-to-device pair to communicate with each other and an access point of a wireless communication network while protecting from eavesdropping. Further, the method may include directing the first wireless device and the second wireless device to use the pair identifier while participating in the device-to-device communication.

主权项

1. A method of supervising device-to-device communication, the method comprising:
determining that a first wireless device and a second wireless device are configured to communicate with each other through device-to-device communication as a device-to-device pair; assigning a pair identifier to the device-to-device pair, the pair identifier configured to allow the device-to-device pair to communicate with each other through device-to-device communication while protecting from eavesdropping and the pair identifier configured to allow the first wireless device and the second wireless device to communicate with an access point of a wireless communication network with respect to the device-to-device communication while protecting from eavesdropping; communicating, by the access point, the pair identifier to the first wireless device and the second wireless device; communicating, by the access point, one or more device-to-device transmission parameters to the first wireless device and the second wireless device, wherein communication of the one or more device-to-device transmission parameters is scrambled using the pair identifier and wherein the one or more device-to-device transmission parameters include one or more of the following: a frequency range for device-to-device communication between the first wireless device and the second wireless device, a time slot for device-to-device communication between the first wireless device and the second wireless device, a power margin indicator associated with a device-to-device channel between the first wireless device and the second wireless device, and a transmission power for device-to-device communication between the first wireless device and the second wireless device; directing the first wireless device and the second wireless device to scramble device-to-device communications between each other using the pair identifier; directing the first wireless device and the second wireless device to scramble, using the pair identifier, one or more communications to the access point that are related to device-to-the device communication between the first wireless device and the second wireless device; and directing the first wireless device and the second wireless device to perform the device-to-device communication based on the one or more device-to-device transmission parameters.