Beacon management for network assisted device-to-device communication

摘要

A method of a wireless communication device adapted to perform device-to-device communication is disclosed. The method comprises transmitting an indication of device-to-device communication capability to a network node, receiving one or more beacon parameters allocated to one or more second wireless communication devices adapted to perform device-to-device communication, monitoring device-to-device communication beacon signaling based on the received beacon parameters, and performing at least one radio operation task based on measurements of the monitored device-to-device communication beacon signaling. The at least one radio operation task may comprise using the measurements of the monitored device-to-device communication beacon signaling to select or re-select one of the one or more second wireless communication devices for device-to-device communication, and/or transmitting a beacon measurement report to the network node based on the monitored device-to-device communication beacon signaling. Another method of a wireless communication device comprises receiving one or more beacon parameters allocated to the wireless communication device from a network node, transmitting device-to-device communication beacon signaling based on the received beacon parameters, and receiving a beacon measurement report from the network node indicating detection of the transmitted beacon by one or more second wireless communication devices. Corresponding methods of a network node are also disclosed as well as corresponding arrangements, wireless communication devices and network nodes.