| 摘要 |
<p>A method of establishing an association between user equipment configured to communicate with other user equipment via a direct radio link within a wireless communications network;, a computer program product and user equipment operable to perform that method. The method comprises: monitoring, at one of the user equipment configured to communicate via a direct radio link, for receipt of a beacon signal from one of the other user equipment; and if such a beacon signal is received, notifying the user equipment transmitting the received beacon signal of receipt of the beacon signal to establish an association with the user equipment transmitting the received beacon signal; and if no beacon signal is received, commencing transmission of a beacon signal and monitoring for receipt of a notification that the transmitted beacon signal has been received by one of the other user equipment to establish an association with the other user equipment responsible for transmission of that notification. Aspects and embodiments described may allow user equipment wishing to establish a device to device link with other user equipment to discover each other without each having to transmit a beacon signal.</p> |
