CONTROL OF DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATION

摘要

It is provided a method, comprising getting an assignment of a first resource usable for device-to-device communication from a base station; determining a cell edge condition, which is only fulfilled if an apparatus performing the method is determined to be at an edge of a cell of the base station to which the apparatus is attached; detecting a request from another apparatus for setting up a device-to-device communication; if the cell edge condition is not fulfilled: determining to set up the device-to- device communication to the other apparatus using at least a first part of the first resource only; and if the cell edge condition is fulfilled : monitoring an assignment of a second resource for device-to-device communication of the other apparatus, and determining to set up the device-to-device communication to the other apparatus using at least one of a second part of the first resource and a part of the second resource.