| 摘要 |
The present invention relates to a user equipment and a network node, and to related methods of supporting resource efficient ad hoc networking between user equipments (UEs) of a cellular network. This is addressed by a solution where the network node is supporting the ad hoc networking between UEs. The network node is capable of 5 accessing a user equipment capability database and receives (210, 220) update messages from UEs (UE1, UE2) comprising information regarding the capabilities of the user equipments such as supported frequency bands, RATs and antenna modes. The network node updates (230) the user equipment capability database (DB) with the information comprised in the received update message, and determines based on the 10 information stored in the user equipment capability database and a matching algorithm (240), that UE1 and UE2 have matching capabilities and are able to communicate wirelessly. The network node then transmits (250) an ad hoc paging message comprising the UE1 and UE2 identities. The paging message is received by the UE1 and UE2 identified in the paging message, and UE1 may then e.g. establish an ad hoc 15 network with UE2 (260). |
