METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING CONNECTIVITY OF PEER-TO-PEER (P2P) COMMUNICATION IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

摘要

A method and an apparatus for supporting connectivity of Peer-to-Peer (P2P) communication in a mobile communication system are provided. An operating method of a Mobile Station (MS) for providing the connectivity of the P2P communications in the mobile communication system includes connecting P2P communications by searching for a correspondent MS in a first Base Station (BS), determining whether a direct P2P communication is feasible with the correspondent MS in the P2P communications and, when the direct P2P communication is not feasible, setting a P2P relay using the first BS.