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User terminal and network apparatus

US9832712B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 10, 2014
Grant dateNov 28, 2017
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Expiry dateSep 10, 2034

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W92/18
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A user terminal according to the present invention is a user terminal in a mobile communication system that supports D2D communication that is direct device-to-device communication. The user terminal comprises: a receiver configured to receive, from a network device, D2D terminal information on another user terminal located around the user terminal, the network apparatus managing a location of the another user terminal that distributes information by the D2D communication; and a controller configured to perform control for discovering the another user terminal, on the basis of the D2D terminal information.

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