METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROXIMITY SERVICE DISCOVERY TO PROVIDE PROXIMITY SERVICE

• US 20160157056A1
• Filed: 05/07/2014
• Published: 06/02/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/05/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Laeyoung, Kim, Jaehyun, Kim, Taehyeon, Kim, Hyunsook
• Application Number:
  US14/889,082
• Publication Number:
  US 20160157056A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/12 between location registers or mobility servers

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for a first terminal to perform a proximity service (ProSe) in a wireless communication system. More specifically, the method comprises the steps of: a first terminal transmitting a Prose discovery request to a first network entity; and the first terminal receiving a ProSe discovery response from the first network entity, wherein the ProSe discovery response indicates a refusal of the ProSe if the first terminal and a second terminal area determined not to be in a proximity relationship during a previously configured temporal period.

Claims

1. A method for a first terminal to perform a proximity service (ProSe) in a wireless communication system, comprising:

transmitting, by the first terminal, a ProSe discovery request to a first network entity; and

receiving, by the first terminal, a ProSe discovery response from the first network entity,

wherein the ProSe discovery response indicates rejection of the ProSe when the first terminal and a second terminal are determined not to be in proximity in a predetermined time window, and

wherein the proximity is determined on the basis of location information received through a home subscriber server (HSS).

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the location information is location information prestored in the HSS or location information transmitted by a mobility management entity (MME).

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the location information is location information of at least one of the first terminal and the second terminal.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first terminal and the second terminal are determined not to be in proximity when the first terminal and the second terminal are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance or more.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the predetermined distance is the actual distance between the first terminal and the second terminal or information for inferring the distance between the first terminal and the second terminal.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the predetermined distance is previously configured or acquired from a second network entity.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein rejection of the ProSe indicates that one of proximity check, a proximity request procedure, a location reporting procedure and ProSe discovery is not performed.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the ProSe discovery response further includes at least one of information about whether the first terminal and the second terminal are in proximity, information about whether the first terminal and the second terminal will be in proximity and information on the distance between the first terminal and the second terminal.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined time window is included in the ProSe discovery request and transmitted.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the ProSe discovery response is determined by the first network entity,

wherein the first network entity is a ProSe server or a ProSe function.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein the proximity is determined when whether the first terminal and the second terminal are initially in proximity is determined.

2. (canceled)

13. A method for a first network entity to support a ProSe in a wireless communication system, comprising:

receiving, by the first network entity, a ProSe discovery request from a first terminal; and

transmitting, by the first network entity, a ProSe discovery response to the first network entity,

wherein the ProSe discovery response indicates rejection of the ProSe when the first terminal and a second terminal are determined not to be in proximity in a predetermined time window, and

wherein the proximity is determined on the basis of location information received through a home subscriber server (HSS).

14. A first terminal performing a ProSe in a wireless communication system, comprising:

a radio frequency unit; and

a processor,

wherein the processor is configured to control the first terminal to transmit a ProSe discovery request to a first network entity and to receive a ProSe discovery response from the first network entity,

wherein the ProSe discovery response indicates rejection of the ProSe when the first terminal and a second terminal are determined not to be in proximity in a predetermined time window, and

wherein the proximity is determined on the basis of location information received through a home subscriber server (HSS).

15. A first network entity supporting a ProSe in a wireless communication system, comprising:

a radio frequency unit; and

a processor,

wherein the processor is configured to receive a ProSe discovery request from a first terminal and to transmit a ProSe discovery response to the first network entity,

wherein the ProSe discovery response indicates rejection of the ProSe when the first terminal and a second terminal are determined not to be in proximity in a predetermined time window, and

wherein the proximity is determined on the basis of location information received through a home subscriber server (HSS).