Inter-Operator Device-to-Device Operation
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Abstract
Various communication systems may benefit from inter-operator device-to-device operation. For example, communication systems of the third generation partnership project (3GPP) long term evolution (LTE) advanced (LTE-A) release12/13 (Rel-12/13) or future releases may use such operation with respect to D2D communications. A method can include preparing, at a network element operated by an operator, radio resource information related to one or more operators other than the operator. The method can also include broadcasting, by the network element, the radio resource information. The radio resource information can be configured to permit a user equipment served by the network element to perform device-to-device discovery and/or communication with another user equipment served by at least one of the one or more operators.
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44 Claims
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30. An apparatus, comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to prepare, at a network element operated by an operator, radio resource information related to one or more operators other than the operator; and broadcast, by the network element, the radio resource information, wherein at least part of the radio resource information is configured to permit a user equipment served by the network element to perform device-to-device discovery and/or communication with another user equipment served by at least one of the one or more operators.
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33. An apparatus, comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to prepare, at a user equipment, a discovery information message; and broadcast, by the user equipment, the discovery information message, wherein the discovery information message comprises discovery information related to intra-operator device-to-device operation and discovery information related to inter-operator device-to-device operation. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. An apparatus, comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to monitor, by a user equipment, for a discovery information message regarding device-to-device communication; and initiate the device-to-device communication based on the discovery information message, wherein the monitoring is limited to exclude discovery messages for inter-operator device-to-device communication or wherein the monitoring comprises monitoring for discovery messages for both inter-operator device-to-device operation and intra-operator device-to-device operation or wherein the monitoring comprises monitoring for discovery messages for inter-operator device-to-device communication. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41)
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42. A method, comprising:
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preparing, at a network element operated by an operator, radio resource information related to one or more operators other than the operator; and broadcasting, by the network element, the radio resource information, wherein at least part of the radio resource information is configured to permit a user equipment served by the network element to perform device-to-device discovery and/or communication with another user equipment served by at least one of the one or more operators. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44)
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