OPTIMIZATION ON NETWORK ASSISTED PROXIMITY SERVICES DISCOVERY MANAGEMENT
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1. A method, comprising:
- establishing, by a network element, a discovery context for a first user equipment for a discovery of at least one second user equipment that a user of the first user equipment is interested in discovering;
allocating a beacon channel to the at least one second user equipment; and
transmitting to the first user equipment a request to establish a discovery context, the request comprising information on the allocated beacon channel.
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Abstract
Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for network assisted ProSe discovery management are provided. One method includes establishing, by a network element, a discovery context of a user equipment, and transmitting a discovery context establishment request comprising beacon information on at least one other user that a user of the user equipment is interested in discovering.
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36 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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establishing, by a network element, a discovery context for a first user equipment for a discovery of at least one second user equipment that a user of the first user equipment is interested in discovering; allocating a beacon channel to the at least one second user equipment; and transmitting to the first user equipment a request to establish a discovery context, the request comprising information on the allocated beacon channel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus, comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory comprising computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus at least to establish a discovery context for a first user equipment for a discovery of at least one second user equipment that a user of the first user equipment is interested in discovering; allocate a beacon channel to the at least one second user equipment; and transmit to the first user equipment a request to establish a discovery context, the request comprising information on the allocated beacon channel. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer program, embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, wherein the computer program is configured to control a processor to perform a process, comprising:
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establishing a discovery context for a first user equipment for a discovery of at least one second user equipment that a user of the first user equipment is interested in discovering; allocating a beacon channel to the at least one second user equipment; and transmitting to the first user equipment a request to establish a discovery context, the request comprising information on the allocated beacon channel.
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18. A method, comprising:
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initiating, by a user equipment, establishment of a discovery context, wherein the initiating comprises transmitting a discovery context indication to a network, and wherein the discovery context indication comprises information about at least one other user that a user of the user equipment is interested in discovering; and receiving a discovery context establishment request from the network, wherein the discovery context establishment request comprises, when discovery context of the at least one other user is available in the network, beacon information for the at least one other user that the user of the user equipment is interested in discovering. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. An apparatus, comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory comprising computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus at least to transmit a discovery context indication to a network to initiate establishment of a discovery context, wherein the discovery context indication comprises information about at least one other user that a user of the apparatus is interested in discovering; and receive a discovery context establishment request from the network, wherein the discovery context establishment request comprises, when discovery context of the at least one other user is available in the network, beacon information for the at least one other user that the user of the apparatus is interested in discovering. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A computer program, embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, wherein the computer program is configured to control a processor to perform a process, comprising:
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initiating, by a user equipment, establishment of a discovery context, wherein the initiating comprises transmitting a discovery context indication to a network, and wherein the discovery context indication comprises information about at least one other user that a user of the user equipment is interested in discovering; and receiving a discovery context establishment request from the network, wherein the discovery context establishment request comprises, when discovery context of the at least one other user is available in the network, beacon information for the at least one other user that the user of the user equipment is interested in discovering.
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