Systems, methods, and apparatuses for facilitating device-to-device connection establishment
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving a device-to-device registration request originated by a first terminal apparatus located within a device-to-device registration area; and
registering, by device-to-device registration server function circuitry, the first terminal apparatus based at least in part upon the device-to-device registration request;
wherein the device-to-device registration request comprises an indication of a device-to-device user identifier for the first terminal apparatus and a network-allocated identifier for the terminal apparatus,wherein registering the first terminal apparatus comprisesauthenticating the first terminal apparatus based at least in part on the network-allocated identifier,generating a mapping between the device-to-device user identifier and at least one of the network-allocated identifier or an updated network-allocated identifier, andstoring the generated mapping in a device-to-device registration database for the device-to-device registration area; and
transmitting a device-to-device registration response comprising an updated device-to-device network-allocated identifier to the first terminal apparatus.
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Abstract
Methods, apparatuses, and systems are provided for facilitating device-to-device connection establishment. A method may include directing broadcast of an indication of a device-to-device registration area identification in each of one or more cells forming a device-to-device registration area identified by the device-to-device registration area identification. The method may further include directing receipt of a device-to-device registration request originated by a first terminal apparatus in response to the broadcast indication. The first terminal apparatus may be located within the registration area. The method may additionally include registering the first terminal apparatus based at least in part upon the device-to-device registration request. Corresponding apparatuses and systems are also provided.
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16 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving a device-to-device registration request originated by a first terminal apparatus located within a device-to-device registration area; and registering, by device-to-device registration server function circuitry, the first terminal apparatus based at least in part upon the device-to-device registration request; wherein the device-to-device registration request comprises an indication of a device-to-device user identifier for the first terminal apparatus and a network-allocated identifier for the terminal apparatus, wherein registering the first terminal apparatus comprises authenticating the first terminal apparatus based at least in part on the network-allocated identifier, generating a mapping between the device-to-device user identifier and at least one of the network-allocated identifier or an updated network-allocated identifier, and storing the generated mapping in a device-to-device registration database for the device-to-device registration area; and transmitting a device-to-device registration response comprising an updated device-to-device network-allocated identifier to the first terminal apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory storing computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and stored computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to at least:
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receive a device-to-device registration request originated by a first terminal apparatus located within a device-to-device registration area; and register the first terminal apparatus based at least in part upon the device-to-device registration request; wherein the device-to-device registration request comprises an indication of a device-to-device user identifier for the first terminal apparatus and a network-allocated identifier for the terminal apparatus, and wherein the at least one memory and stored computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to register the first terminal apparatus at least in part by authenticating the first terminal apparatus based at least in part on the network-allocated identifier, generating a mapping between the device-to-device user identifier and at least one of the network-allocated identifier or an updated network-allocated identifier, and storing the generated mapping in a device-to-device registration database for the device-to-device registration area; and transmit a device-to-device registration response comprising an updated device-to-device network-allocated identifier to the first terminal apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory storing computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and stored computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to at least:
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determine a paging area for a first terminal apparatus based at least in part upon a connection establishment request originated by the first terminal apparatus seeking to establish a connection with a second terminal apparatus; page the second terminal apparatus only in the determined paging area to facilitate establishment of a device-to-device connection between the first terminal apparatus and the second terminal apparatus in response to the connection establishment request; determine a cell by which the device-to-device connection establishment request was received from the first terminal apparatus; and determine the paging area by defining the paging area to comprise the determined cell. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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