Patent ID: 9271320
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for performing communication between devices in a wireless access system supporting device-to-device (D2D) communication, the method comprising: a first device transmitting indication information to a base station (BS), the indication information indicating whether the first device supports D2D communication; the first device receiving group information from the BS when the first device supports D2D communication, the group information related to grouping of devices that support D2D communication and received using mobility information and position information related to the devices; the first device selecting a second device that is attempting to perform D2D communication using the group information; and the first device performing D2D communication with the selected second device, wherein the group information is indicated by a D2D communication identifier represented as two hexadecimal symbols, the first hexadecimal symbol representing a D2D group identifier and the second hexadecimal symbol representing a D2D device identifier.