Patent ID: 9516686
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for wireless communication, comprising: receiving a proximity detection signal by a first user equipment (UE) from at least one other UE; sending a request to a wide area network (WAN) by the first UE to establish peer-to-peer (P2P) communication with the at least one other UE on a first frequency band not licensed to the WAN, in response to receiving the proximity detection signal from the at least one other UE; receiving a query from the WAN for determining the capabilities of the first UE, the capabilities comprising whether the first UE is able to detect other UEs on the first frequency band; determining at least a first frequency channel in the first frequency band available for P2P communication, based on the capabilities of the first UE; and communicating peer-to-peer with the at least one other UE on the first frequency band by the first UE.