Patent ID: 9319827
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A user equipment (UE), comprising: a receiving interface, being configured to receive device-to-device (D2D) communication information; a discovering interface, being configured to discover D2D communication nodes; and a selecting interface coupled to the receiving interface and the discovering interface, being configured to determine at least one selection procedure from a plurality of selection procedures according to the D2D communication information and select at least one first D2D communication target from the discovered D2D communication nodes according to the determined selection procedure; and a communication interface coupled with the selecting interface; wherein the communication interface communicates with at least one of the other D2D communication nodes via the first D2D communication target; and wherein when the first D2D communication target becomes inactive or has a transmission failure, the selecting interface determines at least one selection procedure again from the selection procedures according to the D2D communication information and selects at least one second D2D communication target from the discovered D2D communication nodes according to the determined selection procedure, and the communication interface communicates with the original D2D communication nodes via the second D2D communication target.