Patent ID: 9485612
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of operating a server for providing a peer-to-peer (P2P) service in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving a P2P service request signal comprising information of contents requested by a mobile station (MS) and information of preferred peer MSs of the MS; selecting a peer MS from a list of MSs having the contents based on a distance between the peer MS and the MS and based on an available resource status of at least two serving base stations (BSs) of the MSs on the list and based on the information of the preferred peer MSs of the MS; transmitting information of the selected peer MS to the MS; receiving, from the MS, a signal for another peer MS selection when the MS receives a response signal including a rejection of the P2P service from the selected peer MS; selecting another peer MS from the list of MSs having the contents; and transmitting information of the another peer MS to the MS.