Patent ID: 9414268
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method in a first user equipment for handling device-to-device, D2D, communications in a communications network, wherein the communications network comprises a first user equipment, a first radio network node serving the first user equipment, a second user equipment, and a D2D capable radio network node, wherein the method comprises: recognizing a second user equipment to have a D2D communication with; transmitting first D2D capability information associated with the first radio network node serving the first user equipment to the second user equipment; receiving second D2D capability information associated with the D2D capable radio network node and a request from the second user equipment to change from the first radio network node to the D2D capable radio network node; and performing a cell change from the first radio network node to the D2D capable radio network node, when the first radio network node does not have D2D capability.