Patent ID: 9532395
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for controlling a User Equipment (UE), the method comprising: receiving, by a Mobility Management Entity (MME), a Device to Device (D2D) request message of a UE transmitted by an evolved Node B (eNB), determining, according to the D2D request message, requested D2D features, determining acceptable one of the requested D2D features and transmitting an accepted D2D feature to the eNB; and upon reception of the accepted D2D feature transmitted by the MME, judging, by the eNB, whether to accept the D2D request of the UE, and if the eNB determines to accept the D2D request, then configuring by the eNB, resource and instructing the UE to perform configuration of the accepted D2D feature; if the eNB determines not to accept the D2D request, rejecting, by the eNB, the D2D request of the UE.