Patent ID: 9559761
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions for execution by processing circuitry of a wireless communication device for protecting a user identity for device-to-device communication enabled user equipment, the instructions to configure the device to perform operations to: transmit a first temporary identification and first discovery information from a first user equipment (UE), the discovery information authorizing discovery of the first UE; receive a request at the first UE from a second UE to join a device-to-device network with the first UE using a second temporary identification associated with the second UE; resolve the first temporary address to provide a permanent ID associated with the first UE using previously stored resolution information associated with the permanent ID of the first UE and the first temporary ID; and resolve the second temporary ID at the first UE to provide a permanent ID associated with the second UE using previously stored resolution information associated with the permanent ID of the second UE and the second temporary ID.