Patent ID: 9609680
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method of wireless communication, comprising: transmitting a first message from a device to a first base station, the first message indicating that the device desires to initiate a device-to-device (D2D) communication session, the first message comprising a group identification (ID) code; receiving a second message from the first base station comprising a D2D radio network temporary identity (RNTI) and a group index associated with the group ID code, the group index assigned according to a priority level associated with the group ID code; transmitting a third message to the first base station, the third message comprising an indication that there is data to transmit for the D2D communication session; and receiving a fourth message from the first base station that is transmitted according to the D2D RNTI.