Patent ID: 9654959
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: H04W,Y02D

Claim:
1. A network-assisted discovery method of a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: broadcasting discovery information of the terminal in a discovery signal transmission duration of the terminal; receiving first assisted discovery information from a base station; determining whether the first assisted discovery information includes the discovery information; and transmitting a discovery signal transmission request message to the base station if the discovery information of the terminal is not included in the received first assisted discovery information, wherein the discovery signal transmission request message requests the base station to broadcast second assisted discovery information including the discovery information of the terminal, wherein another terminal discovers the terminal based on the discovery information in the second assisted discovery information, and wherein a discovery resource associated with the discovery information is split into a first discovery signal transmission resource of the terminal and a second discovery signal transmission resource of the base station.