Patent ID: 9578550
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: detecting, by a first user equipment, that a handover of an existing direct device-to-device connection between the first user equipment and a second user equipment is needed by detecting that the existing direct device-to-device connection is moving out of a current serving cell; selecting at least one candidate target cell for the handover; signalling an indication of the at least one candidate target cell to the second user equipment; receiving, from the second user equipment, second user equipment-specific information related to the indicated at least one candidate target cell; selecting the target cell on the basis of the received second user equipment-specific information; and accessing the selected target cell for sending a request for the handover of the existing direct device-to-device connection, wherein the method is a method for initiating the handover of the existing direct device-to-device connection between the first and the second user equipment by the first user equipment.