Patent ID: 9560678
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method for operating a Base Station (BS) in a wireless communication system capable of supporting a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) communication, the method comprising: receiving a connection request message from a first mobile station (MS); transmitting a P2P setup ready message to instruct at least one MS to receive a P2P connection request message from the first MS; receiving at least one response message including an identification (ID) of the first MS from the at least one MS that has received the P2P connection request message from the first MS; determining whether to allow the P2P communication between the first MS and a second MS among the at least one MS that has received the P2P connection request message from the first MS based on the at least one response message; and transmitting a connection response message indicating whether to allow the P2P communication between the first MS and the second MS, to the first MS and the second MS.