Patent ID: 9538357
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method for processing Device-to-Device (D2D) device identity, comprising: transmitting, by a D2D device, a temporary D2D identity request; receiving, by the D2D device, temporary D2D identity authorization information corresponding to the temporary D2D identity request, and acquiring a temporary D2D identity; and broadcasting, by the D2D device, the acquired temporary D2D identity, wherein the temporary D2D identity is used for discovering the D2D device by a discovering D2D device in a D2D discovery process; wherein when the D2D device transmits the temporary D2D identity request, the D2D device reports at least one piece of the following information: a type of the D2D device, a purpose and type of the temporary D2D identity request transmitted by the D2D device and a type of a service provided by the D2D device.