Patent ID: 9100818
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for allocating a Device-to-Device (D2D) IDentity (ID) of a user terminal, the method comprising: receiving a D2D ID of at least one other terminal located within a coverage area of the user terminal; determining whether the received D2D ID is identical to a D2D ID of the user terminal; when the received D2D ID is identical to the D2D ID of the user terminal, determining whether a communication service is being executed by the user terminal; when the communication service is not being executed by the user terminal, changing the D2D ID of the user terminal with reference to a D2D ID pool; and when the communication service is being executed by the user terminal, changing one of the received D2D ID of the at least one other terminal and the D2D ID of the user terminal, based on a priority of the communication service executed by the user terminal and a priority of a communication service executed by the at least one other terminal.