Patent ID: 9112903
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: requesting, by a first apparatus from a gateway entity, information on at least one second apparatus capable of providing a predetermined service and being located in proximity of the first apparatus to allow direct wireless connection between the first apparatus and the at least one second apparatus; receiving, by the first apparatus from the gateway entity, a predetermined resource identifier associated with the at least one second apparatus capable of providing the predetermined service and located in proximity of the first apparatus to allow direct wireless connection between the first apparatus and second apparatus, wherein the predetermined resource identifier is received as a response to the request; and sending, by the first apparatus, a resource request to a first one of the second apparatus using the predetermined resource identifier associated with the second apparatus, where the requesting of the information on the at least one second apparatus comprises sending, by the first apparatus, location information of the first apparatus determined by the first apparatus via an identifier of a network base station to which the first apparatus is attached to the gateway entity, where the location information of the first apparatus is not determinable by the second apparatus, and where communication between the first apparatus and the second apparatus is directly through the gateway entity.