Patent ID: 8995319
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A communication method of a first terminal for establishing direct communication between the first terminal and a second terminal through a base station, the method comprising: receiving broadcasted system information from the base station that has received, from the second terminal, a request to establish the direct communication and identifiers of the first and second terminals, and has broadcasted the system information to all terminals, the broadcasted system information including a blind paging cycle and a blind paging offset; calculating a time interval, during which the first terminal is to receive an advertisement message from the base station, using the received blind paging cycle and blind paging offset; receiving the advertisement message from the base station during the calculated time interval, the advertisement message including the identifier of the first terminal; and performing, upon detecting the identifier of the first terminal in the received advertisement message, a service setting procedure with the base station, to thereby enable the direct communication between the first and second terminals through the base station.