Patent ID: 9161382
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of managing a communication connection by a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: transmitting a first message for requesting a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection, wherein the first message includes a cause of the request and an identifier, the cause of the request being related with a Proximity-based Service (ProSe), and the identifier being randomly generated for the communication connection by the UE and set to be effective for a predetermined time; establishing the communication connection via a network path; and receiving a second message from a ProSe server, wherein the second message indicates whether the communication connection is out of proximity range or not, and wherein, when the second message indicates that the communication connection is out of the proximity range, a third message for requesting one of a proximity range extension and a communication connection release is transmitted to the ProSe server.