Patent ID: 9144098
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a transceiver for bidirectional wireless communications; at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor and in response to execution of the computer program code, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: determining whether an application message from an application meets a predetermined set of criteria; in response to the application message meeting the predetermined set of criteria, transmitting the application message via a first communication layer pathway from the application to an L1 physical control channel used to communicate in a wireless device-to-device communication with at least one other apparatus; and in response to the application message not meeting the predetermined set of criteria, transmitting the application message via a second communication layer pathway from the application to an L1 physical data channel used to communicate in the wireless device-to-device communication with the at least one other apparatus.