Method for improving device to device proximity detection and/or device to device communication between a first user equipment and a second user equipment, the first user equipment and the second user equipment being enabled to use a device to device mode, wherein using the device to device mode for device to device proximity detection and/or device to device communication purposes between the first and second user equipments (20, 21) requires performing a discovery procedure between the first and second user equipments (20, 21), at least the first user equipment being related to a mobile communication network comprising a core network and an access network, the access network of the mobile communication network comprising a base station entity, wherein a first frequency or frequency band is used for the reception of first control data by the first user equipment, the first control data being sent by the base station entity, and wherein a second frequency or frequency band is used for the reception of second control data by the second user equipment, wherein the method comprises the following steps: -- in a first step, the base station entity transmits, as part of the first control data, a first discovery resource configuration information and a second discovery resource configuration information, the first discovery resource configuration information indicating first air interface resources being possibly used for discovery purposes involving the first user equipment, the second discovery resource configuration information indicating second air interface resources being possibly used for discovery purposes involving the second user equipment, -- in a second step, subsequent to the first step, the first user equipment uses the second discovery resource configuration information for performing a discovery procedure towards the second user equipments by using the second air interface resources, wherein the second air interface resources are part of the second frequency or frequency band and/or a contiguous part of the second frequency band and/or wherein the first air interface resources are part of the first frequency or frequency band and/or a contiguous part of the first frequency band, wherein the second air interface resources are indicated, within the second discovery resource configuration information, by means of at least the following parameters: -- a frequency indication, -- a relative time offset to the system frame number, and -- a radio resource block allocation, wherein the second discovery resource configuration information is transmitted using -- a system information block, the system information block comprising the first discovery resource configuration information for the device to device mode, or -- a separate system information block only comprising the second discovery resource configuration information. -- in a first step, the base station entity transmits, as part of the first control data, a first discovery resource configuration information and a second discovery resource configuration information, the first discovery resource configuration information indicating first air interface resources being possibly used for discovery purposes involving the first user equipment, the second discovery resource configuration information indicating second air interface resources being possibly used for discovery purposes involving the second user equipment, -- in a second step, subsequent to the first step, the first user equipment uses the second discovery resource configuration information for performing a discovery procedure towards the second user equipments by using the second air interface resources, wherein the second air interface resources are part of the second frequency or frequency band and/or a contiguous part of the second frequency band and/or -- a frequency indication, -- a relative time offset to the system frame number, and -- a radio resource block allocation, -- a system information block, the system information block comprising the first discovery resource configuration information for the device to device mode, or -- a separate system information block only comprising the second discovery resource configuration information.