Patent ID: 8812657

Claim:
A method for wireless communication, comprising: performing registration by a first device with a network entity for assistance for peer discovery of a peer of the first device; receiving a notification from the network entity to perform the peer discovery, using a wide area network (WAN) radio technology; receiving, from the network entity or from a second device, at least one parameter to use for the peer discovery; performing the peer discovery by the first device in response to receiving the notification from the network entity, including detecting at least one proximity detection signal transmitted by at least one other device in accordance with the at least one parameter using a pear-to-peer (P2P) radio technology different from the WAN radio technology; measuring a signal strength of the at least one proximity detection signal; reporting the signal strength to the network entity; and receiving, in response the reporting, an indication of one of the P2P or WAN radio technologies to use for communicating with the at least one other device.