Patent ID: 7283832

Claim:
A method performed by a wireless network system for establishing peer-to-peer communication, the method comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a request from a mobile terminal for establishing peer-to-peer communication with another mobile terminal; (b) determining whether peer-to-peer communication can be established between the two mobile terminals; (c) if the peer-to-peer communication can be established, transmitting a first group of information including control commands to each of the mobile terminals to start testing characteristics of a dedicated uplink channel between the other one of the mobile terminals and the network system; (d) receiving status reports on the channel characteristics from the mobile terminals; (e) determining whether the channel characteristics tested by each of the mobile terminals meet a pre-set requirement; and (f) if the channel characteristics tested by both of the mobile terminals meet the pre-set requirement, transmitting a second group of information including control commands to the mobile terminals to initiate peer-to-peer communication.