Patent ID: 8913511

Claim:
A method for wireless communication, comprising: determining a set of server nodes including a peer-to-peer (P2P) server and at least one neighbor server node of the P2P server, the P2P server communicating with at least one P2P client, wherein the P2P server is distinct from the P2P client by being a user equipment (UE) designated to perform a management function for P2P transmissions, the P2P client being a UE that is not designated to perform the management function, the management function comprising at least one of exchanging signaling with a Wide Area Network (WAN) or coordinating the P2P transmissions, and the at least one server node comprising one of a base station or another P2P server; and performing interference management for the set of server nodes to reduce interference to the P2P server, or to the at least one P2P client, or to both the P2P server and the at least one P2P client, wherein the interference management is performed in a coordinated manner for and by the set of server nodes to mitigate interference between a UE engaged in P2P communication and a UE engaged in WAN communication or between multiple UEs engaged in P2P communication.