METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISCOVERYING NEIGHBOR NODES IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK

摘要

Background of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a technique for discovery of neighboring nodes of interest in a wireless communication network to construct a proximity network. According to an embodiment of the present invention, in a wireless communication network including a first node and one or more second nodes adjacent to the first node, a method of processing at the first node for forming a proximity network comprises: And registering one or more nodes responsive to the discovery information among the second nodes. Wherein the discovery information includes information of the first node and an indicator for indicating whether to permit relaying to the other node by receiving the discovery information and a hop count indicating a relayable number of the discovery information do. The value of the indicator is set through the user's input.