LTE D2D USER EQUIPMENT AND METHOD FOR PACKET BASED DEVICE-TO-DEVICE D2D DISCOVERY IN AN LTE NETWORK

摘要

Embodiments of user equipment (UE) and methods for packet-based device-to-device (D2D) discovery in an LTE network are described generally herein. In some embodiments, the UE may be enabled for proximity services and may be configured to receive signaling from an enhanced Node B (eNB) indicating resources allocated for D2D discovery. The UE may configure the search packet to have at least a search payload and a cyclic redundancy check (MCS) according to a predetermined configuration. The search payload may include search related content. The UE may be configured to transmit a search packet on at least a portion of the indicated resources for reception by the receiving UE. In some embodiments, the demodulation reference signal DMRS may be selected to indicate the payload size and / or MCS of the payload of the search packet.