Abstract:
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product are provided in which a peer discovery signal is received from a second apparatus. At least one of a path loss to a serving base station or a path loss to a neighboring base station is determined. Whether to relay the peer discovery signal is determined based on the at least one of the path loss to the serving base station or the path loss to the neighboring base station. The peer discovery signal is sent upon determining to relay the peer discovery signal.
Abstract:
A method of operating a first wireless device includes receiving a peer discovery signal from a second wireless device on a first resource in a set of resources associated with a particular identifier. In addition, the method includes determining whether to relay the peer discovery signal. Furthermore, the method includes sending the peer discovery signal on a second resource in the set of resources upon determining to relay the peer discovery signal. The second resource is associated with the particular identifier and is the same resource on which the peer discovery signal is sent by the second wireless device.
Abstract:
A method of operating a wireless device includes communicating in one of peer-to-peer data resources or non peer-to-peer resources. The peer-to-peer data resources include a first set of peer-to-peer resources with a first bandwidth and a second set of peer-to-peer resources with a second bandwidth greater than the first bandwidth. The first set of peer-to-peer resources is parallel in time with the non peer-to-peer resources. In addition, the method includes estimating a signal quality for a data transmission on the peer-to-peer data resources. Furthermore, the method includes determining whether to send the data transmission in one of the first set of peer-to-peer resources or the second set of peer-to-peer resources based on the estimated signal quality.