IP Library Granted Patent US 10,492,122
Granted Patent B2
US 10,492,122 · App. 15/815,177 · Granted Nov 26, 2019

Terminal discovery method, terminal, server, base station, management entity, and system

Inventors: Hui Jin (Beijing, CN); Chenliang Gao (Shenzhen, CN); Guowei Ouyang (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: HUAWEI DEVICE CO., LTD.
H04W48/08H04W4/023H04W8/005H04W48/16H04W72/04H04W4/70H04W76/14H04W88/08
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Patent No.
US 10,492,122
App. No.
15/815,177
Granted
Nov 26, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a terminal discovery method, a terminal, a server, a base station, a management entity, and a system, and pertains to the field of wireless communications. The method includes acquiring a discovery resource, monitoring, according to the discovery resource, a second message sent by at least one second terminal, acquiring a service identity of the second terminal according to the second message, and acquiring description information of the second terminal from a server according to the service identity of the second terminal.

Claims (29)

1. A terminal discovery method, wherein the method comprises:

receiving, by a first terminal, a discovery resource indicating a resource used by a second terminal;

monitoring, by the first terminal, a message sent by the second terminal based on the discovery resource, wherein the message comprises a service identity of the second terminal, and wherein the service identity comprises a code associated with the second terminal; and

receiving, by the first terminal, description information identifying the second terminal in response to sending the service identity of the second terminal to at least one of a server or a management entity.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the service identity is sent to the server and the description information of the second terminal is received from the server.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising receiving, by the first terminal, system information comprising the discovery resource from a base station, wherein the discovery resource is associated with a serving cell of the first terminal.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising receiving, by the first terminal, system information comprising the discovery resource from management entity, wherein the discovery resource is associated with a serving cell of the first terminal and a cell adjacent to the serving cell of the first terminal.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising sending a request for the discovery resource to the server or the management entity before receiving the discovery resource.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the service identity of the second terminal comprises an announcing code.

7. A terminal discovery method, wherein the method comprises:

receiving, by a server, a service identity of a second terminal from a first terminal, wherein the service identity comprises a code associated with the second terminal;

obtaining, by the server, description information identifying the second terminal based on the service identity in response to receiving the service identity from the first terminal; and

transmitting, by the server, the description information of the second terminal to the first terminal.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein receiving, by the server, the service identity of the second terminal comprises receiving, by the server, the service identity of the second terminal from a management entity.

9. The method according to claim 7 , wherein obtaining, by the server, the description information of the second terminal based on the service identity comprises locally querying, by the server, the description information of the second terminal corresponding to the service identity of the second terminal.

10. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the description information of the second terminal is received from at least one of a home server of the second terminal or a server that currently services the second terminal.

11. The method according to claim 7 , wherein transmitting, by the server, the obtained description information of the second terminal to the first terminal comprises sending, by the server, the acquired description information of the second terminal to a management entity.

12. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the service identity of the second terminal includes an announcing code.

13. A first terminal, wherein the first terminal comprises:

one or more processors; and

one or more memories comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the first terminal to:

receive a discovery resource indicating a resource used by a second terminal;

monitor a message sent by the second terminal based on the discovery resource, wherein the message comprises a service identity of the second terminal, and wherein the service identity comprises a code associated with the second terminal; and

receive description information identifying the second terminal in response to sending the service identity of the second terminal to at least one of a server or a management entity.

14. The first terminal according to claim 13 , wherein the service identity is sent to the server and the description information is received from the server.

15. The first terminal according to claim 13 , wherein the first terminal is further caused to receive system information comprising the discovery resource from a base station, and wherein the discovery resource is associated with a serving cell of the first terminal.

16. The first terminal according to claim 13 , wherein the first terminal is further caused to receive system information comprising the discovery resource from the management entity, and wherein the discovery resource is associated with a serving cell of the first terminal and a cell adjacent to the serving cell.

17. The first terminal according to claim 13 , wherein the first terminal is further caused to transmit a request for the discovery resource to the server or the management entity before receiving the discovery resource.

18. The first terminal according to claim 13 , wherein the service identity of the second terminal includes an announcing code.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 11, 2019
From: HUAWEI DEVICE (DONGGUAN) CO.,LTD.
To: HUAWEI DEVICE CO.,LTD.
Reel/Frame 048555/0951 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 16, 2017
From: JIN, HUI; GAO, CHENLIANG; OUYANG, GUOWEI
To: HUAWEI DEVICE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 044154/0899 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2013 1 0188555 · May 20, 2013 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 14798805 · Jul 14, 2015
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