Neighbor and Service Discovery Protocols with Security Enhancement for Device-to-Device Communication in LTE{LTE-A Cellular Networks

Masteroppgave informasjons- og kommunikasjonsteknologi - Universitetet i Agder, 2015 Device-to-Device (D2D) communication has become one of the most popular topic in the 5th generation (5G) mobile communication technology. D2D offers opportunities for access to services through direct neighbor device connection with or/and without base station (BS) assistance. Some of the possible improvements using D2D communication include high data rate, network offloading and range extension, as well as commercial and social proximity services networking. Although a lot of studies exist in the research community, D2D communication with one of the end users are located outside the cellular network covera…