The present document is limited to the Stage 2 study and evaluation of possible 3GPP technical system solutions for architectural enhancements needed to support Proximity-based Services (ProSe) based on the relevant Stage 1 requirements as defined in TS 22.278 and TS 22.115.
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TS 33.222: " Generic Authentication Architecture (GAA); Access to network application functions using Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Transport Layer Security (HTTPS)".
For the purposes of the present document, the terms and definitions given in TR 21.905 and the following apply. A term defined in the present document takes precedence over the definition of the same term, if any, in TR 21.905.
Source Layer-2 ID:
A link-layer identity that uniquely identifies a device that originates ProSe communication frames.
Destination Layer-2 ID:
A link-layer identity that uniquely identifies a device or a group of devices that are recipients of ProSe communication frames.
ProSe direct communication:
A communication between two or more UEs in proximity that are ProSe-enabled, by means of user plane transmission using E-UTRA technology via a path not traversing any network node.
ProSe-enabled UE:
A UE that supports ProSe requirements and associated procedures. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, a ProSe-enabled UE refers both to a non-public safety UE and a public safety UE.
ProSe-enabled Public Safety UE:
A ProSe-enabled UE that also supports ProSe procedures and capabilities specific to Public Safety.
ProSe-enabled non-public safety UE:
A UE that supports ProSe procedures and but not capabilities specific to public safety.
ProSe direct discovery:
A procedure employed by a ProSe-enabled UE to discover other ProSe-enabled UEs in its vicinity by using only the capabilities of the two UEs with Rel-12 E-UTRA technology.
EPC-level ProSe discovery:
a process by which the EPC determines the proximity of two ProSe-enabled UEs and informs them of their proximity.
ProSe UE Identity (also shortened as ProSe UE ID):
A unique identity allocated by EPS which identifies the ProSe enabled UE It can be assigned to a UE at any moment in time for a configurable duration, can be stored at the UE, but its value cannot be assigned by the user, and is subject to operator assignment and re-assignment.
ProSe Application Identity (also shortened as ProSe Application ID):
An identity identifying application related information for the ProSe enabled UE. They can exist more than one ProSe Application Identities per UE.
For the purposes of the present document, the abbreviations given in TR 21.905 and the following apply.
An abbreviation defined in the present document takes precedence over the definition of the same abbreviation, if any, in TR 21.905.
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