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LTE Direct

As the world becomes more connected, there are more wireless devices in our proximity. Applications in different devices face major challenges in finding each other in a scalable, autonomous and power efficient manner. Qualcomm Research is currently working on addressing these challenges as part of the LTE Direct Project

LTE Direct is a new interconnectivity paradigm for communication between proximate applications.One of the key goals of LTE Direct is to enable the discovery of relevant, proximate applications and peers in an autonomous and battery efficient manner.

LTE Direct is currently being standardized in 3GPP as a feature of LTE.It relies on the LTE Phyiscal Layer to provide a scalable and universal framework for connecting proximate peers. Qualcomm Research, along with other 3GPP participants, are leading the standardization of this feature.