Experimental Characterization of ProSe Direct Discovery for Emergency Scenarios

Device-to-device communication, as provided by the third generation partnership project standardization, can play a vital role in designing a reliable pervasive public safety network, which allows the user equipments to communicate directly with each other in emergency situations. In this paper, we present experimental results and evaluate the performance of proximity services-based direct discovery in terms of reliability and maximum range for outdoor and indoor emergency scenarios.