LTE Direct is an innovative device-to-device proximal discovery technology that can be efficiently integrated with LTE Advanced services and networks. It is defined as part of the global 3GPP standard, as a feature in Release 12. LTE Direct will make users aware of what’s happening around them at all times, effortlessly and privately, changing how people socialize and interact with people and things.
An interesting presentation from Qualcomm. read on.............................