In an embodiment, determining discovery resource elements for sending discovery signals includes the following steps.
First, an initial sequence of a pseudorandom sequence is generated according to at least one of the following parameters: a UE identity, a physical cell identity and a discovery resource period identity.
For example, the generation manner of the initial sequence of the pseudorandom sequence may be represented as
For example, the generation manner of the initial sequence of the pseudorandom sequence may be represented as