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Device-to-device (D2D) communication is a study item for the third generation partnership project (3GPP) long term evolution (LTE) standards. Specifically, inclusion of support for direct communication between two or more devices is being considered for the 3GPP LTE standards. However, in some cases D2D communications and cellular communications, which may involve longer range communication between a user equipment (UE) and eNodeB (eNB) may interfere with one another. For example, if two devices are communicating via D2D communications, then a cellular communication between a UE and an eNB may suffer from interference caused by the D2D communications. Similarly, the communication between an eNB and a UE may cause interference to the D2D communications.