The present invention relates to a transmitting terminal for transmitting data to a receiving terminal over a direct link connection. The transmitting terminal comprises a receiving unit that receives from at least one neighboring terminal direct link timing information generated at the respective neighboring UE for determining the timing of the data transmission over the direct link. A generating unit generates derived direct link timing information based on the received direct link timing and which can be used for generating a derived direct link transmission timing value for determining the timing of the data transmission over the direct link. A transmitting unit transmits to the receiving terminal the derived direct link timing information.