Enhanced support vehicle-to-anything (V2X) communication

1. An apparatus of an eNodeB operable to support vehicle-to-anything (V2X) communication within a wireless communication network, the apparatus comprising one or more processors and memory configured to:

process a data packet containing V2X identification information that is received from a user equipment (UE);

identify the data packet as a V2X message according to the V2X identification information;

determine the V2X message is to be forwarded to a V2X function;

process the V2X message for transmission directly to the V2X function via a V2X interface to enable the V2X function to add an internet protocol (IP) address of an application server.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , further configured to process the data packet received from the UE over a device-to-device (D2D) channel or process the data packets received over a cellular interface.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the eNodeB is a road-side unit (RSU).

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , where the RSU is an eNodeB, the RSU is shared between a plurality of eNodeBs, or the RSU is a virtual computing instance of a plurality of virtual RSU pools shared between one or more eNodeBs.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the eNodeB shares a road-side unit (RSU) with at least one alternative eNodeB.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , further configured to process, for forwarding, the V2X message to a road-side unit (RSU) in communication with the V2X function and the eNodeB.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , further configured to determine the V2X message is to be forwarded to the V2X function or broadcasted within a Cell according to an internet protocol (IP) address of the V2X message.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , further configured to process the V2X message received from the V2X function, having an internet protocol (IP) address of an application server.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , further configured to process the V2X message received from the V2X function via the V2X interface having the IP address of the application server.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , further configured to process, for forwarding, the V2X message, having the IP address of the application server over an IP tunnel to a selected packet data network (PDN) gateway.

11. The apparatus of claim 1 , further configured to:

determine the V2X message is a V2X safety message according to the V2X identification information;

broadcast the safety V2X message to a cell;

unicast the safety V2X message to a cell; or

multicast the safety V2X message to a cell.

12. The apparatus of claim 1 , further configured to use a packet filter to map an internet protocol (IP) address to either an evolved Packet Service (EPS) bearer or into to a cell.

13. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the V2X identification information is included in a MAC header, in a RLC header, or in a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) header.

14. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle-to- anything (V2X) communication is a vehicle-to-vehicle communication, vehicle-to-person communication, or vehicle-to-network communication.

15. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the apparatus includes at least one of an antenna, a touch sensitive display screen, a speaker, a microphone, a graphics processor, an application processor, a baseband processor, an internal memory, a non-volatile memory port, and combinations thereof.