Configuration of radio communication in radio-assisted road traffic management scenarios

1. A method, comprising:

receiving by an apparatus a configuration signaling instructing a configuration of at least one radio communication related parameter of a radio access technology based on a specific road traffic condition in a predetermined area, and

setting, by said apparatus, said configuration of said at least one radio communication related parameter, wherein said configuration is indicative of an increased vehicle-to-vehicle radio sensing range of the radio access technology such that the vehicle-to-vehicle radio sensing range is increased compared to the current vehicle-to-vehicle radio sensing range of the radio access technology; and

at least one of transmitting and receiving by said apparatus in accordance with said configuration.

2. An apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor and at least one memory including a computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to perform operations comprising:

detecting a specific road traffic condition in said predetermined area, and

in response to detecting, transmitting to at least one device a configuration signaling instructing a configuration of at least one radio communication related parameter of a radio access technology at the at least one device, said configuration being dependent on said detected specific road traffic condition, wherein said configuration is indicative of an increased vehicle-to-vehicle radio sensing range of the radio access technology such that the vehicle-to-vehicle radio sensing range is increased compared to the current vehicle-to-vehicle radio sensing range of the radio access technology.

3. The apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein said configuration of said at least one radio communication related parameter includes at least one of:

an increase in a radio transmission power related to vehicle-to-vehicle radio sensing,

a switching of a radio transmission rate related to said vehicle-to-vehicle radio sensing,

a switching of a radio transmission carrier frequency related to said vehicle-to-vehicle radio sensing,

a switching of a radio transmission carrier bandwidth related to said vehicle-to-vehicle radio sensing, and

an activation of beamforming related to said vehicle-to-vehicle radio sensing.

4. The apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein said configuration of said at least one radio communication related parameter is indicative of a vehicle-to-infrastructure radio communication mode.

5. The apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein said configuration of said at least one radio communication related parameter causes the at least one device to switch from a broadcast/multicast mode to a selected radio unicast mode among a plurality of radio unicast modes.

6. The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to further perform operations comprising:

selecting said selected radio unicast mode among said plurality of radio unicast modes based on a predetermined criterion, wherein

said predetermined criterion is indicative of at least one of a target communication latency and a target communication reliability.

7. The apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to further perform operations comprising:

determining said configuration of said at least one radio communication related parameter based on at least one of:

said specific road traffic condition in said predetermined area,

status information on vehicles in said predetermined area, and

map information on said predetermined area.

8. The apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to further perform operations comprising:

receiving a message indicative of said specific road traffic condition in said predetermined area.

9. The apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

said specific road traffic condition is at least one of

an identified road traffic danger spot in said predetermined area,

an identified road traffic accident scene in said predetermined area, and

an identified unexpected driving maneuver of a vehicle in said predetermined area.

10. The apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the apparatus is operable as or at a base station or access node or network infrastructure equipment or road side unit of a cellular system, and/or

the apparatus is operable in at least one of a LTE and a LTE-A cellular system.

11. An apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor and at least one memory including a computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to perform operations comprising:

receiving a configuration signaling instructing a configuration of at least one radio communication related parameter of a radio access technology based on a specific road traffic condition in a predetermined area,

setting said configuration of said at least one radio communication related parameter, wherein said configuration is indicative of an increased vehicle-to-vehicle radio sensing range of the radio access technology such that the vehicle-to-vehicle radio sensing range is increased compared to the current vehicle-to-vehicle radio sensing range of the radio access technology; and at least one of transmitting and receiving in accordance with said configuration.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein said configuration signaling includes a timer value indicative of a validity period of said configuration of the at least one radio communication related parameter.

13. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein said configuration of said at least one radio communication related parameter includes at least one of:

an increase in a radio transmission power related to vehicle-to-vehicle radio sensing,

a switching of a radio transmission rate related to said vehicle-to-vehicle radio sensing,

a switching of a radio transmission carrier frequency related to said vehicle-to-vehicle radio sensing,

a switching of a radio transmission carrier bandwidth related to said vehicle-to-vehicle radio sensing, and

an activation of beamforming related to said vehicle-to-vehicle radio sensing.

14. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein said configuration of said at least one radio communication related parameter is indicative of a vehicle-to-infrastructure radio communication mode.

15. The apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein said configuration of said at least one radio communication related parameter causes the apparatus to switch from a broadcast/multicast mode to a selected radio unicast mode among a plurality of radio unicast modes.

16. The apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein said selected radio unicast mode is selected among said plurality of radio unicast modes based on a predetermined criterion, and said predetermined criterion is indicative of at least one of a target communication latency and a target communication reliability.

17. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein said specific road traffic condition is at least one of:

an identified road traffic danger spot in said predetermined area,

an identified road traffic accident scene in said predetermined area, and

an identified unexpected driving maneuver of a vehicle in said predetermined area.

18. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein

the apparatus is operable as or at a terminal, user equipment, mobile station, modem or vehicular machine type communication device, and/or

the apparatus is operable in at least one of a LTE and a LTE-A cellular system.