V2X communication configuration based on geographical location

1. An apparatus for a user equipment (UE), comprising:

electronic memory to store a plurality of geographical sub-area identifiers (IDs) corresponding to a plurality of geographical sub-areas of a partitioned cell communication area; and

one or more baseband processors configured to:

decode a configuration message comprising the plurality of geographical sub-area IDs and a transmission schedule associated with a plurality of cell IDs and the plurality of geographical sub-area IDs, wherein the transmission schedule corresponds to inter-cell muting applied across different sets of subframes;

generate a selection of a geographical sub-area ID from the plurality of geographical sub-area ID, wherein the geographical sub-area ID corresponds to a geographical sub-area, from the plurality of geographical sub-areas, in which a vehicle associated with a user equipment (UE) resides; and

configure a Uu link, used to access a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) server, based on the selected geographical sub-area ID and one or more subframes of the different sets of subframes corresponding to the selected geographical sub-area ID.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more baseband processors configured to generate the selection of the geographical sub-area ID are further configured to determine a number of geographical coordinates, of the UE, provided by a tracking application of the UE.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the one or more baseband processors configured to generate the selection of the geographical sub-area ID are further configured to select the geographical sub-area ID in which the geographical coordinates reside.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more baseband processors configured to configure the Uu link between the UE and the V2X server based on the selected geographical sub-area ID are further configured to monitor evolved node Bs (eNodeBs) that are associated with the selected geographical sub-area ID.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more baseband processors configured to configure the Uu link between the UE and the V2X server based on the selected geographical sub-area ID are further configured to monitor geographical services radio network temporary identifiers (G-RNTIs) that serve the selected geographical sub-area ID.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more baseband processors configured to configure the Uu link between the UE and the V2X server based on the selected geographical sub-area ID are further configured to process spectrum resources that are associated with the selected geographical sub-area ID.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the spectrum resources include at least one of subframe sets and transmission schedules.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more baseband processors configured to configure the Uu link between the UE and the V2X server based on the selected geographical sub-area ID are further configured to process a search space that is associated with the selected geographical sub-area ID.

9. An apparatus for an eNodeB, comprising:

electronic memory to store a plurality of geographical location identifiers (IDs) corresponding to a plurality of geographical locations of a partitioned cell communication area; and

one or more processors configured to:

decode a configuration message from a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) server, the configuration message comprising the plurality of geographical location IDs corresponding to the partitioned cell communication area and a transmission schedule associated with a plurality of cell IDs and the plurality of geographical location IDs, wherein the transmission schedule corresponds to inter-cell muting applied across different sets of subframes;

determine a presence of a user equipment (UE) in a geographical location, corresponding to a geographical location ID from the plurality of geographical location IDs, of the partitioned cell communication area, wherein the UE is associated with a vehicle; and

configure an uplink (UL) communication between the UE and the V2X server based on the geographical location ID and one or more subframes of the different sets of subframes corresponding to the geographical location ID.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the geographical location includes at least one of a geographical area and a geographical sub-area in which the vehicle associated with the UE resides.

11. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the partition cell communication area is generated for the UE.

12. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to decode data provided via a physical multicast channel (PMCH) and an application layer of the UE, the data comprising a geographical sub-area ID corresponding to a geographical sub-area, from the plurality of geographical locations, in which the vehicle associated with the UE resides.

13. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to decode at least one of a medium access control (MAC) element, a radio resource controller (RRC) message, a system information block (SIB) message, a multicast broadcast single frequency network (MBSFN) message, and a single cell point-to-multipoint (SC-PTM) message provided by the UE to determine a geographical sub-area ID corresponding to a geographical sub-area, from the plurality of geographical locations, in which the vehicle associated with the UE resides.

14. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the V2X server is an evolved node B (eNodeB).

15. A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when implemented by a computing device, cause the computing device to:

store a plurality of geographical sub-area identifiers (IDs) corresponding to a plurality of geographical sub-areas of a partitioned cell communication area;

decode a configuration message from a user equipment (UE) comprising a geographical sub-area ID corresponding to a selection of a geographical sub-area from the geographical sub-areas in which a vehicle associated with the UE resides; and

configure at least one of a downlink (DL) communication and an uplink (UL) communication between the UE and the eNodeB based on the selected geographical sub-area ID.

16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the instructions to configure the at least one of the communication and the UL communication further comprise instruction to select the eNodeB for UL communication based on the selected geographical sub-area ID.

17. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the instructions to configure the at least one of the communication and the UL communication further comprise instruction to configure UL scheduling and inter-cell UL resource partitioning.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the instructions to configure the at least one of the communication and the UL communication further comprise instruction to associate measurements with the selected geographical sub-area ID.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the instructions to configure the at least one of the communication and the UL communication further comprise instruction to provide at least one of geographical specific broadcast services and geographical specific groupcast services.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein the at least one of geographical specific broadcast services and geographical specific groupcast services comprises enhancements for DL transmission including:

geographical specific radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) allocation;

determination of a geographical sub-area ID of a UE transmitter;

inter-cell coordination of a broadcast transmission schedule; and

enhancements for DL reception.

21. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 20 , wherein the enhancements for DL reception include at least:

assistance information for a DL transmission schedule; and

association of geographical sub-area IDs with cell IDs, a single cell point-to-multipoint (SC-PTM) transmission schedule, and geographical services radio network temporary identifiers (G-RNTIs).