Devices and methods for communication in a wireless communication network

1. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory having processor-executable instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to:

transmit and/or receive a control plane signaling related to control of radio resources of a sidelink communication system to/from a user equipment (UE), wherein the control plane signaling is Internet Protocol (IP) encapsulated and/or decapsulated and carried over a user plane of a second communication system between the apparatus and the UE;

encapsulate a standardized configuration information element for vehicle-to-everything (V2X) sidelink communication within an IP packet; and

transmit the IP packet to the UE.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the apparatus to have access to address information of the UE, and/or the apparatus has the address information of the UE.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the address information of the UE comprises information on one or more service access points of a radio resource control (RRC) of the UE.

4. The apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the address information of the UE is comprised in a pre-defined header format, including at least one of the group consisting of: an IP header, a user datagram protocol (UDP) header, and a transmission control protocol (TCP) header.

5. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the address information of the UE comprises an identifier for identifying a subsystem of the UE.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a transceiver,

wherein the processor is configured to cooperatively operate with the transceiver to transmit and/or receive control plane signaling from/to the UE over a user plane of a third communication system.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

a radio resource control (RRC) unit configured to generate a standard configuration information element for V2X sidelink communication; and

a RRC controller configured to control a mode-4 configuration parameter.

8. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory having processor-executable instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to:

transmit and/or receive a control plane signaling related to control of radio resources of a sidelink communication system to/from a user equipment (UE), wherein the control plane signaling is Internet Protocol (IP) encapsulated and/or decapsulated and carried over a user plane of a second communication system between the apparatus and the UE;

control a mode-3 configuration parameter;

generate a standard configuration information element for vehicle-to-everything (V2X) sidelink communication from information generated by an RRC/MAC controller;

provide to the RRC/MAC controller information derived from a V2X sidelink communication related message received from the UE;

provide buffer status information to the RRC/MAC controller;

generate a standard sidelink grant based on sidelink radio resource allocation information received from the RRC/MAC controller; and

encapsulate and/or decapsulate RRC and MAC messages related to V2X sidelink communication.

9. A method of operating an apparatus, the method comprising:

transmitting and/or receiving a control plane signaling related to control of radio resources of a sidelink communication system to/from a user equipment (UE), wherein the control plane signaling is Internet Protocol (IP) encapsulated and/or decapsulated and carried over a user plane of a second communication system between the apparatus and the UE;

encapsulating a standardized configuration information element for vehicle-to-everything (V2X) sidelink communication within an IP packet; and

transmitting the IP packet to the UE.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the apparatus has access to address information of the UE, and/or the apparatus has the address information of the UE.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the address information of the UE comprises information on one or more service access points of a radio resource control (RRC) of the UE.

12. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the address information of the UE is comprised in a pre-defined header format, including at least one of the group consisting of: an IP header, a user datagram protocol (UDP) header, and a transmission control protocol (TCP) header.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the address information of the UE comprises an identifier for identifying a subsystem of the UE.

14. The method of claim 9 , further comprising: transmitting and/or receiving control plane signaling from/to the UE over a user plane of a third communication system.

15. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

generating a standard configuration information element for V2X sidelink communication; and

controlling a mode-4 configuration parameter.

16. A method for operating an apparatus, the method comprising:

transmitting and/or receiving a control plane signaling related to control of radio resources of a sidelink communication system to/from a user equipment (UE), wherein the control plane signaling is Internet Protocol (IP) encapsulated and/or decapsulated and carried over a user plane of a second communication system between the apparatus and the UE;

controlling a mode-3 configuration parameter;

generating a standard configuration information element for vehicle-to-everything (V2X) sidelink communication from information generated by an RRC/MAC controller and

providing to the RRC/MAC controller information derived from a V2X sidelink communication related message received from the UE;

providing buffer status information to the RRC/MAC controller;

generating a standard sidelink grant based on sidelink radio resource allocation information received from the RRC/MAC controller; and

encapsulating and/or decapsulating RRC and MAC messages related to V2X sidelink communication.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor on an apparatus, facilitate the apparatus carrying out a method for operating the apparatus, the method comprising:

transmitting and/or receiving a control plane signaling related to control of radio resources of a sidelink communication system to/from a user equipment (UE), wherein the control plane signaling is Internet Protocol (IP) encapsulated and/or decapsulated and carried over a user plane of a second communication system between the apparatus and the UE;

encapsulating a standardized configuration information element for vehicle-to-everything (V2X) sidelink communication within an IP packet; and

transmitting the IP packet to the UE.