User terminal, RSU, method and program

1. An electronic device comprising

circuitry configured to

perform wireless communication in accordance with vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication, the V2X communication including at least vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication, vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communication, or vehicle-to-pedestrian (V2P) communication, each of the V2V, V2I and V2P communications having a communication function;

receive a signal associated with a location of the electronic device;

determine whether the electronic device is within a predetermined range of a road side unit (RSU) based on the signal;

determine whether to activate or deactivate a communication parameter corresponding to the V2P communication based on the determination of whether the electronic device is within the predetermined range of the RSU;

activate or deactivate the communication parameter corresponding to the V2P communication based on the determination; and

activate the communication function for the V2P communication in a case that the communication parameter corresponding to the V2P communication is activated, wherein

the communication parameter corresponding to the V2P communication corresponds to performing direct device-to-device (D2D) communications with a vehicle-mounted terminal device.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein

the circuitry is configured to perform the V2P communication with the vehicle-mounted terminal device based on the activated or deactivated communication parameter.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein

the signal is a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) signal received from a GNSS satellite, and

the circuitry is configured to

determine the location of the electronic device based on the GNSS signal; and

determine whether to activate of deactivate the communication parameter corresponding to the V2P communication based on the determined location of the electronic device.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein

the signal is a D2D signal received from another electronic device, and

the circuitry is configured to

determine the location of the electronic device based on the D2D signal; and

determine whether to activate of deactivate the communication parameter corresponding to the V2P communication based on the determined location of the electronic device.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein

the signal is received from a network device, and

the circuitry is configured to determine whether to activate or deactivate the communication parameter corresponding to the V2P communication based on the signal received from the network device.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to:

store map information; and

determine whether to activate or deactivate the communication parameter corresponding to the V2P communication based the stored map information and the location of the electronic device.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 wherein

the circuitry is configured to deactivate the parameter corresponding to the V2P communication when the electronic device is determined to be within the predetermined range of the RSU.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein

the circuitry is configured to activate the parameter corresponding to the V2P communication when the electronic device is determined to be outside the predetermined range of the RSU.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein

the communication parameter corresponding to the V2P communication includes at least one of a parameter related to a communication band, a parameter related to multiplexing, a parameter related to synchronization a parameter related to a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) function, a parameter related to resources used for signal reception and a parameter related to resources used for signal transmission.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to:

determine the location of the electronic device based on the signal; and

determine whether to activate or deactivate the communication parameter corresponding to the V2P communication based on the determined location of the location of the electronic device.

11. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to:

perform measurement of a further signal received at the electronic device from another electronic device, a base station or a road side unit (RSU);

transmit information corresponding to the measurement to a network device; and

receive the signal indicative of the location of the electronic device in response to the transmitted information corresponding to the measurement.

12. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to:

determine the location of the electronic device based on the signal;

transmit information corresponding to the determined location to a network device; and

receive a notification whether to activate or deactivate the communication parameter corresponding to the V2P communication based on the transmitted information corresponding to the determined location from the network device.

13. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein

the signal is received from a network device and includes information indicating the location of the electronic device as determined by the network device; and

the circuitry is configured to determine whether to activate or deactivate the communication parameter corresponding to the V2P communication based on the information indicating the location of the electronic device as determined by the network device.

14. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein

the signal instructs the electronic device to activate or deactivate the communication parameter corresponding to the V2P communication.

15. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein

the signal is transmitted from another device within a wireless network and is indicative of the location of the electronic device in relation to at least the another device.

16. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to:

perform a measurement on the signal;

determine, as the location of the electronic device, a relative position of the electronic device in relation to a device that transmitted the signal; and

determine whether to activate or deactivate the communication parameter corresponding to the V2P communication based on the relative position of the electronic device in relation to the device that transmitted the signal.

17. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to:

determine, based on the signal, whether the electronic device is inside or outside a movable object; and

determine whether to activate or deactivate the communication parameter corresponding to the V2P communication based on the determination of whether the electronic device is inside or outside the movable object.

18. The electronic device of claim 17 , wherein

the signal is received from the vehicle-mounted terminal and the vehicle is the movable object; and

the circuitry is configured to

determine that the electronic device is inside or outside the vehicle based on a characteristic of the signal received from the vehicle-mounted terminal;

activate the communication parameter corresponding to the V2P communication when the electronic device is determined to be outside the vehicle; and

deactivate the communication parameter corresponding to the V2P communication when the electronic device is determined to be inside the vehicle.

19. The electronic device of claim 18 , wherein

the characteristic of the signal received from the vehicle-mounted terminal corresponds to whether the signal is associated with an attachment to or detachment from a moving cell formed by the vehicle-mounted terminal.

20. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to:

determine a moving speed of the electronic device;

activate the communication parameter corresponding to the V2P communication when the moving speed of the electronic device is determined to be less than a predetermined threshold: and

deactivate the communication parameter corresponding to the V2P communication when the moving speed of the electronic device is determined to be greater than the predetermined threshold.

21. A method performed by an electronic device, the method comprising:

performing wireless communication in accordance with vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication, the V2X communication including at least vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication, vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communication, or vehicle-to-pedestrian (V2P) communication, each of the V2V, V2I and V2P communications having a communication function;

receiving a signal associated with a location of the electronic device;

determining whether the electronic device is within a predetermined range of a road side unit (RSU) based on the signal;

determining whether to activate or deactivate a communication parameter corresponding to the V2P communication based on the determination of whether the electronic device is within the predetermined range of the RSU;

activating or deactivating the communication parameter corresponding to the V2P communication based on the determining; and

activating the communication function for the V2P communication in a case that that the communication parameter corresponding to the V2P communication is activated, wherein

the communication parameter corresponding to the V2P communication corresponds to performing direct device-to-device (D2D) communications with a vehicle-mounted terminal device.