Method for establishing layer-2 entities for D2D communication system and device therefor

1. A method for a User Equipment (UE) operating in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving a configuration information index of a configuration information set via a sidelink from the peer UE, wherein the UE is directly connected to the peer UE via the sidelink and, wherein the configuration information set corresponds to a sidelink radio bearer to be configured;

configuring the sidelink radio bearer according to the configuration information set indicated by the configuration information index;

establishing Radio Link Control (RLC) and Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) entities for the sidelink radio bearer based on the configuration information index of the configuration information set, wherein the configuration information set includes at least one parameter including a PDCP-SN-Size, a headerCompression, a SN-FieldLength and a T-Reordering; and

updating the RLC and PDCP entities for the sidelink radio bearer, when values of the PDCP-SN-Size, the headerCompression, the SN-FieldLength, and the T-Reordering are set to values in the configuration information set indicated by the configuration information index.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, by the UE, a mapping relation between a number of configuration information sets and a number of configuration information indices from the peer UE or a network.

3. The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein a logical channel identifier (LCID) is used for the configuration information index, and

wherein the LCID is an identifier of a logical channel of the sidelink radio bearer.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein one or more LCIDs are associated with one configuration information set.

5. The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the configuration information index of the configuration information set is received via a first Device to Device (D2D) packet, and

wherein the first D2D packet is received before receiving any other D2D packets of the sidelink radio bearer from the peer UE.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the first D2D packet further includes at least one of a target identifier (ID), a source ID or a logical channel identifier (LCID).

7. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

delivering the configuration information index of the configuration information set to the established RLC and PDCP entities.

8. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

ignoring the received configuration information index of the configuration information set when the RLC and PDCP entities are already established.

9. A user equipment (UE) operating in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a transmitter;

a receiver; and

a processor operably coupled with the transmitter and the receiver and configured to:

control the receiver to receive a configuration information index of a configuration information set via a sidelink from the peer UE, wherein the UE is directly connected to the peer UE via the sidelink and, wherein the configuration information set corresponds to a sidelink radio bearer to be configured,

configure the sidelink radio bearer according to the configuration information set indicated by the configuration information index,

establish Radio Link Control (RLC) and Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) entities for the sidelink radio bearer based on the configuration information index of the configuration information set, wherein the configuration information set includes at least one parameter including a PDCP-SN-Size, a headerCompression, a SN-FieldLength and a T-Reordering, and

update the RLC and PDCP entities for the sidelink radio bearer, when values of the PDCP-SN-Size, the headerCompression, the SN-FieldLength, and the T-Reordering are set to values in the configuration information set indicated by the configuration information index.