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Abstract — For the success of real-time Vehicular-to- (roadway)-Infrastructure (V2I), and Vehicle-to-Network
Everything (V2X) communications it is paramount that 5G (V2N) communications. For V2V, the short-range radio
mobile networks be resilient, highly reliable, and secure in the communication technologies like IEEE Dedicated Short
delivery and reception of information to and from the vehicle. Range Communications (DSRC) or 3GPP LTE-V (also
There are several concerted efforts underway in 3GPP and known as PC5 or sidelink at the physical layer) standards can
oneM2M to enhance the end-to-end transmission and be used. The short-range technologies are well developed and
forwarding of data packets through the 5G System for are continually being enhanced. For V2P, the PC5 interface
assuring a successful deployment and provisioning of can be used, while V2I and V2N rely on Cellular, i.e., C-V2X,
IoT/M2M real-time vertical services. This paper provides an to enable the vehicle to communicate with the roadside
analysis of the 3GPP work in this area and its timescales, with equipment (Road Side Units – RSU, traffic lights, etc.). The
focus on V2X. In addition, standards activities in oneM2M to cellular network can also facilitate vehicular connectivity
enable interworking V2X services between 3GPP and with a remote application server.
IoT/M2M service layer are introduced providing a Cellular V2X (C-V2X) is the technology developed in 3GPP
comprehensive overview. and is designed to operate in two modes as follows [2], [3]:
Index Terms – 3GPP, oneM2M, 5GS, NR, URLLC, V2X, MEC,
IoT, M2M, 5GAA • Device-to-device: This is a V2V, V2I and V2P direct
communication without necessarily relying on the
I. INTRODUCTION network involvement for scheduling. This is based
To achieve reliable road safety and enable critical on the 3GPP Release 12/13 ProSe (Proximity
communication services in usage of mobile networks for Services) device-to-device (D2D) interface. This
vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications, there are still will help in providing ultra-low latency
many challenges that need to be addressed. There is communication and in transferring large amounts of
considerable effort underway in the 3rd Generation data reliably among neighboring vehicles.
Partnership Project (3GPP) to enhance V2X communications • Device-to-network: This is for V2N communication,
in the 5G System (5GS) over and above on what has been which uses the traditional cellular links to enable
developed so far for 4G/LTE in Release 14. The time when cloud services to be part of the end-to-end solution
vehicles will drive autonomously with absolute reliability has by means of 5G network slicing architecture for
not yet arrived however, 3GPP is fully devoted to make the vertical industries.
5G mobile system (5GS) V2X ready by 2020 [1], which will The work done in [4] considers the physical layer design, key
be used as one of the key technologies in vehicle safety. In technology enablers and channel modeling aspects for V2X
addition, 5G Automotive Association (5GAA 1 ), a global, service provisioning using 5G / New Radio. The use of
cross-industry organisation of companies from the adaptive beamforming for enabling reliable and efficient 5G
automotive, technology, and telecommunications industries V2X networks is presented in [5], based on evaluations done
(ICT), have ear marked 3GPP C-V2X technology solutions using LTE system assumptions. Broadcast is one of the key
for future mobility and transportation services by 2020.
requirements of 5G V2X, mainly for system alert and
Based on the definition in 3GPP, the V2X consists of Vehicle- emergency messages. High-reliability, low-latency broadcast
to-Vehicle (V2V), Vehicle-to-Pedestrian (V2P), Vehicle-to- for V2X using non-orthogonal multiple access is presented in
1 http://5gaa.org/
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3GPP network systems
In this direction, 3GPP SA6 initiated a WI [16] on application addition, we explained the application related interactions
layer support for V2X services. This study aims to initially with oneM2M and the new studies of the V2X application
analyse Stage 1 specifications to determine which layer functional model, which will be developed in the new
requirements have potential application level impact. 3GPP Release 16. This new Release 16 will bring additional
Thereafter, it aims to investigate V2X application layer features related to V2X and 5G but those studies are currently
standards in Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) [17], ongoing and normative work is expected to start earliest at the
and ETSI Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) [18], to end of 2018.
determine their use and impact in the context of 3GPP system
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
support for V2X services and identify the Stage 2 V2X
application layer support gaps. Based on the identified gaps, Prof. Song was supported by Institute for Information &
the main objective will be to develop key issues, communications Technology Promotion (IITP) grant funded
corresponding architecture requirements and solution by the Korea government (MSIT) (No.2018-0-01456,
recommendations to enable the application layer support for AutoMaTa) and the Smart City R&D project of the Korea
V2X services over 3GPP systems. Agency for Infrastructure Technology Advancement (KAIA)
grant funded by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and
The ongoing WI in SA6 has identified key issues and
Transport (MOLIT), Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT)
solutions [19], which require the introduction of a new
(Grant 00000000000000).
application layer functional model to be used as reference for
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