LTE-V for Sidelink 5G V2X Vehicular Communications: A New 5G Technology for Short-Range Vehicle-to-Everything Communications

TLDR

LTE‑V enables direct vehicle‑to‑vehicle communication over the PC5 interface, offering two modes that differ in resource allocation, with mode 4 serving as a baseline alternative to DSRC/802.11p. The article analyzes LTE‑V mode 4 performance and proposes a modification to its distributed scheduling scheme. It reviews Release 14 physical‑layer changes, modes 3 and 4, and Release 15 evolutions, describing network‑controlled resource allocation in mode 3 and autonomous distributed scheduling with congestion control in mode 4.

Abstract

This article provides an overview of the long-term evolution-vehicle (LTE-V) standard supporting sidelink or vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications using LTE's direct interface named PC5 in LTE. We review the physical layer changes introduced under Release 14 for LTE-V, its communication modes 3 and 4, and the LTE-V evolutions under discussion in Release 15 to support fifth-generation (5G) vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications and autonomous vehicles' applications. Modes 3 and 4 support direct V2V communications but differ on how they allocate the radio resources. Resources are allocated by the cellular network under mode 3. Mode 4 does not require cellular coverage, and vehicles autonomously select their radio resources using a distributed scheduling scheme supported by congestion control mechanisms. Mode 4 is considered the baseline mode and represents an alternative to 802.11p or dedicated shortrange communications (DSRC). In this context, this article also presents a detailed analysis of the performance of LTE-V sidelink mode 4, and proposes a modification to its distributed scheduling.