ISO 17515-3:2019

INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 17515-3
First edition
2019-08
Intelligent transport systems —
Evolved-universal terrestrial radio
access network —
Part 3:
LTE-V2X
Systèmes intelligents de transport) — Réseau d'accès à la radio
terrestre universelle évoluée (E-UTRAN) —
Partie 3: LTE-V2X
Reference number
ISO 17515-3:2019(E)
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Contents Page
Foreword .v
Introduction .vi
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 2
4 Symbols and abbreviated terms . 2
5 Usage of LTE in ITS . 3
5.1 LTE features used in ITS . 3
5.2 General access to the Internet . 3
5.3 Device-to-device communications (D2D) . 4
5.4 Vehicle-to-everything communications (V2X) . 4
5.5 Implementation guidelines . 5
6 General requirements . 5
6.1 LTE basics . 5
6.1.1 LTE-V2X . 5
6.1.2 Supported LTE modes of operation . 5
6.2 ITS station . 6
6.2.1 Station and communication architecture . 6
6.2.2 Service access points . 8
6.2.3 Hybrid communications support . 8
7 Communication interface protocol stack . 8
7.1 Physical layer . 8
7.2 Data link layer . 9
7.2.1 Basic behaviour . 9
7.2.2 Data link layer communication addresses . 9
7.2.3 Identification of higher layer protocols. 9
7.3 Communication adaptation sub-layer .10
8 Communication interface management .11
8.1 General management.11
8.2 Management adaptation entity.11
8.2.1 LTE-V2X parameters and I-Parameters .11
8.2.2 LTE-V2X management commands and MI-SAP commands and requests .11
9 Procedures .12
9.1 Communication interface procedures .12
9.1.1 Transmit procedure .12
9.1.2 Receive procedure .12
9.2 Management procedures .12
9.2.1 Cross-CI prioritization .12
9.2.2 Operational mode .13
9.2.3 LTE-V2X MAC address mapping.13
9.2.4 CI connection procedure .14
9.2.5 CI state management .14
10 Conformance .14
11 Test methods .15
Annex A (normative) Communication interface parameters .16
Annex B (normative) MI-COMMANDs .19
Annex C (normative) MI-REQUESTs .20
Annex D (normative) ASN.1 definitions .21
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Annex E (informative) CI state transitions .24
Bibliography .26
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Foreword
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Introduction
Localized communications are an essential component of hybrid communications in Intelligent
Transport Systems (ITS). Various access technologies are suited for localized communications. An
increasing interest of ITS stakeholders for "Cooperative ITS" and "Urban ITS" is in the access technology
known under the acronym of LTE. LTE refers to a packet switched cellular network technology specified
by 3GPP. Beside the "traditional" features of cellular networks, LTE also supports device-to-device
communications, e.g. for public safety applications, and vehicle-to-everything communications (LTE-
V2X) especially designed for ITS.
This document provides complements to LTE-V2X specifications from 3GPP needed to operate it as an
ITS access technology in an ITS station unit specified in ISO 21217. An implementation of this document
is referred to as an ITS-LTE-V2X communication interface (CI).
ITS-LTE-V2X CIs are able to
— operate with support of an LTE base station, and
— operate without support of an LTE base station, e.g. outside LTE coverage areas
as specified by 3GPP.
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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO 17515-3:2019(E)
Intelligent transport systems — Evolved-universal
terrestrial radio access network —
Part 3:
LTE-V2X
1 Scope
This document provides specifications related to the ITS-S access layer for a communication interface
(CI) named "ITS-LTE-V2X".
ITS-LTE-V2X CIs are based on the evolved-universal terrestrial radio access (E-UTRA) vehicle-to-
everything (LTE-V2X) technology standardized at 3GPP.
This document enables usage of the LTE-V2X technology as an ITS access technology in an ITS station
by reference to respective specifications from 3GPP, and by specifying details of the “Communication
Adaptation Layer” (CAL) and the “Management Adaptation Entity” (MAE) of communication interfaces
specified in ISO 21218.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
ISO/IEC 8824-1:2015, Information technology — Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1): Specification of
basic notation — Part 1
ISO/IEC 8825-2:2015, Information technology — ASN.1 encoding rules: Specification of Packed Encoding
Rules (PER) — Part 2
ISO 21217, Intelligent transport systems — Communications access for land mobiles (CALM) — Architecture
ISO 21218, Intelligent transport systems — Hybrid communications — Access technology support
ISO 24102-1, Intelligent transport systems — ITS station management — Part 1: Local management
ISO 24102-3,Intelligent Transport Systems — ITS station management — Part 3: Service access points
3GPP TS 23.285, 3rd Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Services and System
Aspects; Architecture enhancements for V2X services (Release 14)
3GPP TS 24.334, 3rd Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Core Network and
Terminals; Proximity-services (ProSe) User Equipment (UE) to ProSe function protocol aspects; Stage 3
(Release 14)
3GPP TS 24.386, 3rd Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Core Network and
Terminals; User Equipment (UE) to V2X control function; protocol aspects; Stage 3 (Release 14)
3GPP TS 36.300, 3rd Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Radio Access Network;
Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) and Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access
Network (E-UTRAN); Overall description; Stage 2 (Release 14)
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3GPP TS 36.331, 3rd Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Radio Access Network;
Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); Radio Resource Control (RRC); Protocol specification
(Release 14)
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
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3.1
layer-2 ID
identifier at the OSI layer 2 functionally similar to an IEEE 802 MAC address
3.2
V2X application server
server hosting ITS applications within the LTE networks as specified by 3GPP
4 Symbols and abbreviated terms
CI Communication Interface
[SOURCE: ISO 21217]
eNB Evolved Node B (Fixed station of a mobile network that directly interacts with
UEs); generally called a "cell tower"
E-UTRA Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access
E-UTRAN Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network
ITS-SU ITS station unit
[SOURCE: ISO 21217]
LGW Local Gateway
LTE Long Term Evolution
LTE-D2D LTE Device-to-Device
LTE-V2X LTE Vehicle-to-Everything communication
ITS-LTE-V2X Name of the communication interface specified in this document
eMBMS Evolved Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service
MBMS Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service
n.a. not applicable
PC5 ProSe communication 5
PDN GW Packet Data Network Gateway
PPPP ProSe Per-Packet Priority
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ProSe Proximity-based Service
SC-PTM Single-cell Point-to-Multipoint
UE (LTE) User Equipment (mobile LTE device)
Uu Radio interface between the UE (user equipment) and the eNB
V2I Vehicle-to-Infrastructure
(3GPP definition. In ITS terms this means vehicle-to-roadside)
V2N Vehicle-to-Network
(3GPP definition. In ITS terms this means vehicle-to-central office)
V2P Vehicle-to-Pedestrian (3GPP definition. In ITS terms this means vehicle-to-person-
al device)
V2V Vehicle-to-Vehicle
V2X Vehicle-to-everything
[SOURCE: 3GPP TS 24.386]
VCI Virtual CI
[SOURCE: ISO 21218]
NOTE Some of the terms used in this document are ambiguous in a global context due to the fact that different
SDOs use different definitions. For the purpose of this document, definitions from ISO TC 204 are applicable.
5 Usage of LTE in ITS
5.1 LTE features used in ITS
The LTE network is a packet-switched cellular network specified by 3GPP. It provides features that may
be used in ITS station units (ITS-SUs) as:
— general access to the Internet as described in 5.2;
— device-to-device communications (D2D) as described in 5.3;
and provides features that are dedicated to ITS:
— vehicle-to-everything communications (V2X) as described in 5.4.
NOTE Usage of IPv6 in the context of an ITS station (ISO 21217), used, e.g. for accessing the Internet and for
[7]
localized communications, is specified in ISO 21210 .
Implementation guidelines are presented in 5.5. An LTE mobile device is referred to as User Equipment
(UE) in 3GPP. This term is used in this document if the ITS term CI is not appropriate, e.g. for LTE
management communications.
5.2 General access to the Internet
General access to the Internet is supported with the LTE-Uu based architecture reference model
specified in 3GPP TS 23.285. In this reference model, a UE accesses the Internet via the PDN GW or LGW
using IPv4 or IPv6. Detailed operational procedures for connection establishment and management
[20]
over LTE-Uu are specified in 3GPP TS 23.401 .
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Details on how to establish general access to the Internet in an ITS-SU via an LTE interface are specified
[3]
in ISO 17515-1 .
5.3 Device-to-device communications (D2D)
[4]
Details on how to perform LTE-D2D communications in an ITS-SU are specified in ISO 17515-2 .
5.4 Vehicle-to-everything communications (V2X)
V2X communications in LTE (LTE-V2X) are possible via two different LTE interfaces:
— the LTE PC5 communications interface, and
— the LTE Uu communications interface.
The initial primary purpose of LTE-V2X communications identified so far by 3GPP is dissemination of
[17] [16]
ITS information from an ITS-SU to other ITS-SUs, see e.g. 3GPP TR 22.885 and 3GPP TR 22.185 ,
where these ITS-SUs can be either vehicle ITS-SUs, roadside ITS-SUs, central ITS-SUs, or personal ITS-
SUs as specified in ISO 21217.
NOTE 1 The 3GPP definitions of "Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I)", "Vehicle-to-Network (V2N)", and "Vehicle-
to-Pedestrian (V2P)" differ from those used in ITS, see e.g. ISO 21217. The ITS meaning of "3GPP V2I" is "vehicle-
to-roadside station", of "3GPP V2N" is "vehicle-to-central station", and of "3GPP V2P" is "vehicle-to-personal
station".
In PC5 communications (see 6.1.2.2) information dissemination goes directly from a vehicle station
to other stations; unicast sessions are not supported for V2X. In Uu communications (see 6.1.2.3)
information dissemination goes from a vehicle to a V2X application server via the LTE network acting
as a kind of "relay", and from there to other vehicle stations.
NOTE 2 The Uu interface also supports unicast communications.
NOTE 3 The V2X application server is not part of the LTE network.
NOTE 4 The V2X application server is selected by the LTE network. Consequently, there can be only one single
V2X application server for the indicated ITS application selected by the network at a specific location of the UE,
i.e. provision of this service by various service providers is not possible using LTE-V2X Uu communications.
PC5 communications is also referred to as SideLink communications. Two operational modes of
SideLink communications exist:
— operator managed;
— with dynamic scheduling of resources;
— without dynamic scheduling of resources;
— non-operator managed.
The non-operator managed mode is applicable in case the LTE network cannot be reached, and thus
pre-configured communication resources apply.
In the operator managed mode an LTE base station manages allocation of communication resources,
which adds flexibility in resource allocation. In operator managed mode.
— the eNB may dynamically schedule communication resources for SideLink communications, and
thus collisions in the subsequent scheduled communications are avoided;
— otherwise communication resources are taken from a resource pool configured by the eNB.
NOTE 5 Currently there are no globally applicable means for harmonized resource pool allocation in scenarios
without network coverage.
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NOTE 6 At time of writing the present document no 3GPP rules were identified on the issue of resource pool
information created by an LTE network in a given regulatory domain, whilst respective SideLink communications
are being performed in a different regulatory domain.
In Uu communications, ITS packets are encapsulated in IP packets for forwarding from UE to the V2X
application server like ordinary IP traffic, and from the V2X application server to UE.
5.5 Implementation guidelines
Both PC5 and Uu communications are designed for time-critical applications with requirements for very
low latency. PC5 communications without dynamic scheduling of resources preferably are to be selected
for time-critical applications with requirements for very low latency, whilst PC5 communications with
scheduling of resources and Uu communications may be used for applications that are not as time-
critical. However, this is not a requirement and the guideline may be revised once better knowledge
about the operational facts is available.
The medium-specific I-Parameter OperationalMode of ASN.1 type OperationalMode specified in
ISO 21218 is used to indicate the currently valid operational mode of LTE-V2X. The LTE-specific details
of OperationalMode are given by the ASN.1 type LTE-OperationalMode specified in D.2, i.e. a named
Integer variable with the following identified named values:
— 0: unknown operational mode;
— 1: SideLink communication;
— 2: Uu communication.
[3] [4]
Further modes may be specified, e.g. in ISO 17515-1 and ISO 17515-2 .
6 General requirements
6.1 LTE basics
6.1.1 LTE-V2X
An implementation of an ITS-LTE-V2X communication interface is based on relevant specifications
from 3GPP.
NOTE 3GPP specifications related to LTE-V2X are e.g. [19], [21], [22], [23], [24], [25], [26], [27], [28], [29].
6.1.2 Supported LTE modes of operation
6.1.2.1 Overview
Either one or both of the following two modes of operation shall be supported by an LTE-V2X CI, see
also 5.4 and 5.5:
a) PC5 interface communications (SideLink communication):
— operator managed;
— non-operator managed;
b) Uu interface communications with
— unicast uplink (UE to eNB);
— unicast downlink (eNB to UE);
— broadcast downlink with
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i) Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS),
ii) Single-cell Point-to-Multipoint (SC-PTM).
6.1.2.2 PC5 interface communications
In the operator-managed mode, the UE may either use resources scheduled by the LTE network or
select autonomously resources from resource pools which are configured by the LTE network; these
resources are for data communications of the LTE-V2X CI.
In the non-operator managed mode, the UE may on its own select resources from resource pools which
are pre-configured.
6.1.2.3 Uu interface communications
The data to be transmitted by an LTE-V2X CI is firstly delivered to the eNB (base station of the
LTE network) in unicast mode, where the eNB forwards the data to an V2X application server. This
V2X application server then forwards the originally received data, or the pre-processed data to the
appropriate eNB, which itself unicasts or broadcasts the data via Multimedia Broadcast Multicast
Service (MBMS) or Single-cell Point-to-Multipoint (SC-PTM) specified by 3GPP to the respective UE
within coverage of this eNB.
6.2 ITS station
6.2.1 Station and communication architecture
The ITS station architecture specified in ISO 21217 is presented in Figure 1. The ITS-LTE-V2X CI is
allocated in the ITS-S access layer of the ITS station architecture.
Figure 1 — ITS station architecture
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Figure 2 shows the architecture diagram of an ITS-LTE-V2X CI communications interface (CI) embedded
in the general ITS station architecture.
Figure 2 — LTE-V2X CI architecture
As 3GPP also specified the network and transport layer of LTE, related parts of the LTE-V2X
specifications might be provided in the ITS-S networking & transport layer as illustrated in Figure 3.
Details are out of scope of this document.
Figure 3 — LTE-V2X functionality in an ITS station
The communication protocol layers of the ITS-LTE-V2X CI specified by 3GPP are:
a) Physical layer (PHY);
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b) Data link layer (DLL).
An ITS-LTE-V2X CI as specified in this document is an ITS wireless CI
[1]
— of MedType c-ITSatt-iso17515 specified in ISO 17419 ;
— of CI class CIC-l6 specified in ISO 21218 for one-to-many communications either with support of a
base station of a cellular network or without support of the base station;
— of CI access class CIAC-3 specified in ISO 21218.
An ITS-LTE-V2X CI provides the functionality of the IN-SAP specified in ISO 21218, and uses the
functionality of an MI-SAP, and an SI-SAP specified in ISO 24102-3.
NOTE 1 Service primitive functions for the SI-SAP are not identified so far.
NOTE 2 Multiple ITS-LTE-V2X CIs per ITS station unit (ITS-SU) are possible, regardless of whether the CIs
belong to the same ITS-SCU or to different ITS-SCUs of the same ITS-SU; see ISO 21217 for the specifications of
ITS-SU and ITS-SCU.
6.2.2 Service access points
6.2.2.1 General
NOTE As Service Access Points (SAPs) per definition describe functional behaviour only, SAPs can be
implemented in different ways. Requirements set up in this document to support SAPs and the related service
primitives thus mean to support the functionality. This support can be implemented either in a strict meaning,
i.e. using the ASN.1 definitions of the service primitives as "PDU" definitions, or in an abstract meaning, allowing
for proprietary solutions.
6.2.2.2 Communications service access points
An ITS-LTE-V2X CI shall support the IN-SAP functionality specified in ISO 21218.
6.2.2.3 Management service access points
An ITS-LTE-V2X CI shall support the MI-SAP functionality of ISO 24102-3 with details specified in
ISO 21218.
6.2.2.4 Security service access points
An ITS
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