Steps 1 to 3 are optional, e.g. applicable for Application Layer managed group. Groupcast mode ProSe Direct communication can be performed without steps 1 to 3 based on the provisioned parameters as defined in
.
Step 1.
ProSe Group management is carried out at ProSe application layer. This may be performed in coordination with ProSe Application Server.
Group Member Discovery parameters as specified in
clause 5.1.2.1 can be provisioned in ME from PCF or configured in UICC or provided from ProSe Application Server to the UE.
Step 2.
Each UE may perform a ProSe group member discovery (similar to the procedures in
clause 6.3.2.2) that is restricted only to users sharing the same Application Layer Group ID obtained in step 1.
The Application layer discovery messages including the Application Layer Group ID for Application Layer managed group may be exchanged between UEs to discover each other sharing the same Application Layer Group ID. When the group is formed, the Application layer discovery message including group size and member ID may be provided by one UE to all other UEs. The Application layer discovery messages may be included as metadata in a PC5 direct discovery message.
Step 3.
The ProSe Application layer may provide group identifier information (i.e. the Application Layer Group ID discovered based on discovery messages exchanged in step 2) as specified in
clause 5.8.2.3.
The ProSe application layer may also provide ProSe Application Requirements for this communication.
If the ProSe application layer does not provide ProSe Application Requirements, the ProSe layer determines the PC5 QoS parameters based on the mapping of ProSe service to PC5 QoS parameters as specified in
clause 5.1.3.1.
The ProSe application layer may provide a group size and a member ID (optionally based on discovery messages exchanged in step 2) as specified in
clause 5.3.3 for Application Layer managed group.
Step 4.
The ProSe layer of transmitting UE self-assigns a source Layer-2 ID and determines the following for the groupcast mode communication transmission:
The source Layer-2 ID, destination Layer-2 ID, the NR Tx Profile and the PC5 QoS parameters are passed down to the AS layer of transmitting UE for the groupcast mode communication transmission.
The ProSe layer of receiving UE(s) determines the following for the groupcast mode communication reception:
The destination Layer-2 ID, the NR Tx Profile and the PC5 QoS parameters are passed down to the AS layer of receiving UE(s) for the reception.
If the group size and the member ID for Application Layer managed group are provided by the ProSe application layer, the ProSe layer passes them to the AS layer as described in
clause 5.3.3.
The AS layer of transmitting UE and the AS layer of receiving UE(s) determine the PC5 DRX parameter values as specified in
clause 5.13.
Step 5.
Transmitting UE sends the ProSe data using the source Layer-2 ID and the destination Layer-2 ID.