Method and apparatus for providing radio resource information for sidelink control

A mobile station for wireless communication, comprising:

• a processor configured to:
• receive, by the mobile station, a radio resource control (RRC) message that includes resource information corresponding to one or more resource pools, wherein the RRC message comprises, for each of the one or more resource pools, a corresponding resource pool index;
• and
• receive, by the mobile station, a resource pool index within a downlink control information (DCI) indicating at least one designated resource pool from the one or more resource pools and designated resources from within the at least one designated resource pool such that communications between the mobile station and a wireless device is permitted via a wireless link between the mobile station and the wireless device using the at least one designated resource pool.

A base station for wireless communication, comprising:

• a processor configured to:
• transmit, by the base station to a mobile station, a radio resource control (RRC) message which includes resource information corresponding to one or more resource pools, wherein the RRC message comprises, for each of the one or more resource pools, a corresponding resource pool index;
• and
• transmit, to the mobile station, a resource pool index within a downlink control information (DCI) indicating at least one designated resource pool from the one or more resource pools and designated resources from within the at least one designated resource pool such that the mobile station is permitted to communicate with a wireless device in communication with the mobile station via a wireless link using the at least one designated resource pool.