Time-sensitive networking support over sidelink

An apparatus at a first device node, comprising:

• a processor;
• memory coupled with the processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
• receive, from a controller node of a time-sensitive network, a configuration of a communication bridge between the first device node and the controller node for communicating over the time-sensitive network, wherein the time-sensitive network comprises a plurality of nodes that are synchronized according to a common synchronization configuration and that are configured for transmitting messages between the controller node and the first device node within a latency condition configured for the time-sensitive network, and wherein the time-sensitive network comprises a wireless radio access network configured, according to the configuration, as the communication bridge between the first device node and the controller node, the communication bridge comprising a plurality of translators for translating between time sensitive network communications and wireless access network communications;
• identify data to transmit from the first device node to a second device node of the plurality of nodes;
• and
• communicate with the second device node via a sidelink connection associated with the wireless radio access network.

An apparatus at a first device node, comprising:

• means for receiving, from a controller node of a time-sensitive network, a configuration of a communication bridge between the first device node and the controller node for communicating over the time-sensitive network, wherein the time-sensitive network comprises a plurality of nodes that are synchronized according to a common synchronization configuration and that are configured for transmitting messages between the controller node and the first device node within a latency condition configured for the time-sensitive network, and wherein the time-sensitive network comprises a wireless radio access network configured, according to the configuration, as the communication bridge between the first device node and the controller node, the communication bridge comprising a plurality of translators for translating between time sensitive network communications and wireless access network communications;
• means for identifying data to transmit from the first device node to a second device node of the plurality of nodes;
• and
• means for communicating with the second device node via a sidelink connection associated with the wireless radio access network.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code, the code comprising instructions executable by a processor to:

• receive, from a controller node of a time-sensitive network, a configuration of a communication bridge between a first device node and the controller node for communicating over the time-sensitive network, wherein the time-sensitive network comprises a plurality of nodes that are synchronized according to a common synchronization configuration and that are configured for transmitting messages between the controller node and the first device node within a latency condition configured for the time-sensitive network, and wherein the time-sensitive network comprises a wireless radio access network configured, according to the configuration, as the communication bridge between the first device node and the controller node, the communication bridge comprising a plurality of translators for translating between time sensitive network communications and wireless access network communications;
• identify data to transmit from the first device node to a second device node of the plurality of nodes;
• and
• communicate with the second device node via a sidelink connection associated with the wireless radio access network.