Communication devices and methods for providing uplink and sidelink resource reservation schemes

A method for a wireless communication device, the method comprising:

• selecting and reserving a specific resource or a specific transmission pattern for a predetermined time period;
• receiving, from a network device, a sidelink resource, wherein the sidelink resource is a sidelink resource that is for the wireless communication device to send a sidelink control message;
• sending, to at least one User Equipment (UE), the sidelink control message using the sidelink resource received from the network device, the sidelink control message indicating the specific resource or the specific transmission pattern;
• and
• transmitting, to the network device, an uplink data message using the specific resource or the specific transmission pattern.

A network device, comprising a memory storing computer program, and at least one processor coupled to the memory, wherein the computer program, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to:

• provide a specific resource or a specific transmission pattern for a predetermined time period to a User Equipment (UE);
• provide a sidelink resource to the UE for sending a sidelink control message;
• and
• obtain an uplink data message from the UE in the specific resource or according to the specific transmission pattern.