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The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standardization body has actively been developing the standards evolving from 4G-V2X to 5G-V2X providing ultra-reliable low-latency communications and higher throughput to deliver the solutions for advanced C-V2X services. In this survey, we analyze the 3GPP standard documents relevant to V2X communication to present the complete vision of 3GPP-enabled C-V2X. To better equip the readers with knowledge of the topic, we describe the underlying concepts and an overview of the evolution of 3GPP C-V2X standardization. Furthermore, we provide the details of the enabling concepts for V2X support by 3GPP. In this connection, we carry out an exhaustive study of the 3GPP standard documents and provide a logical taxonomy of C-V2X related 3GPP standard documents divided into three categories: 4G, 4G &amp; 5G, and 5G based V2X services. We provide a detailed analysis of these categories discussing the system architecture, network support, key issues, and potential solution approaches supported by the 3GPP. We also highlight the gap and the need for intelligence in the execution of different operations to enable the use-case scenarios of Level-5 autonomous driving. We believe, the paper will equip readers to comprehend the technological standards for the delivery of different ITS services of the higher level of autonomous driving.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s23042261","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,2,17]],"date-time":"2023-02-17T02:57:22Z","timestamp":1676602642000},"page":"2261","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":37,"title":["Advancing C-V2X for Level 5 Autonomous Driving from the Perspective of 3GPP Standards"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"23","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6230-1760","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Muhammad Jalal","family":"Khan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Information Technology, United Arab Emirates University, Abu Dhabi 15551, United Arab Emirates"},{"name":"Emirates Center for Mobility Research (ECMR), United Arab Emirates University, Abu Dhabi 15551, United Arab Emirates"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0319-8126","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Manzoor Ahmed","family":"Khan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Information Technology, United Arab Emirates University, Abu Dhabi 15551, United Arab Emirates"},{"name":"Emirates Center for Mobility Research (ECMR), United Arab Emirates University, Abu Dhabi 15551, United Arab Emirates"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2759-3144","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sumbal","family":"Malik","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Information Technology, United Arab Emirates University, Abu Dhabi 15551, United Arab Emirates"},{"name":"Emirates Center for Mobility Research (ECMR), United Arab Emirates University, Abu Dhabi 15551, United Arab Emirates"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Parag","family":"Kulkarni","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Information Technology, United Arab Emirates University, Abu Dhabi 15551, United Arab Emirates"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8419-994X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Najla","family":"Alkaabi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Information Technology, United Arab Emirates University, Abu Dhabi 15551, United Arab Emirates"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1434-7948","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Obaid","family":"Ullah","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Information Technology, United Arab Emirates University, Abu Dhabi 15551, United Arab Emirates"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7488-0915","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hesham","family":"El-Sayed","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Information Technology, United Arab Emirates University, Abu Dhabi 15551, United Arab Emirates"},{"name":"Emirates Center for Mobility Research (ECMR), United Arab Emirates University, Abu Dhabi 15551, United Arab Emirates"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Amir","family":"Ahmed","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Information Technology, United Arab Emirates University, Abu Dhabi 15551, United Arab Emirates"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6661-8469","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sherzod","family":"Turaev","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Information Technology, United Arab Emirates University, Abu Dhabi 15551, United Arab Emirates"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,2,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"12","DOI":"10.1109\/MCOMSTD.001.2000070","article-title":"V2X in 3GPP Standardization: NR Sidelink in Release-16 and Beyond","volume":"5","author":"Harounabadi","year":"2021","journal-title":"IEEE Commun. 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