A user equipment (UE) and base station (BS) in a wireless communication network. The UE includes a receiver configured to receive at least one semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration among a plurality of SPS configurations from a BS. Each of the SPS configurations configures the UE with a different periodicity of a sidelink transmission to be transmitted to another UE. The UE also includes a transmitter configured to transmit the sidelink transmission in the different periodicity according to the at least one of the plurality of SPS configurations. The BS includes a controller configured to select at least one SPS configuration among a plurality of SPS configurations for a UE. Each of the SPS configurations configures the UE with a different periodicity of a sidelink transmission to be transmitted to another UE. The BS also includes a transmitter configured to transmit the selected at least one SPS configuration to the UE.