A method of operating a user equipment operable in a first network, comprising: initiating, by the user equipment, connectivity within a first network; measuring, by the user equipment, congestion on a channel of a first network; producing, by the user equipment, a measurement report representing the congestion; periodically providing, by the user equipment, the measurement report over a second network to a resource control server; and receiving, at the user equipment, instructions over the second network from the resource control server of actions to be taken based at least in part on congestion within the first network, wherein: the first network is a direct communication network, the second network is a radio access network, the instructions from the resource control server are based at least in part on the measurement report, and the user equipment stops providing the measurement report when the congestion falls below a congestion threshold; and applying the instructions, wherein the instructions comprise a congestion control policy; and the congestion control policy comprises at least one of: modifying a format of a message, discarding a message, adjusting a transmission periodicity, adjusting a transmission frequency of a message, specifying a Uu interface for a type of message, instructing use of a specific resource or pool of resources of the first network, instructing use of a specific resource or pool of resources in a PC5 spectrum, and instructing to return to a default behavior policy when the user equipment is out of range of the second network. initiating, by the user equipment, connectivity within a first network; measuring, by the user equipment, congestion on a channel of a first network; producing, by the user equipment, a measurement report representing the congestion; periodically providing, by the user equipment, the measurement report over a second network to a resource control server; and receiving, at the user equipment, instructions over the second network from the resource control server of actions to be taken based at least in part on congestion within the first network, wherein: the first network is a direct communication network, the second network is a radio access network, the instructions from the resource control server are based at least in part on the measurement report, and the user equipment stops providing the measurement report when the congestion falls below a congestion threshold; and the first network is a direct communication network, the second network is a radio access network, the instructions from the resource control server are based at least in part on the measurement report, and the user equipment stops providing the measurement report when the congestion falls below a congestion threshold; and applying the instructions, wherein the instructions comprise a congestion control policy; and the congestion control policy comprises at least one of: modifying a format of a message, discarding a message, adjusting a transmission periodicity, adjusting a transmission frequency of a message, specifying a Uu interface for a type of message, instructing use of a specific resource or pool of resources of the first network, instructing use of a specific resource or pool of resources in a PC5 spectrum, and instructing to return to a default behavior policy when the user equipment is out of range of the second network. modifying a format of a message, discarding a message, adjusting a transmission periodicity, adjusting a transmission frequency of a message, specifying a Uu interface for a type of message, instructing use of a specific resource or pool of resources of the first network, instructing use of a specific resource or pool of resources in a PC5 spectrum, and instructing to return to a default behavior policy when the user equipment is out of range of the second network.