Abstract: A method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus communicates with a second apparatus, including transmitting or receiving a first transmission. The apparatus receives information about the second UE from a sensor at the first UE and/or from a BSM. The apparatus determines whether the first apparatus and the second apparatus are in a LOS condition based on a correlation of the information with one or more of a channel estimation, PMI feedback, or RI feedback. The apparatus may adapt a transmission parameter for a second transmission based on a predicted location of the first apparatus or the second apparatus. The transmission parameter may include at least one of a modulation, a code rate, a DMRS density, a precoder, a CSI-RS transmission periodicity or a feedback rate.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine an available resource for a communication based at least in part on a control exclusion parameter. The UE may transmit the communication using the available resource. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may select a selection window after an arrival of a packet. The selection window may be selected based at least in part on a delay budget associated with the packet. The UE may determine, based at least in part on the selection window, a control exclusion zone value. The UE may perform, based at least in part on the control exclusion zone value, a resource selection associated with determining available resources for transmitting a set of transmissions associated with the packet. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A device, which may be otherwise known as user equipment (UE) may support sidelink communications, for example, such as device-to-device (D2D) communications, vehicle-based communications, which may also be referred to as vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications, vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications, and the like. To mitigate or decrease collisions or other interference on resources (e.g., time and frequency resources) used by other UEs in sidelink communications, a UE may determine a blind retransmission of a packet, determine that the packet satisfies one or more conditions based in part on the blind retransmission, and transmit feedback signal relating to the blind retransmission of the packet.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. The method, system, and apparatus may include managing the operation mode of a user equipment in vehicle-to-everything communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may transmit an inactive request message (or a request message) to a base station to indicate the user equipment is switching from a base station scheduling mode (or a radio access network node scheduling mode) to a peer user equipment scheduling mode (or a roadside unit scheduling mode). The user equipment may receive an acknowledgment message from the base station indicating a state change to allow the peer user equipment scheduling mode. In some cases, the user equipment may receive an area identifier from the base station, and the area identifier may indicate an area where the peer user equipment scheduling mode is allowed.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide synchronization techniques for user equipment (UEs) that may be otherwise unable to support sidelink communication a synchronized UE and may have also lost global navigation satellite system (GNSS) and/or Evolved Node Base Stations (eNBs) as a synchronization source. In such instance, the unsynchronized UE may utilize reference signals (RS) from the data packets received from other UEs to track the timing and perform autonomous timing adjustments based thereon for synchronized packet transmission or reception.

Abstract: An apparatus may comprise a component for communicating using a first RAT and another component for communicating using a second RAT. Overlapping communication using the two RATs may cause problems for proper reception at the apparatus. The apparatus may detect that transmission or reception of a first packet using a first RAT will overlap in time with reception of a second packet using a second RAT. The apparatus prioritizes the first packet or the second packet based at least on a relative priority of the first packet and the second packet.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine a plurality of ratios of free resources in a historical time window using respective control exclusion parameters corresponding to the plurality of ratios of free resources. The UE may determine a particular control exclusion parameter based at least in part on a ratio of free resources, of the plurality of ratios of free resources, satisfying a threshold. The UE may select a resource for a future transmission based at least in part on the particular control exclusion parameter. The UE may reserve the selected resource. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Aspects described herein relate to transmitting a direct link synchronization signal for wireless communications. A user equipment (UE) may determine a synchronization signal priority level. The UE may determine a number of resources in a synchronization signal period on which to transmit a direct link synchronization signal block from the UE based on the synchronization signal priority level. The UE may transmit the direct link synchronization signal block on the number of resources.

Abstract: In a device to device (D2D) communication scenario such as vehicle to anything (V2X) communications, channel access of a device such as a user equipment (UE) may not be controlled by network devices. Using the disclosed channel access mechanism, a device may autonomously access a channel for transportation related communications. A device may determine to transmit a data packet in a portion of bandwidth. The device may select a listen before talk counter defining a time period to wait before beginning a transmission of the data packet. The device may sense the portion of bandwidth during the time period for transmissions of other UEs occupying frequency resource blocks within the portion of bandwidth. The device may select unoccupied frequency resource blocks within the portion of bandwidth based on the sensing. The device may transmit the data packet on the unoccupied frequency resource blocks after the period of time.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide a method for wireless communications by a peer device. The method generates control information to schedule peer-to-peer communication. The control information includes a first portion with a first set of data and a second portion with a second set of data. The method then transmits the first portion of the control information in a first stage using first time and frequency resources. The first portion indicates a control information format of the second portion. The method further transmits the second portion of the control information in a second stage using second time and frequency resources and the indicated control information format.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first user equipment (UE) may establish a unicast connection over a sidelink communications with a second UE. To establish the unicast connection over the sidelink, the first UE may transmit a request message (e.g., a first message) to the second UE, and the second UE may transmit a response message (e.g., a second message) to the first UE accepting the request. The unicast connection over the sidelink may then be established between the first UE and the second UE, and user data may then be transmitted over the sidelink on the established unicast connection. Additionally, the first UE may transmit a connection complete message (e.g., a third message) to the second UE indicating that the unicast connection has been established. The request message, the response message, and the connection complete message may be radio resource control (RRC) messages.

Abstract: Using a modulation and coding scheme for a control channel that is more conservative than needed to fulfill the control function may waste resources. To address this issue, a variable size control channel is provided. An apparatus in such a system may be configured to determine an aggregation level of a plurality of aggregation levels associated with a control channel. Each aggregation level of the plurality of aggregation levels is associated with a number of time-frequency resources dedicated for the control channel and a particular modulation and coding scheme used for modulating and coding control information in the control channel. The apparatus is configured to receive control information in the time-frequency resources associated with the aggregation level and decode the control information received in the time-frequency resources associated with the determined aggregation level. The decoding is based on the particular modulation and coding scheme associated with the determined aggregation level.

Abstract: Aspects described herein relate to identifying a sidelink priority value of sidelink traffic to be transmitted via a sidelink channel, identifying a type of uplink traffic to be transmitted via an uplink channel, the uplink traffic is scheduled to be transmitted contemporaneously with the sidelink traffic, prioritizing, based at least in part on the identification of the type of uplink traffic being of a first type uplink traffic, the uplink traffic regardless of the sidelink priority value, and transmitting, based on prioritizing the sidelink traffic or prioritizing the uplink traffic, at least one of the sidelink traffic or the uplink traffic.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for communication which may include a transmitting device and at least one receiving device. In one aspect, the transmitting device may determine a transmission configuration including one or more aggregated transmission intervals for communicating with the receiving device. The transmitting device may also indicate the transmission configuration to the receiving device. Additionally, the transmitting device can transmit at least one data packet to the receiving device based on the transmission configuration. Further, the transmission configuration can indicate a number of the one or more aggregated transmission intervals. In some aspects, the receiving device can determine a number of aggregated transmission intervals based on the indication. The receiving device can also decode the data packet based on the number of aggregated transmission intervals.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first user equipment (UE) may establish a unicast connection over a sidelink communications with a second UE. To establish the unicast connection over the sidelink, the first UE may transmit a request message (e.g., a first message) to the second UE, and the second UE may transmit a response message (e.g., a second message) to the first UE accepting the request. The unicast connection over the sidelink may then be established between the first UE and the second UE, and user data may then be transmitted over the sidelink on the established unicast connection. Additionally, the first UE may transmit a connection complete message (e.g., a third message) to the second UE indicating that the unicast connection has been established. The request message, the response message, and the connection complete message may be radio resource control (RRC) messages.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for half-duplex handling with system-wide feedback resources. Embodiments include determining, for a first feedback resource corresponding to a first time period, that the wireless node has a scheduled feedback transmission and a scheduled feedback reception on shared frequency resources. Embodiments include selecting one of the scheduled feedback transmission or the scheduled feedback reception based on a rule. Embodiments include using the feedback resource to perform the selected one of the scheduled feedback transmission or the scheduled feedback reception.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive one or more sidelink communications on a sidelink between the UE and another UE. The UE may transmit one or more hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback communications, associated with the one or more sidelink communications, on the sidelink and in a HARQ feedback resource included in a multi-slot feedback reporting period. The HARQ feedback resource may include a set of negative acknowledgement (NACK) resources or the set of NACK resources and a set of acknowledgement (ACK) resources. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Using a modulation and coding scheme for a control channel that is more conservative than needed to fulfill the control function may waste resources. To address this issue, a variable size control channel is provided. An apparatus in such a system may be configured to determine an aggregation level of a plurality of aggregation levels associated with a control channel. Each aggregation level of the plurality of aggregation levels is associated with a number of time-frequency resources dedicated for the control channel and a particular modulation and coding scheme used for modulating and coding control information in the control channel. The apparatus is configured to receive control information in the time-frequency resources associated with the aggregation level and decode the control information received in the time-frequency resources associated with the determined aggregation level. The decoding is based on the particular modulation and coding scheme associated with the determined aggregation level.

Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer-readable medium for wireless communication are provided. In one aspect, the apparatus is configured to determine a target receiver power level for uplink transmissions received at the apparatus, to determine uplink power control information based on the determined target receiver power level for UL MU-MIMO transmission or UL OFDMA transmission, and to transmit a frame that includes the determined uplink power control information to a station scheduled by the apparatus for uplink transmission.