Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Generally, the described techniques provide for a user equipment (UE) to transmit feedback information via a configurable quantity of interlaced resource blocks (IRBs) in one or more interlaces of a sidelink feedback channel. For example, the UE may transmit feedback via multiple IRBs of an interlace. The UE may determine which IRBs to use in accordance with a configuration, which may indicate a quantity of IRBs, a distribution of the IRBs, a pattern of the IRBs, or any combination thereof. Additionally, or alternatively, the UE may determine to transmit feedback via multiple IRBs of an interlace that is different from a common interlace.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described for shared radio frequency spectrum band access information. A sensing device may monitor one or more frequencies of the shared radio frequency spectrum band and may receive signaling indicating access information (e.g., automated frequency control information). The access information may indicate one or more frequencies of the shared radio frequency spectrum band that are accessible for the sensing device. The scheduling device may obtain the access information from an access point, local storage media, or the like. In some examples, the scheduling device may transmit signaling indicating the accessible frequencies based on a request message from the sensing device. The sensing device may receive the access information and may communicate on one or more of the indicated frequencies accordingly.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a network node may receive, from one or more user equipments (UEs), feedback information associated with a distributed sensing procedure. The network node may select, based at least in part on the feedback information, a set of UEs to be included in the distributed sensing procedure. The network node may transmit, to the set of UEs, an indication of configuration parameters associated with the distributed sensing procedure. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Wireless communications systems and methods related to channel occupancy time (COT) sharing for sidelink communications are provided. A first user equipment (UE) receives, from a second UE, a first sidelink transmission during a first channel occupancy time (COT), where the first COT is associated with the second UE. The first UE determines whether the second UE is one of two or more UEs intended to receive a second sidelink transmission. The first UE transmits, to the two or more UEs, the second sidelink transmission during a portion of the first COT based on COT sharing. The COT sharing is in response to determining the second UE is one of the two or more UEs intended to receive the second sidelink transmission.

Abstract: In an aspect, the present disclosure includes a method and apparatus for sidelink communications for identifying a number of non-sidelink occupied resources in a measurement window having a total number of resources in an unlicensed spectrum, wherein the total number of resources can be used by sidelink transmissions and non-sidelink transmissions, determining a channel occupancy ratio (CR) limit for a sidelink transmission based on at least a channel busy ratio (CBR) determined accounting for at least the number of non-sidelink occupied resources in the measurement window, calculating a CR for a sidelink transmission, and transmitting, or refraining from transmitting, the sidelink transmission respectively based on whether the CR does not or does exceed the CR limit.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may identify a transmit diversity configuration for transmitting multiple sidelink messages. The UE may identify a transmit diversity configuration that indicates a set of component carriers (CCs) available for sidelink communication. The UE may transmit, based on the transmit diversity configuration, a first sidelink message having a first redundancy version (RV) of a transport block (TB), and a second sidelink message having a second RV of the TB, on multiple CCs. In a second case, the UE may identify a transmit diversity configuration indicating a set of precoding matrices. The UE may transmit the first sidelink message, including a TB or an RV of a TB, precoded using a first precoding matrix and a second sidelink message, including a TB or an RV of a TB, precoded using a second precoding matrix on multiple CCs.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A communication device, such as a user equipment (UE) may determine a transmit diversity configuration indicating a transmit diversity criterion for declaring a result of a channel access procedure for a plurality of component carriers in a shared radio frequency spectrum band. The UE may perform the channel access procedure for the plurality of component carriers in the shared radio frequency spectrum band to determine the result of the channel access procedure based at least in part on the transmit diversity criterion. As a result, the UE may transmit or refrain from transmitting a message over at least one component carrier of the plurality of component carriers based at least in part on the result of the channel access procedure.

Abstract: In an aspect, the present disclosure includes a method and apparatus for sidelink communications for identifying at least one slot in a measurement window as a channel busy ratio (CBR) relevant slot, calculating a CBR based on at least a measurement in at least the CBR relevant slot, and transmitting, or refraining from transmitting, a sidelink transmission based at least on the CBR.

Abstract: Wireless communications systems and methods related to channel occupancy time (COT) sharing for sidelink communications in unlicensed bands are provided. A method for wireless communication by a first user equipment (UE) may include measuring a first reference signal received power (RSRP) of a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) transmission transmitted during a channel occupancy time (COT) initiated by a second UE and accessing a first slot of the COT based on the first RSRP.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. One or more user equipments (UEs) may communicate in a wireless communications system by transmitting and receiving sidelink messages from other UEs. The UEs may transmit acknowledgement (ACK) or negative acknowledgment (NACK) feedback based on reception of sidelink messages for other UEs. The UEs may identify a sidelink feedback resource set including a set of feedback transmission slots for transmitting sidelink feedback. The UEs may perform NACK-only feedback, and may streamline feedback transmissions based on monitoring for other NACKs from other UEs. The UEs may prioritize feedback transmissions when the UE has multiple feedback transmissions queued, and when a UE has feedback to transmit and to receive in overlapping transmission time intervals (TTIs).

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described to support configuring a user equipment (UE) operating in unlicensed spectrum with a set of component carriers (CCs) for sidelink communications using the unlicensed spectrum. In a first example, a UE may select a CC from the set of candidate CCs, for example, using a carrier selection configuration, and may select a resource in the CC for a sidelink communication. In a second example, a UE may select multiple candidate resources for a sidelink communication, for example, using a resource selection configuration and based on sensing performed by the UE. To indicate the reservation of a candidate resource, the UE may indicate both a CC in which the reserved resource is located and a location of the reserved resource within the carrier. The UE may transmit a sidelink message using a selected candidate resource in the unlicensed spectrum.

Abstract: Aspects for reducing interference for transmissions in unlicensed frequency bands are disclosed. An apparatus, e.g., a user equipment (UE) with information to transmit, identifies before transmitting the information in an unlicensed frequency spectrum, a specified duration of a listen-before-talk (LBT) operation in that spectrum. Based on the specified duration, the UE reduces a transmission time duration of a slot of the UE to increase a time duration of a remainder of the slot sufficient to prevent, or decrease the likelihood of, a transmission by the UE in the slot from interfering with an LBT operation by another UE.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described to support selection of an unoccupied sidelink resource associated with a higher communication quality in a shared spectrum. User equipments (UEs) operating in shared spectrum may be configured with a set of candidate carriers for sidelink communications using the shared spectrum. A transmitting UE may select a number of resources for a sidelink transmission that are available in a same transmission time occasion and on multiple carriers of the set of carriers. The UE may perform a channel access procedure for each carrier of the multiple carriers prior to the transmission time occasion and may transmit a sidelink communication on at least one selected resource if the channel access procedure succeeds in at least one of the carriers of the multiple carriers.

Abstract: Techniques for cross channel occupancy time (COT) hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback transmission for sidelink communication in unlicensed spectrum may be performed. In an example, a receiving user equipment (UE) may receive, from a transmitting UE, a first transmission in a first channel occupancy time (COT). The receiving UE may also determine a first feedback occasion is after a last slot of the first COT. The receiving UE may also determine one or more feedback configurations. The receiving UE may also transmit, to the transmitting UE, a feedback message indicating decoding of the first transmission in the first feedback occasion or a second feedback occasion based on the one or more feedback configurations.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A wireless communication device may receive a configuration indicating SL synchronization communication resources occupying a first portion of a shared frequency band. The wireless communication device may transmit one or more SL synchronization communications occupying a second portion of the shared frequency band, where the second portion of the shared frequency band is larger than the first portion and includes the first portion.

Abstract: A first UE may configure, during a COT, an initial transmission and one or more subsequent transmissions that follow the initial transmission. The one or more subsequent transmissions are configured to prevent a release of the COT. Based on the configuration, the first UE may transmit the initial transmission including an indication of the COT and a time period for transmitting the one or more subsequent transmissions. The first UE may subsequently transmit the one or more subsequent transmissions during the indicated time period. A second UE may receive the indication of the COT and the time period where the release of the COT is prevented. The second UE may prepare a packet for transmission during the time period where the release of the COT is prevented and transmit the packet during the COT following the time period where the release of the COT is prevented.

Abstract: Aspects presented herein may improve joint communication-radar system by providing a radar reference signal with GI-FMCW waveform. Aspects presented herein may be compatible with communication-centric waveforms and thereby may apply to UEs or network entities with minimal changes if specified. In one aspect, a wireless device transmits a set of communication signals. The wireless device configure one or more parameters associated with a set of radar reference signals for radar sensing based on the set of communication signals, each radar reference signal in the set of radar reference signals including a guard interval. The wireless device transmits the set of radar reference signals associated with the one or more parameters.

Abstract: To facilitate efficient LBT sidelink sensing procedures, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided. An example method of a sidelink wireless device includes initiating an LBT sidelink sensing procedure including initiating an LBT timer to run for at least a minimum sensing duration in a channel. The example method further includes detecting one or more signals in the channel during the LBT side link sensing procedure. The example method further includes allowing the LBT timer to continue to run.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may select, from an available resource pool, one or more resources for transmitting a packet on a channel. The UE may determine that a new shared channel occupancy time (COT) has been initiated on the channel. The UE may adapt at least one resource of the one or more resources for transmitting the packet based at least in part on determining that the new shared COT has been initiated. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for bit interleaving for sidelink communication with interlaced waveform. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes mapping first bits and second bits to resource blocks (RBs) such that the first bits are mapped to first subcarriers of the RBs, a first subset of the second bits are mapped to the first subcarriers, and a second subset of the second bits are mapped to second subcarriers of the REs; and transmitting the first bits and the second bits via the RBs according to the mapping.