Opportunistic wide area network and device to device coexistence

An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

• means for communicating with a base station using fewer wireless chains than supported by the apparatus;
• means for determining at least a first wireless chain of the wireless chains is available for communicating with another apparatus while the apparatus is in a connected mode discontinuous reception (CDRX) on period associated with the base station;
• and
• means for communicating, via device-to-device communications, with the other apparatus using one of the at least a first wireless chain while communicating with the base station during the CDRX on period.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon for:

• communicating with a base station using fewer wireless chains than supported by an apparatus;
• determining at least a first wireless chain of the wireless chains is available for communicating with another apparatus while the apparatus is in a connected mode discontinuous reception (CDRX) on period associated with the base station;
• and
• communicating, via device-to-device communications, with the other apparatus using one of the at least a first wireless chain while communicating with the base station during the CDRX on period.