User equipment capability discovery in distributed wireless networks

A method for wireless communication in a distributed wireless network, comprising:

• identifying, at a first user equipment (UE) of the distributed wireless network, a combined list of frequencies on which a plurality of second UEs are configured to receive communications in the distributed wireless network and a combined list of baseband capabilities of the plurality of second UEs in the distributed wireless network, the combined list of baseband capabilities comprising a block coding scheme;
• determining a transmission scheduling policy for transmitting a broadcast message based at least in part on the combined list of frequencies and the combined list of baseband capabilities;
• and
• transmitting, by the first UE, the broadcast message to respective second UEs of the plurality of second UEs in accordance with the transmission scheduling policy.

A method for wireless communication in a distributed wireless network, comprising:

• receiving, at a first user equipment (UE) in the distributed wireless network, one or more capabilities messages from respective second UEs in the distributed wireless network, each of the one or more capabilities messages including a list of frequencies and a list of baseband capabilities supported by the respective second UEs, the list of baseband capabilities comprising a block coding scheme;
• identifying, based at least in part on the one or more capabilities messages, a combined list of frequencies on which the respective second UEs are collectively configured to receive communications in the distributed wireless network and a combined list of baseband capabilities that are collectively supported by the second UEs on the combined list of frequencies;
• and
• transmitting, by the first UE, a broadcast message to the respective second UEs using at least a subset of frequencies included in the combined list of frequencies and at least one baseband capability included in the combined list of baseband capabilities.

An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

• a processor;
• memory coupled with the processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory and operable, when executed by the processor, to cause the apparatus to:
• generate, at a first UE associated with the apparatus in a distributed wireless network, a capabilities message with a list of frequencies and a list of baseband capabilities supported by the first UE, the list of baseband capabilities comprising a block coding scheme;
• transmit the capabilities message to one or more second UEs of the distributed wireless network;
• and
• receive a broadcast message from at least one of the one or more second UEs based at least in part on the transmitted capabilities message and one or more second capabilities messages transmitted by the one or more second UEs.