Wireless device transmit and receive capability in sidelink control information

A method for wireless communications at a first wireless device, comprising:

• receiving, in a sidelink communication message, an indication of a transmit category of a second wireless device, the transmit category indicating a transmit parameter of the second wireless device, wherein the transmit category indicates a variable transmit category based at least in part on a communication configuration, wherein the first wireless device is associated with a first radio access technology and a second radio access technology, and wherein the variable transmit category comprises a first transmit category associated with the first radio access technology and a second transmit category associated with the second radio access technology;
• determining, based at least in part on the indication, that the transmit parameter of the second wireless device is greater than a receive parameter of the first wireless device, wherein the receive parameter is based at least in part on a receive category of the first wireless device;
• receiving a shared sidelink channel message;
• and
• determining to refrain from decoding the shared sidelink channel message based at least in part on determining that the transmit parameter of the second wireless device is greater than the receive parameter of the first wireless device.

A method for wireless communications at a first wireless device, comprising:

• receiving, in a sidelink communication message, an indication of a transmit category of a second wireless device, the transmit category indicating a transmit parameter of the second wireless device, wherein the transmit category indicates a variable transmit category based at least in part on a communication configuration, wherein the first wireless device is associated with a first radio access technology and a second radio access technology, and wherein the variable transmit category comprises a first transmit category associated with the first radio access technology and a second transmit category associated with the second radio access technology;
• determining, based at least in part on the indication, that the transmit parameter of the second wireless device is lower than or equal to a receive parameter of the first wireless device, wherein the receive parameter is based at least in part on a receive category of the first wireless device;
• receiving a shared sidelink channel message;
• and
• determining to decode the shared sidelink channel message based at least in part on determining that the transmit parameter of the second wireless device is lower than or equal to the receive parameter of the first wireless device.

An apparatus for wireless communication at a first wireless device, comprising:

• a processor;
• memory coupled with the processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
• receive, in a sidelink communication message, an indication of a receive category of a second wireless device, the receive category indicating a receive parameter associated with a type or format of wireless communications capable of being received at the second wireless device;
• determining a segmentation, a modulation and coding scheme, and a resource block configuration of wireless communications capable of being received at the second wireless device based at least in part on the receive category and an algorithm, wherein the algorithm is based at least in part on a throughput calculation, a latency calculation, or a combination thereof;
• and
• transmit a shared sidelink channel message to the second wireless device based at least in part on the receive category of the second wireless device, the segmentation, the modulation and coding scheme, and the resource block configuration.