Selection of a scheduling user equipment

An apparatus comprising:

• a receiver that receives first information from a plurality of user equipments, wherein the first information indicates at least one sidelink user equipment in communication with each user equipment of the plurality of user equipments;
• and
• a processor that
• selects a scheduling user equipment from the plurality of user equipments based on a quality of a first connection interface and a second connection interface of each user equipment of the plurality of user equipments indicated in the first information;
• and
• transitions to a fall back mode in response to mode 2d resource allocation being unavailable and occurrence of a radio link failure or a handover.