Configuring client device regulation modes for sidelink communications

An apparatus for performing sidelink communications, comprising:

• at least one memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the at least one memory and configured to:
• determine a first transmit power parameter for transmitting sidelink communications;
• transmit, to a client device, a first sidelink transmission having a first power level corresponding to the first transmit power parameter;
• receive, from the client device, a first sidelink reception having a second power level corresponding to a second transmit power parameter;
• receive, from a first network device, the second transmit power parameter;
• and
• transmit, to the client device, a second sidelink transmission having the second power level corresponding to the second transmit power parameter.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium of a first client device having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

• determine a first transmit power parameter for transmitting sidelink communications;
• transmit, to a second client device, a first sidelink transmission having a first power level corresponding to the first transmit power parameter;
• receive, from the second client device, a first sidelink reception having a second power level corresponding to a second transmit power parameter;
• receive, from a first network device, the second transmit power parameter;
• and
• transmit, to the second client device, a second sidelink transmission having the second power level corresponding to the second transmit power parameter.