Sidelink transmission resource aggregation for in-coverage new radio sidelink operation

An apparatus configured for wireless communication, the apparatus comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor,
• wherein the at least one processor is individually or collectively configured:
• to obtain a sidelink aggregation factor identifying a number of sidelink resource slots available to add to each sidelink resource slot allocated in a grant of sidelink channel access from a serving base station;
• to receive a sidelink transmission grant from the serving base station identifying at least one granted sidelink resource slot;
• to determine an aggregated set of sidelink resource slots for each granted sidelink resource slot of the at least one granted sidelink resource slot, wherein the aggregated set of sidelink resource slots includes a plurality of sidelink resource slots equal to a granted sidelink resource slot of the at least one granted sidelink resource slot plus a number of additional sidelink resource slots up to the sidelink aggregation factor;
• and
• to transmit sidelink communications using the aggregated set of sidelink resource slots for each one or more granted sidelink resource slots of the at least one granted sidelink resource slots used for the sidelink communications.