Sidelink sensing and resource allocation enhancement for power saving

An apparatus for wireless communication by a first user equipment (UE), comprising:

• means for identifying, from a resource pool allocated for sidelink communications between UEs, a first plurality of resources for transmissions from the first UE to a second UE based on a set of one or more parameters shared between the first UE and the second UE;
• means for identifying, from the resource pool, a second plurality of resources for transmissions from the second UE to the first UE based on the shared set of one or more parameters;
• means for communicating with the second UE using the first plurality of resources and the second plurality of resources in a plurality of time slots;
• and
• means for entering a low power state for at least some of the time slots in which no subchannels belong to either the first plurality of resources or second plurality of resources.

An apparatus for wireless communication by a first user equipment (UE), comprising:

• a memory comprising processor-executable instructions;
• and
• a processor configured to execute the processor-executable instructions and cause the apparatus to:
• identify, from a resource pool allocated for sidelink communications between UEs, a first plurality of resources for transmissions from the first UE to a second UE based on a set of one or more parameters shared between the first UE and the second UE;
• identify, from the resource pool, a second plurality of resources for transmissions from the second UE to the first UE based on the shared set of one or more parameters;
• communicate with the second UE using the first plurality of resources and the second plurality of resources in a plurality of time slots;
• and
• enter a low power state for at least some of the time slots in which no subchannels belong to either the first plurality of resources or second plurality of resources.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor of a first user equipment (UE), cause the first UE to:

• identify, from a resource pool allocated for sidelink communications between UEs, a first plurality of resources for transmissions from the first UE to a second UE based on a set of one or more parameters shared between the first UE and the second UE;
• identify, from the resource pool, a second plurality of resources for transmissions from the second UE to the first UE based on the shared set of one or more parameters;
• and
• communicate with the second UE using the first plurality of resources and the second plurality of resources in a plurality of time slots;
• and
• enter a low power state for at least some of the time slots in which no subchannels belong to either the first plurality of resources or second plurality of resources.