Hierarchical communication for device-to-device communications

A user equipment (UE) comprising:

• one or more sensors;
• a memory;
• and
• a processor coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to:
• determine, utilizing the one or more sensors, UE data comprising at least one of one or more parameters about the UE, one or more parameters about objects near the UE, or raw sensor data;
• determine a first level of a plurality of levels for transmitting a first portion of the UE data based on content of the first portion of the UE data;
• determine a first modulation coding scheme associated with the first level based on a mapping of the plurality of levels to a plurality of modulation coding schemes;
• encode the first portion of the UE data using the first modulation coding scheme;
• and
• transmit the first portion of the UE data from the UE to at least one second UE directly.

A user equipment (UE) comprising:

• means for determining, utilizing one or more sensors of the UE, UE data comprising at least one of one or more parameters about the UE, one or more parameters about objects near the UE, or raw sensor data;
• means for determining a first level of a plurality of levels for transmitting a first portion of the UE data based on content of the first portion of the UE data;
• means for determining a first modulation coding scheme associated with the first level based on a mapping of the plurality of levels to a plurality of modulation coding schemes;
• means for encoding the first portion of the UE data using the first modulation coding scheme;
• and
• means for transmitting the first portion of the UE data from the UE to at least one second UE directly.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium that stores instructions that when executed by a user equipment (UE) cause the UE to perform a method for wireless communication, the method comprising:

• determining, utilizing one or more sensors of the UE, UE data comprising at least one of one or more parameters about the UE, one or more parameters about objects near the UE, or raw sensor data;
• determining a first level of a plurality of levels for transmitting a first portion of the UE data based on content of the first portion of the UE data;
• determining a first modulation coding scheme associated with the first level based on a mapping of the plurality of levels to a plurality of modulation coding schemes;
• encoding the first portion of the UE data using the first modulation coding scheme;
• and
• transmitting the first portion of the UE data from the UE to at least one second UE directly.