Traffic-priority based silencing techniques for interference mitigation

A method for wireless communication, comprising:

• receiving, by a base station, a reporting message from a first user equipment (UE) indicating that the first UE is capable of receiving messages transmitted by a second UE and that the second UE is capable of generating priority traffic;
• assigning semi-persistent resources to be used by the second UE to transmit the priority traffic;
• and
• transmitting a configuration message to the second UE indicating the assigned semi-persistent resources.

An apparatus for wireless communication, in a system comprising:

• a processor;
• memory in electronic communication with the processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory and operable, when executed by the processor, to cause the apparatus to:
• identify, by a first user equipment (UE), priority traffic to transmit to a base station;
• transmit, by the first UE, a silencing message to a second UE based at least in part on the identifying, the silencing message indicating to the second UE that the first UE is to communicate the priority traffic using semi-persistent resources, wherein the semi-persistent resources at least partially overlap with communication resources granted to the second UE;
• and
• transmit, by the first UE and to the base station, the priority traffic using the semi-persistent resources.

An apparatus for wireless communication, in a system comprising:

• a processor;
• memory in electronic communication with the processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory and operable, when executed by the processor, to cause the apparatus to:
• receive, by a base station, a reporting message from a first user equipment (UE) indicating that the first UE is capable of receiving messages transmitted by a second UE and that the second UE is capable of generating priority traffic;
• assign semi-persistent resources to be used by the second UE to transmit the priority traffic;
• and
• transmit a configuration message to the second UE indicating the assigned semi-persistent resources.