Discontinuous reception operations for wireless communications systems

An apparatus of a group of apparatuses for wireless communications, comprising:

• a processor,
• memory coupled with the processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
• identify, by the apparatus in the group of apparatuses, that a second apparatus in the group of apparatuses is a group leader of the group of apparatuses;
• monitor a resource based at least in part on identifying that the second apparatus is designated as the group leader;
• and
• receive, from the second apparatus, a group configuration message indicating a discontinuous reception configuration based at least in part on monitoring the resource.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication at a first user equipment (UE) of a group of UEs, the code comprising instructions executable by a processor to:

• identify, by the first UE in the group of UEs, that a second UE in the group of UEs is a group leader of the group of UEs;
• monitor a resource based at least in part on identifying that the second UE is designated as the group leader;
• and
• receive, from the second UE, a group configuration message indicating a discontinuous reception configuration based at least in part on monitoring the resource.