Resource allocation for cellular and device-to-device communications

1 . A method performed by a wireless device, comprising:

receiving, from a network node, an assignment of preconfigured resources useable by the wireless device for both cellular and sidelink communication, wherein the preconfigured resources are associated with an identifier that is independent of a type of a receiver for cellular communication and a type of a receiver for sidelink communication;

communicating with the network node by cellular communication in a first set of resources within the assigned preconfigured resources; and

communicating with a second wireless device by sidelink communication in a second set of resources within the assigned preconfigured resources, wherein assigned preconfigured resources have a configured periodicity and span a group of one or more transmission occasions in each of a plurality of periods, wherein the first set of resources comprise the transmission occasions within a period of the preconfigured resources and the second set of resources comprise the transmission occasions within a different period of the preconfigured resources.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the preconfigured resources are periodic resources.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first set of resources comprise one or more transmission occasions within a period, and the second set of resources comprise one or more different transmission occasions within the same period.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the cellular communication in the one or more transmission occasions within the period and the sidelink communication in the one or more different transmission occasions within that same period are part of a single hybrid automatic repeat request, HARQ, process.

5 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the cellular communication in the one or more transmission occasions within the period and the sidelink communication in the one or more different transmission occasions within that same period are for the same data.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the cellular communication in the one or more transmission occasions within the period and the sidelink communication in the one or more different transmission occasions within that same period are for the same packet data convergence protocol, PDCP, packet.

7 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the cellular communication in the one or more transmission occasions within the period and the sidelink communication in the one or more different transmission occasions within that same period are for the different data.

8 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the cellular communication in the one or more transmission occasions within the period and the sidelink communication in the one or more different transmission occasions within that same period are part of different HARQ processes.

9 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the cellular communication in the one or more transmission occasions within the period and the sidelink communication in the one or more different transmission occasions within that same period are targeted to different wireless devices.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the assignment of preconfigured resources comprises receiving an indication of the first set of resources for cellular communication and the second set of resources for sidelink communication.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the indication of the first and second set of resources is received via: (i) radio resource control, RRC, signalling; (ii) downlink control information, DCI; or (iii) a combination of RRC and DCI.

12 . The method of claim 10 , comprising receiving a first indication indicating the first set of resources and a second indication indicating the second set of resources.

13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the second indication is received after cellular communication in the first set of resources drops below a threshold quality level.

14 . The method claim 1 , wherein the communication with the network node by cellular communication in the first set of resources occurs over a different subcarrier spacing, SCS, to the communication with the second wireless device by sidelink communication in the second set of resources.

15 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the communication with the network node by cellular communication in the first set of resources occurs within a different bandwidth part, BWP, to the communication with the second wireless device by sidelink communication in the second set of resources.

16 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the communication with the network node by cellular communication in the first set of resources occurs over a different component carrier, CC, to the communication with the second wireless device by sidelink communication in the second set of resources.

17 . A wireless device comprising transceiver circuitry and processing circuitry, the processing circuitry configured to cause the wireless device to:

receive, from a network node via the transceiver circuitry, an assignment of preconfigured resources useable for both cellular and sidelink communication, wherein the preconfigured resources are associated with an identifier that is independent of a type of a receiver for cellular communication and a type of a receiver for sidelink communication;

communicate with the network node by cellular communication via the transceiver circuitry in a first set of resources within the assigned preconfigured resources; and

communicate with a second wireless device by sidelink communication via the transceiver circuitry in a second set of resources within the assigned preconfigured resources, wherein assigned preconfigured resources have a configured periodicity and span a group of one or more transmission occasions in each of a plurality of periods, wherein the first set of resources comprise the transmission occasions within a period of the preconfigured resources and the second set of resources comprise the transmission occasions within a different period of the preconfigured resources.

18 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by processing circuitry of a wireless device, causes the wireless device to perform a method comprising:

receiving, from a network node, an assignment of preconfigured resources useable by the wireless device for both cellular and sidelink communication, wherein the preconfigured resources are associated with an identifier that is independent of a type of a receiver for cellular communication and a type of a receiver for sidelink communication;

communicating with the network node by cellular communication in a first set of resources within the assigned preconfigured resources; and

communicating with a second wireless device by sidelink communication in a second set of resources within the assigned preconfigured resources, wherein assigned preconfigured resources have a configured periodicity and span a group of one or more transmission occasions in each of a plurality of periods, wherein the first set of resources comprise the transmission occasions within a period of the preconfigured resources and the second set of resources comprise the transmission occasions within a different period of the preconfigured resources.