Cellular vehicle-to-everything design principles

1. A method for wireless communication, comprising:

decoding, by a first user equipment (UE) operating according to a first communication protocol, a control channel transmission of a safety message in a radio frequency spectrum band designated for safety messages for a vehicle-to-everything (V2×) system during a first portion of a time period from a second UE operating according to a second communication protocol different from the first communication protocol, wherein the control channel transmission indicates which resource blocks of the time period are allocated to the second UE;

identifying, based at least in part on the decoding, a pool of resource blocks (RBs) that are available for a second portion of the time period; and

selecting a subset of RBs from the pool of RBs for a transmission during the second portion of the time period.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

monitoring a plurality of channels during the first portion of the time period, the channels associated with control channel transmissions; and

decoding one or more of the plurality of channels based at least in part on the monitoring.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining, based at least in part on the decoding, a time and frequency resources allocated for data transmissions scheduled for the second UE during the time period and at least one subsequent time period; and

identifying the pool of RBs based at least in part on the determining.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying, based at least in part on the decoding, an ordered list of available RBs for the pool of RBs; and

selecting, according to the ordered list, the subset of RBs.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

selecting, according to a random selection scheme, the subset of RBs.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

hashing, based at least in part on a UE identifier and a RB index, the RBs in the pool of RBs; and

selecting, according to the hashing, the subset of RBs.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

selecting the subset of RBs according to an ordered list of the RBs in the pool of RBs, a random selection scheme, a RB index hashed to a UE identifier, or combinations thereof.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the transmission during the second portion of the time period comprises a unicast transmission, a broadcast transmission, or combinations thereof.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the resource blocks of the time period allocated to the second UE comprise resource blocks for: long term evolution (LTE) license assisted access (LTE-LAA) communications, enhanced LTE-LAA communications, Wi-Fi communications, or MultiFire communications; and

the transmission during the second portion of the time period comprises a vehicle-to-everything (V2×) transmission.

10. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

a processor;

memory coupled with the processor; and

instructions stored in the memory and operable, when executed by the processor, to cause the apparatus to:

decode, by the apparatus associated with a first user equipment (UE) operating according to a first communication protocol, a control channel transmission of a safety message in a radio frequency spectrum band designated for safety messages for a vehicle-to-everything (V2×) system during a first portion of a time period from a second UE operating according to a second communication protocol different from the first communication protocol UE, wherein the control channel transmission indicates which resource blocks of the time period are allocated to the second UE;

identify, based at least in part on the decoding, a pool of resource blocks (RBs) that are available for a second portion of the time period; and

select a subset of RBs from the pool of RBs for a transmission during the second portion of the time period.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to:

monitor a plurality of channels during the first portion of the time period, the channels associated with control channel transmissions; and

decode one or more of the plurality of channels based at least in part on the monitoring.

12. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to:

determine, based at least in part on the decoding, a time and frequency resources allocated for data transmissions scheduled for the second UE during the time period and at least one subsequent time period; and

identify the pool of RBs based at least in part on the determining.

13. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to:

identify, based at least in part on the decoding, an ordered list of available RBs for the pool of RBs; and

select, according to the ordered list, the subset of RBs.

14. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to:

select, according to a random selection scheme, the subset of RBs.

15. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to:

hash, based at least in part on a UE identifier and a RB index, the RBs in the pool of RBs; and

select, according to the hashing, the subset of RBs.

16. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to:

select the subset of RBs according to an ordered list of the RBs in the pool of RBs, a random selection scheme, a RB index hashed to a UE identifier, or combinations thereof.

17. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein:

the transmission during the second portion of the time period comprises a unicast transmission, a broadcast transmission, or combinations thereof.

18. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein:

the resource blocks of the time period allocated to the second UE comprise resource blocks for: long term evolution (LTE) license assisted access (LTE-LAA) communications, enhanced LTE-LAA communications, Wi-Fi communications, or MultiFire communications; and

the transmission during the second portion of the time period comprises a vehicle-to-everything (V2×) transmission.

19. The method of claim 1 , wherein the safety message is related to traffic in the V2X system including traffic signaling, traffic timing, real-time traffic, real-time traffic routing, safety alerts to a pedestrian or bicyclist, collision avoidance information, or combinations thereof.

20. The method of claim 1 , wherein the control channel transmission is transmitted over a basic safety message (BSM) channel within the radio frequency spectrum band designated for safety messages.

21. The method of claim 1 , wherein the safety message is transmitted outside of a basic safety message (BSM) channel.

22. The method of claim 1 , wherein the pool of RBs includes all RBs that are unallocated for wireless transmissions by the second UE during the time period.

23. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the safety message is related to traffic in the V2X system including traffic signaling, traffic timing, real-time traffic, real-time traffic routing, safety alerts to a pedestrian or bicyclist, collision avoidance information, or combinations thereof.

24. The apparatus of claim 10 , further comprising:

a transceiver coupled with the processor,

wherein the instructions comprise instructions stored in the memory and operable, when executed by the processor, to cause the transceiver of the apparatus to transmit the control channel transmission over a basic safety message (BSM) channel within the radio frequency spectrum band designated for safety messages.

25. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the safety message is transmitted outside of a basic safety message (BSM) channel.

26. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the pool of RBs includes all RBs that are unallocated for wireless transmissions by the second UE during the time period.