Multiplexing inter user equipment coordination information with sidelink shared channel

1. An apparatus for wireless communication at a transmitting device, comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:

transmit sidelink control information (SCI) indicating a resource reservation for a first transmission on a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH);

encode coordination information for sidelink resources in a first transport block, wherein the coordination information comprises one or more of: first information about the sidelink resources reserved by one or more additional transmitting devices, second information about the sidelink resources occupied by the one or more additional transmitting devices, a first indication of preferred sidelink resources for communication with the transmitting device, or a second indication of resources to avoid for the communication with the transmitting device;

encode data in a second transport block; and

transmit the first transmission on the PSSCH based on the resource reservation indicated in the SCI, the first transmission including the first transport block comprising the coordination information for the sidelink resources and the second transport block comprising the data.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the coordination information is included in a medium access control-control element (MAC-CE) on the PSSCH.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

transmit a second transmission on the PSSCH, the second transmission comprising a third transport block including updated coordination information and a retransmission of the second transport block.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first transport block and the second transport block are transmitted on different orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols of the first transmission.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first transport block and the second transport block are transmitted on different physical resource blocks of the first transmission.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first transport block and the second transport block are separated based on both time division multiplexing (TDM) and frequency division multiplexing (FDM) in the first transmission.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first transport block is transmitted on a first layer and the second transport block is transmitted on a second layer.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the first layer and the second layer are transmitted using orthogonal antenna ports.

9. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

use a lower power to transmit the first transport block comprising the coordination information on the first layer than to transmit the second transport block comprising the data on the second layer.

10. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the first transport block comprises the coordination information that is transmitted using a lower code rate than the second transport block.

11. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the SCI includes an indication of a presence of the first layer.

12. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising at least one transceiver coupled to the at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to transmit the first transmission via the at least one transceiver.

13. A method of wireless communication at a transmitting device, comprising:

transmitting sidelink control information (SCI) indicating a resource reservation for a first transmission on a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH);

encoding coordination information for sidelink resources in a first transport block, wherein the coordination information comprises one or more of: first information about the sidelink resources reserved by one or more additional transmitting devices, second information about the sidelink resources occupied by the one or more additional transmitting devices, a first indication of preferred sidelink resources for communication with the transmitting device, or a second indication of resources to avoid for the communication with the transmitting device;

encoding data in a second transport block; and

transmitting the first transmission on the PSSCH based on the resource reservation indicated in the SCI, the first transmission including the first transport block comprising the coordination information for the sidelink resources and the second transport block comprising the data.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the coordination information is included in a medium access control-control element (MAC-CE) on the PSSCH.

15. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

transmitting a second transmission on the PSSCH, the second transmission comprising a third transport block including updated coordination information and a retransmission of the second transport block.

16. The method of claim 13 , wherein the first transport block and the second transport block are transmitted on different orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols of the first transmission.

17. The method of claim 13 , wherein the first transport block and the second transport block are transmitted on different physical resource blocks of the first transmission.

18. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

mapping the first transport block to a first set of physical resource blocks (PRBs) in a first set of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) resources and a second set of PRBs in a second set of OFDM symbols, and

mapping the second transport block to the second set of PRBs in the first set of OFDM symbols and to the first set of PRBs in the second set of OFDM symbols.

19. The method of claim 13 , wherein the first transport block is transmitted on a first layer and the second transport block is transmitted on a second layer.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the first layer and the second layer are transmitted using orthogonal antenna ports.

21. The method of claim 19 , further comprising:

using a lower power to transmit the first transport block comprising the coordination information on the first layer than to transmit the second transport block comprising the data on the second layer.

22. The method of claim 19 , wherein the first transport block comprises the coordination information that is transmitted using a lower code rate than the second transport block.

23. The method of claim 19 , wherein the SCI includes an indication of a presence of the first layer.

24. The method of claim 13 , wherein the first transport block and the second transport block are separated based on both time division multiplexing (TDM) and frequency division multiplexing (FDM) in the first transmission.

25. An apparatus for wireless communication at a receiving device, comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:

receive sidelink control information (SCI) indicating a resource reservation for a first transmission on a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH);

receive the first transmission on the PSSCH based on the resource reservation indicated in the SCI, the first transmission including a first transport block comprising coordination information for sidelink resources and a second transport block comprising data, wherein the coordination information comprises one or more of: first information about the sidelink resources reserved by one or more transmitting devices, second information about the sidelink resources occupied by the one or more transmitting devices, a first indication of preferred sidelink resources for communication with the one or more transmitting devices, or a second indication of resources to avoid for the communication with the one or more transmitting devices;

decode the coordination information for the sidelink resources in the first transport block; and

decode the data in the second transport block.

26. The apparatus of claim 25 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

receive a second transmission on the PSSCH, the second transmission comprising a third transport block including updated coordination information and a retransmission of the second transport block; and

perform hybrid automatic repeat request (HARD) combining of the second transport block from the first transmission and the retransmission of the second transport block from the second transmission.

27. The apparatus of claim 25 , wherein the first transport block and the second transport block are received based on time division multiplexing (TDM), frequency division multiplexing (FDM), or a combination of both TDM and FDM in the first transmission.

28. A method of wireless communication at a receiving device, comprising:

receiving sidelink control information (SCI) indicating a resource reservation for a first transmission on a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH);

receiving the first transmission on the PSSCH based on the resource reservation indicated in the SCI, the first transmission including a first transport block comprising coordination information for sidelink resources and a second transport block comprising data, wherein the coordination information comprises one or more of: first information about the sidelink resources reserved by one or more transmitting devices, second information about the sidelink resources occupied by the one or more transmitting devices, a first indication of preferred sidelink resources for communication with the one or more transmitting devices, or a second indication of resources to avoid for the communication with the one or more transmitting devices;

decoding the coordination information for the sidelink resources in the first transport block; and

decoding the data in the second transport block.

29. The method of claim 28 , further comprising:

receiving a second transmission on the PSSCH, the second transmission comprising a third transport block including updated coordination information and a retransmission of the second transport block; and

performing hybrid automatic repeat request (HARD) combining of the second transport block from the first transmission and the retransmission of the second transport block from the second transmission.

30. The method of claim 28 , wherein the first transport block and the second transport block are received based on time division multiplexing (TDM), frequency division multiplexing (FDM), or a combination of both TDM and FDM in the first transmission.