Techniques for data rate sharing for uplink and sidelink wireless communications

1. A method for wireless communication, comprising:

receiving, from an access point, downlink communications over a set of downlink resources;

receiving, from a user equipment (UE), sidelink communications over a set of sidelink resources that overlap the set of downlink resources at least in a time domain;

determining, based on determining whether the downlink communications and the sidelink communications comply with a threshold data rate, whether to decode at least one of the downlink communications or the sidelink communications; and

decoding, based on determining to decode, the at least one of the downlink communications or the sidelink communications.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the set of downlink resources correspond to a same component carrier as the set of sidelink resources.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the set of downlink resources correspond to a different component carrier than the set of sidelink resources.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving, from the access point, a downlink grant indicating the set of downlink resources.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising receiving, from the access point, a sidelink grant indicating the set of sidelink resources.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining whether the downlink communications and the sidelink communications comply with a threshold data rate comprises:

computing a total data rate for the downlink communications received from each of one or more serving cells including the access point and for the sidelink communications received from one or more transmitting sidelink UEs including the UE; and

comparing the total data rate to the threshold data rate.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the set of downlink resources and the set of sidelink resources correspond to a same component carrier, and wherein determining whether to decode is further based on determining whether the downlink communications, the sidelink communications, and communications over a different component carrier comply with a threshold data rate.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining whether to decode at least one of the downlink communications or the sidelink communications comprises determining not to decode at least one of the downlink communications or the sidelink communications, and further comprising, based on determining not to decode, at least one of determining or reporting an error event.

9. A method for wireless communication, comprising:

determining, based on determining whether uplink communications and sidelink communications comply with a threshold data rate, whether to transmit at least one of the uplink communications or the sidelink communications; and

transmitting, based on determining to transmit, the at least one of the uplink communications or the sidelink communications.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein a set of uplink resources associated with the uplink communications correspond to a same component carrier as a set of sidelink resources associated with the sidelink communications.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein a set of uplink resources associated with the uplink communications correspond to a different component carrier than a set of sidelink resources associated with the sidelink communications.

12. The method of claim 9 , further comprising receiving, from an access point, an uplink grant indicating a set of uplink resources for transmitting the uplink communications to the access point.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising receiving, from the access point, a sidelink grant indicating a set of sidelink resources.

14. The method of claim 9 , wherein determining whether the uplink communications and the sidelink communications comply with a threshold data rate comprises:

computing a total data rate for the uplink communications scheduled to be transmitted to each of one or more serving cells and the sidelink communications scheduled to be transmitted to each of one or more sidelink UEs; and

comparing the total data rate to the threshold data rate.

15. The method of claim 9 , wherein the uplink communications and the sidelink communications correspond to a same component carrier, and wherein determining whether to transmit is based on determining whether the uplink communications, the sidelink communications, and communications over a different component carrier comply with a threshold data rate.

16. The method of claim 9 , wherein determining whether to transmit at least one of the uplink communications or the sidelink communications comprises determining not to transmit at least one of the uplink communications or the sidelink communications, and further comprising, based on determining not to transmit, at least one of determining or reporting an error event.

17. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

a transceiver;

a memory configured to store instructions; and

one or more processors communicatively coupled with the transceiver and the memory, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:

receive, from an access point, downlink communications over a set of downlink resources;

receive, from a user equipment (UE), sidelink communications over a set of sidelink resources that overlap the set of downlink resources at least in a time domain;

determine, based on determining whether the downlink communications and the sidelink communications comply with a threshold data rate, whether to decode at least one of the downlink communications or the sidelink communications; and

decode, based on determining to decode, the at least one of the downlink communications or the sidelink communications.

18. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the set of downlink resources correspond to a same component carrier as the set of sidelink resources.

19. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the set of downlink resources correspond to a different component carrier than the set of sidelink resources.

20. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to receive, from the access point, a downlink grant indicating the set of downlink resources and a sidelink grant indicating the set of sidelink resources.

21. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to determine whether the downlink communications and the sidelink communications comply with a threshold data rate at least in part by:

computing a total data rate for the downlink communications received from each of one or more serving cells including the access point and for the sidelink communications received from one or more transmitting sidelink UEs including the UE; and

comparing the total data rate to the threshold data rate.

22. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the set of downlink resources and the set of sidelink resources correspond to a same component carrier, and wherein the one or more processors are configured to determine whether to decode further based on determining whether the downlink communications, the sidelink communications, and communications over a different component carrier comply with a threshold data rate.

23. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein where the one or more processors determine not to decode at least one of the downlink communications or the sidelink communications, the one or more processors are further configured to, based on determining not to decode, at least one of determine or report an error event.

24. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

a transceiver;

a memory configured to store instructions; and

one or more processors communicatively coupled with the transceiver and the memory, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:

determine, based on determining whether uplink communications and sidelink communications comply with a threshold data rate, whether to transmit at least one of the uplink communications or the sidelink communications; and

transmit, based on determining to transmit, the at least one of the uplink communications or the sidelink communications.

25. The apparatus of claim 24 , wherein a set of uplink resources associated with the uplink communications correspond to a same component carrier as a set of sidelink resources associated with the sidelink communications.

26. The apparatus of claim 24 , wherein a set of uplink resources associated with the uplink communications correspond to a different component carrier than a set of sidelink resources associated with the sidelink communications.

27. The apparatus of claim 24 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to receive, from an access point, an uplink grant indicating a set of uplink resources for transmitting the uplink communications to the access point and a sidelink grant indicating a set of sidelink resources.

28. The apparatus of claim 24 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to determine whether the uplink communications and the sidelink communications comply with a threshold data rate at least in part by:

computing a total data rate for the uplink communications scheduled to be transmitted to each of one or more serving cells and the sidelink communications scheduled to be transmitted to each of one or more sidelink UEs; and

comparing the total data rate to the threshold data rate.

29. The apparatus of claim 24 , wherein the uplink communications and the sidelink communications correspond to a same component carrier, and wherein the one or more processors are configured to determine whether to transmit based on determining whether the uplink communications, the sidelink communications, and communications over a different component carrier comply with a threshold data rate.

30. The apparatus of claim 24 , wherein where the one or more processors determine not to transmit at least one of the uplink communications or the sidelink communications, the one or more processors are further configured to, based on determining not to transmit, at least one of determine or report an error event.