Path selection for sidelink relay

1. A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

selecting, from a first path and a second path, the first path for an uplink communication associated with at least one of a variable payload size for hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback or channel state information (CSI) feedback, wherein the first path is on an uplink of the UE and the second path is on a sidelink of the UE;

selecting, from the first path and the second path, the second path for a retransmission of the uplink communication; and

transmitting the uplink communication on the first path, wherein the retransmission of the uplink communication is performed on the second path when a transmission of the uplink communication on the first path is unsuccessful.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein selecting the first path for the uplink communication is based at least in part on a dynamic determination.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein selecting the first path for the uplink communication further comprises selecting the first path based at least in part on a field of downlink control information associated with the CSI feedback or a downlink shared channel associated with the HARQ feedback.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein selecting the first path for the uplink communication further comprises selecting the first path based at least in part on a radio network temporary identifier associated with a downlink control channel relating to the uplink communication.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein selecting the first path for the uplink communication further comprises selecting the first path based at least in part on a control resource set associated with a downlink control channel relating to the uplink communication.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein selecting the first path for the uplink communication further comprises selecting the first path based at least in part on a search space associated with a candidate associated with downlink control information relating to the uplink communication.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein, when the candidate is associated with two or more search spaces, selecting the first path for the uplink communication further comprises selecting the first path based at least in part on a priority rule.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein selecting the first path for the uplink communication further comprises selecting the first path based at least in part on a size of downlink control information relating to the uplink communication.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein selecting the first path for the uplink communication further comprises selecting the first path based at least in part on a format of downlink control information relating to the uplink communication, wherein the format is specific to sidelink reporting.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein, when the format of downlink control information is indistinguishable from another format of downlink control information, selecting the first path for the uplink communication further comprises selecting the first path based at least in part on a priority rule.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein selecting the first path for the uplink communication further comprises selecting the first path based at least in part on a priority level associated with the uplink communication.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the priority level is associated with a HARQ codebook or a scheduling request configuration associated with the uplink communication.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the priority level is indicated by downlink control information that triggers the CSI feedback.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first path is selected when the priority level is associated with a first priority and the second path is selected when the priority level is associated with a second priority, wherein the first priority is higher than the second priority.

15. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving configuration information indicating a rule for selecting a path for the uplink communication, wherein the first path is selected for the uplink communication in accordance with the rule.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the rule is based at least in part on at least one of:

a threshold payload size,

a threshold coding rate,

a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) index, or

a CSI type of the CSI feedback.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the rule is based at least in part on a parameter in downlink control information relating to the uplink communication.

18. The method of claim 15 , wherein the rule indicates that a particular path is to be selected.

19. The method of claim 1 , wherein the uplink communication is associated with a configured uplink transmission, and wherein the selection of a path for the uplink communication is configured via radio resource control signaling.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein, when the configured uplink transmission is associated with a scheduling request or a configured grant physical uplink shared channel (CG-PUSCH), the selection is configured per scheduling request configuration or per CG-PUSCH transmission.

21. The method of claim 19 , wherein, when the configured uplink transmission is associated with a scheduling request or a configured grant physical uplink shared channel (CG-PUSCH), the selection is based at least in part on a priority level of the scheduling request or the CG-PUSCH.

22. The method of claim 19 , wherein, when the configured uplink transmission is associated with the CSI feedback, the selection is based at least in part on a priority level of the CSI feedback or a configured path for the CSI feedback.

23. A method of wireless communication performed by a base station, comprising:

selecting, from a first path and a second path, the first path from a remote user equipment (UE) for an uplink communication, wherein the uplink communication is associated with at least one of a variable payload size for hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback or channel state information (CSI) feedback, and wherein the first path is on an uplink of the remote UE and the second path is on a sidelink of the remote UE;

selecting, from the first path and the second path, the second path for a retransmission of the uplink communication; and

receiving the uplink communication based at least in part on the selected first path or the retransmission of the uplink communication based at least in part on the selected second path.

24. The method of claim 23 , wherein a candidate is associated with downlink control information relating to the uplink communication, and wherein, when the candidate is associated with two or more search spaces, selecting the first path for the uplink communication further comprises selecting the first path based at least in part on a priority rule.

25. The method of claim 23 , further comprising:

transmitting configuration information indicating a rule for selecting a path for the uplink communication.

26. A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:

a memory; and

one or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to:

select, from a first path and a second path, the first path for an uplink communication associated with at least one of a variable payload size for hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback or channel state information (CSI) feedback, wherein the first path is on an uplink of the UE and the second path is on a sidelink of the UE;

select, from the first path and the second path, the second path for a retransmission of the uplink communication; and

transmit the uplink communication on the first path, wherein the retransmission of the uplink communication is performed on the second path when a transmission of the uplink communication on the first path is unsuccessful.

27. The UE of claim 26 , wherein selecting the first path for the uplink communication is based at least in part on a dynamic determination.

28. The UE of claim 26 , wherein selecting the first path for the uplink communication is based at least in part on a radio network temporary identifier associated with a downlink control channel relating to the uplink communication.

29. A base station for wireless communication, comprising:

a memory; and

one or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to:

select, from a first path and a second path, the first path from a remote user equipment (UE) for an uplink communication, wherein the uplink communication is associated with at least one of a variable payload size for hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback or channel state information (CSI) feedback, and wherein the first path is on an uplink of the remote UE and the second path is on a sidelink of the remote UE;

select, from the first path and the second path, the second path for a retransmission of the uplink communication; and

receive the uplink communication based at least in part on the selected first path or the retransmission of the uplink communication based at least in part on the selected second path.

30. The base station of claim 29 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to:

transmit configuration information indicating a rule for selecting a path for the uplink communication.