Autonomous co-channel operations

1. A method for wireless communications at a first user equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving control signaling comprising an indication of a co-channel configuration indicating a set of sidelink parameters for co-channel operations dynamically utilizing sidelink radio frequency resources allocated for a first radio access technology and sidelink radio frequency resources allocated for a second radio access technology according to the co-channel operations;

estimating one or more channel availability parameter values indicating an amount of available sidelink radio frequency resources associated with the first radio access technology, the second radio access technology, or both;

selecting, from a set of sidelink resource patterns indicated in the co-channel configuration, a pattern of sidelink resources associated with the first radio access technology and the estimated one or more channel availability parameter values, wherein the pattern of sidelink resources includes one or more time intervals during which the first UE transmits packets associated with the second radio access technology via resources associated with the first radio access technology; and

communicating on the sidelink radio frequency resources according to the selected pattern of sidelink resources.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying, in the co-channel configuration, an indication of a relationship between a set of channel availability parameter values and a set of patterns of sidelink resources, wherein each pattern of sidelink resources of the set of patterns of sidelink resources is associated with at least one channel availability parameter value.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

mapping the estimated one or more channel availability parameter values to the set of channel availability parameter values;

identifying the pattern of sidelink resources from the set of patterns of sidelink resources that is associated with the estimated one or more channel availability parameter values based on the mapping; and

selecting the pattern of sidelink resources based on identifying the pattern of sidelink resources from the set of patterns of sidelink resources.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the indication of the relationship comprises a lookup table.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein the channel availability parameter value comprises an indication of quality of service, a priority level, a channel busy ratio, a penetration rate associated with the first radio access technology, the second radio access technology, or both, or any combination thereof.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the penetration rate comprises an amount of UEs of a set of UEs operating according to the second radio access technology.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining a set of component carriers supporting the co-channel operations based on at least one sidelink parameter of the set of sidelink parameters, wherein the set of component carriers includes one or more of a first subset of component carriers associated with the first radio access technology indicated as shareable or un-sharable with the second radio access technology.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

determining a set of sidelink resource pools based on the determined set of component carriers, wherein the set of sidelink resource pools includes one or more of a first subset of sidelink resource pools associated with the first radio access technology nonoverlapping with a second subset of sidelink resource pools associated with the second radio access technology, or a third subset of sidelink resource pools associated with the first radio access technology overlapping with a fourth subset of sidelink resource pools associated with the second radio access technology.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein estimating the one or more channel availability parameter values comprises:

performing one or more measurements on radio frequency resources associated with the first radio access technology for co-channel operation; or

detecting operations on radio frequency resources associated with the first radio access technology for the co-channel by devices using the first radio access technology, devices using the second radio access technology, or both.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein estimating the one or more channel availability parameter values comprises:

receiving, from one or more additional UEs, channel availability report messages comprising channel availability parameter values;

aggregating the received channel availability parameter values; and

determining the one or more channel availability parameter values based on the aggregating.

11. A method for wireless communications at a second user equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving control signaling comprising an indication of a co-channel configuration indicating a set of sidelink parameters for co-channel operations dynamically utilizing sidelink radio frequency resources allocated for a first radio access technology and sidelink radio frequency resources allocated for a second radio access technology according to the co-channel operations;

receiving a report message from a first UE, the report message comprising an indication of a set of channel availability parameter values indicating an amount of available sidelink radio frequency resources associated with the first radio access technology, the second radio access technology, or both;

selecting a pattern of sidelink resources associated with the first radio access technology based on the co-channel configuration and one or more channel availability parameter values; and

transmitting, to the first UE, an indication of the pattern of sidelink resources associated with the one or more channel availability parameter values for communication by the first UE according to the pattern of sidelink resources.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

identifying, in the co-channel configuration, an indication of a relationship between a set of channel availability parameter values and a set of patterns of sidelink resources, wherein each pattern of sidelink resources of the set of patterns of sidelink resources is associated with at least one channel availability parameter value.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

mapping the one or more channel availability parameter values to the set of channel availability parameter values;

identifying the pattern of sidelink resources from the set of patterns of sidelink resources that is associated with the one or more channel availability parameter values based on the mapping; and

selecting the pattern of sidelink resources based on identifying the pattern of sidelink resources from the set of patterns of sidelink resources.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the indication of the relationship comprises a lookup table.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein a channel availability parameter value comprises an indication of quality of service, a priority level, a channel busy ratio, a penetration rate associated with the first radio access technology, the second radio access technology, or both, or any combination thereof.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein receiving the report message comprises:

receiving, on a sidelink control channel or sidelink shared channel, a set of media access control (MAC) control elements (CEs), each MAC-CE associated with one of the set of channel availability parameter values, wherein each channel availability parameter value of the set of channel availability parameter values is associated with a respective UE of a set of UEs comprising the set of UEs.

17. The method of claim 11 , wherein receiving the report message comprises:

receiving, on a sidelink control channel or sidelink shared channel, a media access control (MAC) control element (CE) comprising a set of fields, wherein each field of the set of fields comprises an indication of a channel availability parameter value of the set of channel availability parameter values, wherein each of the channel availability parameter values is associated with a respective UE of a set of UEs comprising the set of UEs.

18. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

determining a set of component carriers supporting the co-channel operations based on at least one sidelink parameter of the set of sidelink parameters, wherein the set of component carriers includes one or more of a first subset of component carriers associated with the first radio access technology indicated as shareable or un-sharable with the second radio access technology.

19. The method of claim 18 , further comprising:

determining a set of sidelink resource pools based on the determined set of component carriers, wherein the set of sidelink resource pools includes one or more of a first subset of sidelink resource pools associated with the first radio access technology nonoverlapping with a second subset of sidelink resource pools associated with the second radio access technology, or a third subset of sidelink resource pools associated with the first radio access technology overlapping with a fourth subset of sidelink resource pools associated with the second radio access technology.

20. An apparatus for wireless communications at a first user equipment (UE), comprising:

a processor;

memory coupled with the processor; and

instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

receive control signaling comprising an indication of a co-channel configuration indicating a set of sidelink parameters for co-channel operations dynamically utilizing sidelink radio frequency resources allocated for a first radio access technology and sidelink radio frequency resources allocated for a second radio access technology according to the co-channel operations;

estimate one or more channel availability parameter values indicating an amount of available sidelink radio frequency resources associated with the first radio access technology, the second radio access technology, or both;

select, from a set of sidelink resource patterns indicated in the co-channel configuration, a pattern of sidelink resources associated with the first radio access technology and the estimated one or more channel availability parameter values, wherein the pattern of sidelink resources includes one or more time intervals during which the first UE transmits packets associated with the second radio access technology via resources associated with the first radio access technology; and

communicate on the set of sidelink resources according to the selected pattern of sidelink resources.

21. The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

identify, in the co-channel configuration, an indication of a relationship between a set of channel availability parameter values and a set of patterns of sidelink resources, wherein each pattern of sidelink resources of the set of patterns of sidelink resources is associated with at least one channel availability parameter value.

22. The apparatus of claim 21 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

map the estimated one or more channel availability parameter values to the set of channel availability parameter values;

identify the pattern of sidelink resources from the set of patterns of sidelink resources that is associated with the estimated one or more channel availability parameter values based on the mapping; and

select the pattern of sidelink resources based on identifying the pattern of sidelink resources from the set of patterns of sidelink resources.

23. The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

determine a set of component carriers supporting the co-channel operations based on at least one sidelink parameter of the set of sidelink parameters, wherein the set of component carriers includes one or more of a first subset of component carriers associated with the first radio access technology indicated as shareable or un-sharable with the second radio access technology.

24. The apparatus of claim 23 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

determine a set of sidelink resource pools based on the determined set of component carriers, wherein the set of sidelink resource pools includes one or more of a first subset of sidelink resource pools associated with the first radio access technology nonoverlapping with a second subset of sidelink resource pools associated with the second radio access technology, or a third subset of sidelink resource pools associated with the first radio access technology overlapping with a fourth subset of sidelink resource pools associated with the second radio access technology.

25. The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the instructions to estimate the one or more channel availability parameter values are executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

perform one or more measurements on radio frequency resources associated with the first radio access technology for co-channel operation; or

detect operations on radio frequency resources associated with the first radio access technology for the co-channel by devices using the first radio access technology, devices using the second radio access technology, or both.

26. The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the instructions to estimate the one or more channel availability parameter values are executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

receive, from one or more additional UEs, channel availability report messages comprising channel availability parameter values;

aggregate the received channel availability parameter values; and

determine the one or more channel availability parameter values based on the aggregating.

27. An apparatus for wireless communications at a second user equipment (UE), comprising:

a processor;

memory coupled with the processor; and

instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

receive control signaling comprising an indication of a co-channel configuration indicating a set of sidelink parameters for co-channel operations dynamically utilizing sidelink radio frequency resources allocated for a first radio access technology and sidelink radio frequency resources allocated for a second radio access technology according to the co-channel operations;

receive a report message from a first UE, the report message comprising an indication of a set of channel availability parameter values indicating an amount of available sidelink radio frequency resources associated with the first radio access technology, the second radio access technology, or both;

select a pattern of sidelink resources associated with the first radio access technology based on a co-channel configuration and one or more channel availability parameter values; and

transmit, to the first UE, an indication of the pattern of sidelink resources associated with the one or more channel availability parameter values for communication by the first UE according to the pattern of sidelink resources.

28. The apparatus of claim 27 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

identify, in the co-channel configuration, an indication of a relationship between the set of channel availability parameter values and a set of patterns of sidelink resources, wherein each pattern of sidelink resources of the set of patterns of sidelink resources is associated with at least one channel availability parameter value.

29. The apparatus of claim 28 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

map the one or more channel availability parameter values to the set of channel availability parameter values;

identify the pattern of sidelink resources from the set of patterns of sidelink resources that is associated with the one or more channel availability parameter values based on the mapping; and

select the pattern of sidelink resources based on identifying the pattern of sidelink resources from the set of patterns of sidelink resources.

30. The apparatus of claim 27 , wherein the instructions to receive the report message are executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

receive, on a sidelink control channel or sidelink shared channel, a media access control (MAC) control element (CE) comprising a set of fields, wherein each field of the set of fields comprises an indication of a channel availability parameter value of the set of channel availability parameter values, wherein each of the channel availability parameter values is associated with a respective UE of a set of UEs comprising the set of UEs.