| CPC H04W 74/0808 (2013.01) [H04W 48/08 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01)] | 22 Claims |

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1. A method of wireless communication performed by a first sidelink user equipment (UE), the method comprising:
performing a listen-before-talk (LBT) procedure; anel transmitting, to a second sidelink UE based on the LBT procedure being successful, a sidelink synchronization signal block (S-SSB) in one of a plurality of candidate S-SSB locations of a slot, wherein a leading symbol of the S-SSB comprises an automatic gain control (AGC) symbol; and
rate matching the AGC symbol with a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) symbol of the S-SSB.
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