| CPC H04W 72/046 (2013.01) [H04W 72/56 (2023.01)] | 28 Claims |

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1. An apparatus for wireless communication at a transmitter user equipment (UE), comprising:
a memory; and
one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to:
identify beamforming information for transmitting a pre-reservation signal that indicates a set of non-preferred resources associated with a data transmission; and
transmit, to a receiver UE in accordance with the beamforming information, the pre-reservation signal that indicates the set of non-preferred resources associated with the data transmission, wherein transmitting the pre-reservation signal comprises transmitting sidelink control information (SCI), a medium access control (MAC) message, or a combination of the SCI and the MAC message that includes the pre-reservation signal, wherein the pre-reservation signal is not multiplexed with a current data transmission.
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