TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING A RESOURCE POOL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS

A method and apparatus for managing a control resource pool in wireless communications is described. The method comprising receiving, at a user equipment, UE (115), an alternative resource pool information signal from a network entity (105), the alternative resource pool information signal corresponding to a configuration of a resource pool having one or more control resources of the control resource pool and one or more data resources of a data resource pool used for transmissions during wireless communications, wherein each of the one or more control resources of the control resource pool are divided into a first frequency portion and a second frequency portion, and wherein the configuration of the resource pool is signaled based on a starting value and a number value for the one or more control resources and the one or more data resources, determining, at the UE (115), a first control resource from the first frequency portion of the control resource pool based on the alternative resource pool information signal, transmitting, at the UE (115), one or more first control information on the first control resource from the first frequency portion of the control resource pool, determining, at the UE (115), a second control resource from the second frequency portion of the control resource pool based on the first control resource and transmitting, at the UE (115), one or more second control information on the second control resource from the second frequency portion of the control resource pool. Furthermore, the respective network entity is described.