A system comprising: a first apparatus for wireless communication at a first UE of a plurality of sidelink UEs (822, 824, 826), the apparatus comprising: means for receiving, from a second UE, via the transceiver, a groupcast signal comprising a time and frequency resource allocation assigned to the plurality of sidelink UEs including the first UE and the at least one other sidelink UE; and means for communicating, with a remote apparatus on a first resource included in the resource allocation, via the transceiver, a first relay signal comprising at least a first portion of the groupcast signal; a second apparatus for wireless communication at at least one other sidelink user equipment, UE, of the plurality of sidelink UEs, the second apparatus comprising: means for receiving, from the second UE, the groupcast signal comprising the time and frequency resource allocation assigned to the plurality of sidelink UEs including the first UE and the at least one other sidelink UE; and means for communicating, with the remote apparatus on a second resource included in the resource allocation, a second relay signal comprising at least a second portion of the groupcast signal. a first apparatus for wireless communication at a first UE of a plurality of sidelink UEs (822, 824, 826), the apparatus comprising: means for receiving, from a second UE, via the transceiver, a groupcast signal comprising a time and frequency resource allocation assigned to the plurality of sidelink UEs including the first UE and the at least one other sidelink UE; and means for communicating, with a remote apparatus on a first resource included in the resource allocation, via the transceiver, a first relay signal comprising at least a first portion of the groupcast signal; means for receiving, from a second UE, via the transceiver, a groupcast signal comprising a time and frequency resource allocation assigned to the plurality of sidelink UEs including the first UE and the at least one other sidelink UE; and means for communicating, with a remote apparatus on a first resource included in the resource allocation, via the transceiver, a first relay signal comprising at least a first portion of the groupcast signal; a second apparatus for wireless communication at at least one other sidelink user equipment, UE, of the plurality of sidelink UEs, the second apparatus comprising: means for receiving, from the second UE, the groupcast signal comprising the time and frequency resource allocation assigned to the plurality of sidelink UEs including the first UE and the at least one other sidelink UE; and means for communicating, with the remote apparatus on a second resource included in the resource allocation, a second relay signal comprising at least a second portion of the groupcast signal. means for receiving, from the second UE, the groupcast signal comprising the time and frequency resource allocation assigned to the plurality of sidelink UEs including the first UE and the at least one other sidelink UE; and means for communicating, with the remote apparatus on a second resource included in the resource allocation, a second relay signal comprising at least a second portion of the groupcast signal.