Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. The described techniques provide for a first user equipment (UE) establishing a sidelink connection with a second UE. The first UE may identify a frame structure for the first UE to communicate with a base station. The frame structure may include one or more downlink slots and one or more uplink slots. The base station may indicate a set of resources for the sidelink connection with the second UE. The set of resources may include at least one downlink slot of the one or more downlink slots. In accordance with the indication, the first UE may communicate with the second UE on the sidelink connection and using at least one beam and the indicated set of resources. The communication with the second UE may utilize at least the resources in the at least one downlink slot.