Methods, systems, and devices for resource configuration and selection for device-to-device links in mobile communication technology are described. An exemplary method for wireless communication includes receiving, by a wireless device from a network node, a configuration for multiple resource pools that are associated with a carrier set, selecting, based on the configuration, a resource from the multiple resource pools, and performing, using the resource, a device-to-device link communication. Another exemplary method for wireless communication includes receiving, by a wireless device from a network node, a configuration for multiple resource pools that are associated with a carrier set, receiving, from the network node, a dedicated resource, and performing, using the dedicated resource, a device-to-device link communication.