According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a method of wireless communication performed by a first wireless communication device includes: initiating a registration protocol for performing repeater operations for sidelink communications; transmitting, to a second wireless communication device, a sidelink capability report indicating sidelink repeating capabilities of the first wireless communication device; receiving a sidelink repeating configuration based on the sidelink capability report; and communicating a first signal based on the sidelink repeating configuration.