Aspects of the present disclosure include methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for transmitting a first message to a transmitting (TX) UE for discontinuous reception (DRX) by the RX UE for sidelink (SL) communication with the TX UE, wherein the first message includes a DRX configuration including, for each of one or more SL connections or one or more network connections, one or more of a cycle duration and start offset, a slot offset, an on duration length, an inactivity timer duration, or a maximum duration of active timer and a radio frequency (RF) capability of the RX UE including one or more of a number of simultaneous RF chains, a number of beams configured for DRX, angular separations of beams configured for DRX, or power leakage values.