Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive an indication of a multiple-slot unit structure that is to be used for sidelink communication, the multiple-slot unit structure having multiple contiguous slots that include, in sequence, a first time interval for automatic gain control, a second time interval for at least one of sidelink control communication or sidelink data communication, and a third time interval providing a time gap for transmission-reception switching. The UE may communicate, on a sidelink, in one or more multiple-slot units that are in accordance with the multiple-slot unit structure. Numerous other aspects are described.